When in Rome...

Many things have happened since my last post, so I'll stick to the highlights.

On Wednesday, after William, who is my middle brother, and my parents went with the Jungfleisches to see the BMW factory in Munich, both families went over to the Schabmueller's house for dinner. Although Monika is still in Czechoslovakia, Franz, Barbara, and Franz Junior were all there to greet us. We also met the Lohmars there.

The homecooked food that we were served was sehr bayerisch, very typical of the region. I had white beer, red and white leberkaese, and potato salad, with heavy brown bread in the basket in front of me. Leberkaese, if I have not mentioned it before, is a heavier and less watery version of bologne. And, rather than being a cold lunch meat, it is baked in the oven and served hot in thick slices. The white has a different taste than the red, but I could not place how exactly. Maybe it was lighter and more salty, but I am not sure.

We stayed there until late, kicking a soccer ball around in their back yard until settling down to join the adults around their table where they were talking and savoring delicious Spanish red wine.