Saturday, June 22, 2024

WIR FAHREN NACH DEUTSCHLAND! WE ARE GOING TO GERMANY!

Erie, Pennsylvania
Sunny, 89F-hot, hot, hot

 Another adventure for us and we want you to come along too!! Off we go tomorrow on a trip to Germany!  This is a little different than our past travels, since we are going with the German teacher from Erie's Collegiate Academy (Derek G), two friends--Ann and Jim, and three other people from the area.  Thankfully, Derek has done all the planning and we are traveling by rail and bus and foot to many different places.

Here is the basic rundown:

Erie to Charlotte to Munich tomorrow. We will arrive in Munich about 9:30 a.m. German time, about 3:30 a.m. or so EDST.  

Other cities we will visit-not necessarily in order:

Salzburg

Dachau

Bad Reichenhall

Nurnnberg (Nuremberg)

Tubingen and area

Mainz

Bacharach and Koln (Cologne)

and on July 6 thereabouts we leave from Frankfort to fly home.

I visited Germany in 1967-1968 when I lived in France. Friend Judy from Nebraska, a fellow student, and I traveled by rail to Munich, Dachau, and Heidelberg.  It was a great trip then--I remember thinking Germany was the country that was most like home for me.  I love France, and Italy is special too, and now we return as often as we can!

TK has never been to Germany. I know that he wants to build his Starbucks cup collection, and possibly make a cultural connection to his German roots.  He has watched so many youtube videos about German food and he has his heart set on schweinhaxe (pork knuckle) and sausages of all kinds. 

Every cup makes a fun memory to think about every morning with my coffee!

The New Jersey cup is a Dunkin cup, an outlier! 

I  think I am a schnitzel and spaetzle kind of person, but I sure want to try the pastries!  I wonder if TK will find sfogiatelle for me!

So come along to Germany with us!

2022 
A family photo to take with us! 

TK's Takes:  From notes I can gather we should be on the lookout for Zuifau, Urmitz and Wilhelm K (I think he is TK's great grandfather), born 22 Oct 1878 and Wilhelm's brother, Charles Anton K, born 17 Nov 1881.

Other scraps of notes include Schwende (Baden-Wurttenburg), Biberach, and Oberkirsch. Maybe these names will make sense when we are in Germany--near Munich/Black Forest area we guess

Some words we may find helpful

To eat—essen

Main dish—die Hauptspeise

Side dish—die Beilage

Dessert—die Nachspeise

Vegetarian—vegetarisch

Vegan--vegan

Gluten-free—glutenfrei

Lactose-free--laktosefrei

Meat--das Fleisch

Beef—das Rindfleisch

Pork—das Schweinefleisch

Poultry—das Huhn

Fish—der Fisch

Seafood—die Meeresfrüchte

Vegetables—das Gemüse

Lamb—das Lamm

Fruit—das Obst; die Früchte

Potato—die Kartoffel

Cheese—der Käse

Bread—das Brot

 die Gabel – the fork

der Grill – the grill

die Kaffeetasse – the coffee cup

der Lȍffel – the spoon

das Messer – the knife

die Pfanne – the pan

die Serviette – the napkin

die Speisekarte – the menu

der Strohhalm – the drinking straw

der Teller – the plate

die Tischdecke – the tablecloth

der Topf – the pot

das Wasserglas – the water glass

das Weinglas – the wine glass

der Ahornsyrup – the maple syrup

das Apfelmus – the apple sauce

die Bohnen – the beans

das Brȍtchen – the roll

die Butter – the butter

das Ei – the egg

das Eis – the ice cream

der Frischkäse – the cream cheese

der Hȕttenkäse – the cottage cheese

die Käsescheiben – the cheese slices

der Keks – the cookie

der Kuchen – the cake

die Linsen – the lentils

die Marmelade – the jam

die Nudeln – the noodles

die Nuss – the nut

das Öl – the oil

die Pizza – the pizza

die Pommes – the fries

die Quinoa – the quinoa

der Reis – the rice

die Sahne – the cream

der Salat – the salad/lettuce

 


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