Tuesday July 13, 2010
One saying that is unfortunately true is that all good things must come to an end, in this case it is my part of our Germany holiday. As Diana has just finished her masters at uni, passing with distinction I might add, Klara and her will be staying on a little longer.
It appears that the German language has a term for everything, in this case it is ‘Abschied Schoppen’ which translates as ‘going away drinks’. Wolfgang done a great job on the ‘grill’, keeping the bratwurst coming to feed us all and to lay a nice base for me to get through the last of the wheat beers from my birthday case
As the weather has been fantastic, the evening was spent in the back garden of Doris and Albert’s where a couple of trestle tables were laid out for the night
Back in Obertsdorf I purchased myself a new Bavarian hat, so what better place to make its debut than in Hessen, hundreds of kilometres away from Bavaria 
At the moment it doesn’t have any pins in it, all the new ones are packed in my luggage as I don’t want to risk a airline security incident by trying to board with 2cm long pins in my hat.
As the night went on, Bernie and I regaled his son Max with ‘Australia Stories’ from when Bernie visited us back in 2000, here I am showing Max how big the spiders are that he might encounter when it is his turn to visit, as we had been enjoying the evening for a while at this point, I may have exaggerated just a tiny bit
So there it is, my Germany adventure with Diana and Klara will be complete tomorrow when i say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to everyone. The great thing with goodbyes in Germany is that you do say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’, its great because it literally means ‘See you again’, which is far more appropriate than goodbye!
JW
