Croatian Day

 July 7, 2017

Peter and I were the first ones at breakfast.  Not too many showed up, but enough to almost fill our table.  Some were at the bike outing in New Glarus.  It rained hard during the night, but the streets were getting dry, which was the case when we got to the pickleball court.  I played fairly well today, but the humidity was very high and I was drenched with perspiration.  We left at 11:00 a.m. to go to the Croatian Park on South 76th Street for their festival.  Light rain was falling as we drove in our respective cars, and Peter must have thought I was out of my mind for continuing in the rain.  The rain stopped when we got there shortly before noon.  We found a picnic table, watched chickens and, pigs grilling on the spit.  Lamb was also featured, and it must have been done already.  We each had a lamb dinner with three slices of meat, cole slaw, bread and green onions.  It was quite tasty.  On the web site it said that the grilled meat was sold by the pound; it did not mention dinners.  I didn't understand what that meant.  Had we known, we could have brought our picnic bag with better utensils and our own side dishes like potato salad, condiments and other snacks, and ordered one pound of lamb or pork or chicken.  When we finished eating, we found a table with an umbrella where we could hear and partially see the cultural show with their ethnic instruments.  We saw Marianne and her friend, also Jan from Vagabonds.  It was a very pleasant even, much better than a church picnic.  We stayed until about 4:00 p.m.  The weather was favorable, even though some dark clouds appeared now and then.