Instead of detailing all of yesterday and today, we'll just give you some highlights. In the past 36 hours we have:
- attended the 14-year-old neighbor's birthday party;
- been onion harvesters, potato sorters, and tomato pickers;
- received a gift of dried butterflies from the collection of 8-year-old Jakob;
- learned about the benefits of Montessouri schooling;
- jarred and labeled leberwursts;
- been witnesses to and accomplices in the capture, beheading, plucking, and gutting of ten chickens;
- babysat five children under the age of 12 with whom we could not communicate at all (not easy!);
- discussed genetic engineering, American vs. German politics, Harry Potter, and pros and cons of stay-at-home parenting with Susi;
- watched an entire movie with Tobi and Susi that we could not understand;
- shivered through 8 hours in our unheated wagon;
- learned fun Bavarian phrases like "that cheese is eaten" and "it's all sausage" that can be used at appropriate times throughout the day
And probably more but those are our favorites!
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4 comments:
All I can say is "WOW". Not sure about the chicken beheading and the unheated wagon shivering, but the sounds like "life on the farm" is just what you expected - that is, the unexpected! Hang in there and stay warm!!! Italy awaits....
it sounds like you are having an awesome time! keep the updates coming...
i saw this news article and couldn't help but post it. i'm very glad this didn't happen to you when you were in munich
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070928/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_chimney;_ylt=Av700yMp4Rx5tQWA1kvQpues0NUE
awwwww! SO FUN! I would want to do Montessouri schooling so badly -- Ithaca has one, but they're super expensive :( Maybe we can get in business together ;)
everything is so cute!
Hahaha, "it's all sausage" LOL
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