Swimming / Supper / Soccer

The Austrians feel they're being cheated out of their summer this year; it's been cooler than usual. Therefore there's been less swimming (almost none by B and her family, for whom swimming means summer.)

Sunday, though, it was warm enough and everyone met at the family swimming hole.

For me it wasn't hot enough to want to cool off in the water, so no swimming for me. I studied my German and talked with the parents, and kind of dozed off for a little while...

Below, some pics from the Badegrund.

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I made an unusual supper:

You can buy a thin dough used for making croissants. It comes rolled up in a sheet, maybe 18 inches by 10 inches. I laid this out on a cookie sheet. Then I sauteed some squash, onion, and garlic in olive oil and spread the mixture over half of the dough, leaving about an inch border at the end and sides.

To this I added thin-sliced ham, some salami, and some crumbled blue cheese.

Then I folded the sheet of dough over on itself and pinched the edges off to seal it together. It looked like a small pillow, which then got brushed with olive oil.

Bake in the oven until the exterior is brown and flaky, like a biscuit. Pretty good! I'm sure there's a name for this kind of dish but it escapes me.
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We watched the women's final soccer match between the US and Japan.

It looked like the US would stomp the Japanese at first, but they couldn't find the goal. And many of the misses weren't by a few inches or a few feet---some were way high, like they were trying to kick a field goal in American football.

The match was finally decided in a penalty kickoff and the Japanese women won.

After all the trophies were handed out, the Japanese team walked around with a banner that said:

"To our friends around the world: Thank you for your support."

A true demonstration of class and humility in victory.