I'm off to my homeland tomorrow.. the place where my ancestors lived... the country from which my last name comes.... GERMANY! I leave for Frankfurt tomorrow evening with my friends Brittany and Courtney. We're staying 2 nights in the city of Frankfurt, and we'll also have to stay 2 nights in the London Stansted Airport (one on Thursday and one on Sunday). I'm not worried though. If I survived the Dublin Airport I can surely handle London.
The only thing I'm really worried about is that none of us girls speak any German. This could be somewhat of a problem. Don't worry about me too much. I've heard most of the people in Europe know English or parts of it. Also, I've got my handy phrase book of commonly used German words. We'll be fine.
Last night we met with our Meet-A-Family, the Chubbs. Henrietta came and picked Stacey, Lauren and I up from the Manor at 6 p.m. We arrived at their house in Melton Mowbry around 6:25, and we were introduced to the twins. (4 years old) Harry and Libby were very shy. They were watching Toy Story 2, so we plopped down and watched the end of it with them. Dinners in the UK are very formal and time consuming. We sat around for at least an hour, watching the movie and chatting and drinking and eating crisps (potato chips). We finally ate, and it was delicious. It was some kind of beef stew. We also had homemade mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables. Dessert was a "pudding," but it really wasn't the pudding we're used to. It was a small glass cup that had almost like a brownie batter in it. Henrietta baked the cups, and the top turned out like a chocolate cake, while the inside remained gooey. . . . almost like licking the brownie mix bowl. yum!
We sat around and talked for awhile after dinner. The children were already in bed. My parents and grandma sent me a box of Libs' Chocolates from Evansville to give to the Chubbs. They thought that was so neat that I had chocolates from the States. They insisted on opening them for after dinner. As you know, I'm not one to turn down free candy, so I ate a few chocolates. We ate them with, yep - you guessed it, English tea! I'm not a big fan of tea, but I added quite a bit of milk and sugar and managed to sip my way through a large cup.
We really had a great time, and we made dinner plans for March... in about 3 weeks. I can't wait!
Well, I'm off to play in our basketball game now. I'm not even sure who we're playing... probably another Lincoln team. We'll see! Wish me luck!
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