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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Birthday Partying German Style

Phil Collins blasting through the air . . . . Four different types of cakes set on a platter . . . the smell of bratwurst, sausage, steak, chicken, and "schenken" wafting through the air . . . .an endless supply of beer mysteriously appearing before you . . . all this provided by your host, the Birthday boy or girl!

Ahhhh, welcome to the German birthday party.

Dave's coworker invited us to his birthday party yesterday at his house in a small town outside of Hannover. We had a fabulous time. We thought we would stay only a couple hours, but we ended up having to ask the British guy to take us home at 11pm.
Gabriella didn't care. She spent the day running around with the other children. She even had her own makeshift pool-aka "laundry basket" because she wanted nothing to do with the big pool.
I saw this event as a great opportunity to practice my German. What better place to practice than at a party where everyone is being too friendly to tell you how bad you are butchering their language!

4 comments:

Natalie C. said...

I am so glad ya'll had a good time.

Megan said...

Sounds like a great party!!!

Anonymous said...

Looks like fun!!! Glad to see an update. I check this site all the time. Miss ya!!!
Love, Julie.

Anonymous said...

It looks like Dave is having a great time; Gabriella driving the tractor is adoreable! Mommy must be taking all the photos, although, I love the one of you holding her when she was a little younger! Make sure we get to go to one of these parties when I come to visit!
Love, MOM