We went to Werle ( village just outside of Dortmund) on Saturday for Uncle Theo's 70th birthday party at a fantastic restaurant. We all had soup, main course and a light dessert. Then everyone got up an wandered around the village for a while before coming back to have coffee and cake. It was all very German.
Maddie has a great time with her cousins Jacqueline and Sabrina. One is a little younger than Maddie and the other a little older and they have great fun together.
Cousin Mark (son of Torsten and Elke) was kind enough to sit with me and Skip and speak English during lunch. Mark is the cousin who spent a semester in West Virginia as an exchange student, so his English is very good. The family gatherings are always very fun, but they wear me out from listening so hard, trying to understand things. I'm always really tired when they're over.
I still haven't figured out a way to label pictures in this blog, so here's who everyone is in order of appearance.
- Maddie with cousins Jacqueline and Sabrina (children of Skip's cousin Steffie and husband Johnnie. Johnnie is Beligian and also speaks great English and is a favorite of Maddie's because he does a super Donald Duck impression.)
- Cousin Detliff and Skip
- Elke (wife of Torsten) and Elfie (wife of Detlef)--both of whom are fabulous cooks!
- Skip with cousins Detlef and Torsten
- Birthday boy Uncle Theo
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