We arrived and had some delicious Easter cake to tide us over for an hour or so until lunch, which was very traditional and most definitely excellent. For our noon meal we had pan sauteed meat medallions with very typical sauteed and sauced vegetables and spaetzle, and of course, wine! Then the adults (including me, to my surprise!) were presented with small gifts and sweets--hint, I got a lot of yummy Easter chocolate--and the kids went outside to hunt for the gifts and sweets left by the Osterhase (the Easter Bunny)!
Here's the Ostereierbaum (Easter Egg Tree) in the front yard
Anna (9) looking for her presents from the Osterhase while her Grandmother provides some tips
Lamin (nearly 14) is a little too cool for present hunting, so I had to help because I (nearly 23) am not
Anna and Lamin with their haul of goodies and sweets
After the hunting and some eating, we headed up to the castle in the town to see a flight show put on by the falconers there. As far as I could gather, they are a bit like our local Upper Valley institute VINS, and not only raise falcons but also rehabilitate injured or endangered birds. We saw two different types of falcon, an owl, a European bald eagle, and finally two vultures! I then spent a couple of hours playing an older version of a game something like Trivial pursuit with the kids and their grandmother. This was good fun for us since between the date of manufacture and the German/European subjects of many of the questions, I had just as good a chance of getting many things right as the kids. We played in teams and their grandmother gave us lots of hints, and Anna and I ended up winning. We were very proud! We then all ate an enormous deutsches Abendbrot ( German evening bread), which usually consists of an enormous array of bread and rolls, meats, cheeses, and spreads. This one did not disappoint, and I am a big fan of any such array that can be accompanied by a good old-fashioned juice schorle (like a spritzer). All in all, it was a really great day, and I was back in Tuebingen in time for a movie and bedtime. Good stuff!
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