Sunday, October 21, 2012

Apple Fest at Frankfurt International School

10/21/12
After church today, we headed straight to Apple Fest at the kids' school, & festive it was!  There was lots of food---real American style hamburgers (it had the longest line), bratwurst, hot dogs, all kinds of homemade desserts, apple & others, &, for the grownups, a beer tent.  Jessie worked the booth where they put henna designs, which last about 2 weeks.


Karl worked the apple press where they sold the juice they made, & it was delicious.


No, neither of those boys are Karl, but it's the best picture we got of the apple press.  Here's one of Karl & his friend William working in the assembly line to make the juice.  There was a whole lot of pressing, coring, straining going on---


Dave took a bite of his brat before taking this picture, but this is how they're served, in a small roll with mustard on top:


There were good pretzels too:


The fest was held in the school parking lot, while a mean game of dodge ball was going on in the gym among students.  Here's an overview of the scene.  I forgot to mention there was live music & a dunk tank where the kids could try to dunk the teachers.


And I suppose the best illustration of the diversity of this school is this Japanese bag piper in Germany no less!


We had a chance to meet several people from Chris' office & their spouses, all very friendly, at the fest.  They work in various branches of the federal government like the IRS, Secret Service, etc, & come from all over the US.  They offer Chris & Dana a ready-made social group.

Church today was interesting.  The sermon topic was water, & the minister said he'd take us from Genesis through Revelations in 30 minutes, & he did!

I wish I'd brought more clothes for warm weather; it was 70 degrees today & sunny.

I know I keep talking about those sugar beets, so this will be the end of it.  Dave brought one home yesterday, & we cut it up & tasted it.  It has a definite beet taste but much sweeter than any I've had before.

We're all having a sitting down moment after so much standing.  Jessie's doing her homework, & Karl is on his way home on the train.  It was a fun day all around.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:  I'm grateful to have had this chance to see Dana & Chris' family life in Germany.  When I'm in Moraga, I'll be able to picture them in this nice house & having a good life.

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