Oktober Fest!

Dad, Omar, Eliza, Hannah, and I all were in Shirlington at Oktober Fest showing our German pride with the rest of the folks who were German for a day! Bad music, good beer, silly dancing, and a lot of drunks. $25 for one glass and all you can drink beer if you can stand standing in line for it! Eliza & Hannah were troopers. We each had a brat, sauerkraut, and potato salad. Mom & Dad's neighbors were there and Eliza got to dance with Ingry to....what do you think? Well, watch the video clip! Dad made friends with some drunk fellow peace corps volunteer! Of course Mutti did not go. Boring. Wish you guys were there! Eins, Zwei, Suffa

The video clip below is sideways b/c I could not figure out how to right side it up! Press the play button to view. :-) Elli

Sushi in Bochum

Letzter Abend in Bochum: lecker Sushi bei Sticks und nachher noch ein letztes Fiege.....und noch ein letztes Fiege.......und noch ein letztes Fiege......

Visit in Soest

Friday we visited our cousin Anne Jansen in Soest. We toured her cool house on the Möhnesee, the "Rolleisenlager" and the Showrooms for "Sanitäre Anlagen" and took a quick drive through Old Soest.
The consensus was, we need to go back and spend more time there to sightsee and also to dig through her old letters and papers.

The pictures above were taken at the "Rolleisenlager." Check out the magnets hanging from the yellow beams to load the iron bars!

At the end of the day, I left my purse with all my IDs, passport, etc at Anne's. (Elli and I make quite a team!) Fortunately, Anne just replaced her (3-year)old Porsche Cayenne SUV and needed to try it out on the Autobahn, so we did not need to drive back there. She came here yesterday and brought it by. Anne (not unlike Omar) to the rescue!