Days 6 thru 9 in Deutschland – Opa’s Big Party (Sindersdorf, GE)

Not a whole lot has been going on since my last post on Tuesday… that is, until this Saturday!  Guess I better report on the last few days and then get you updated on Opas big party that was held at the local gasthaus on Saturday.  Read on:


On Wednesday, I helped William finish putting his IKEA® kitchen cabinets together.  Now we just have to get them hung up on the wall.  His kitchen is almost all together now with the range and oven all hooked up.

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Also on Wednesday, or was it Thursday(?), we took a short drive over to the edge of town to watch the workers put another section on the latest windmill.  Lots of these are going up around here in the area:

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And, I think it was on Friday that we did a little shopping at a new mall in Neumarkt which is about 20 kilometers away (map below).

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Stilla and William shopping at the mall in Neumarkt i.d.OPf.

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I thought this conveyer belt for food was cool enough to take a picture of.  Can’t say I’ve seen this before.  This was at a sushi place.  The different sushi rolls or other dishes would pass by your table, maybe enticing you to eat more… I’ll never know because we…

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… shared a traditional german currywurst mit pommes frites at one of the other food establishments. 🙂

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Afterwards, we stopped by a local baumarkt (like Home Depot® or Lowe’s®) to get some things that our son William needed at the house.

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I just had to snap a picture of this American flag toilet seat 🙂  Only €39.99.

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On Friday evening we put the finishing touches on a picture slideshow for Opa’s birthday party and did some pre-testing on audio/video equipment.

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Stilla, Stefan, and Anneliese.

Finally, on Saturday – the family all gathered for a full-day and into-the-evening birthday celebration for Stilla’s dad who turned 85 last Tuesday.  Stilla’s uncle Rudy, is the owner/operator of a restaurant/hotel on the edge of town called Sinderdorfer Hof (←link) which is where we celebrated:

 

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Sindersdorfer Hof (front entrance)
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Sindersdorfer Hof (hotel section)

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Stilla inside Sindersdorfer Hof.

The Dotzer family had the whole back room reserved for the day; over 50 people were in attendance!

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Inside Sindersdorfer Hof.

Wolfgang said a few nice words to get things started:

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Opa:

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Some of Stilla’s brothers, sisters, cousins, etc.,

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Aunts and Uncles, etc.,

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The younger generation:

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Yummm!  Schnitzel and Braten…

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Kloß and Knödel…

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and lots of liquid refreshments:

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After our mid-day meal, then coffee, cakes, etc., we had some musical entertainment:

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Katrin.
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Katrin and Maria.
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Maria had a good story to share.
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Anneliese shared a nice christmas story as well.

We kept a slideshow going all day on a TV in the background with all the old pictures of Stilla’s dad with family throughout the years:

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Near the end of the evening, we finally got everyone (Stilla’s brothers and sisters) together for a family photo with Opa.

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(L to R) Ludwig, Wolfgang, Stilla, Richard, Opa, Maria, Stefan, Anneliese.

Once again… Happy Birthday Opa! 🙂  🙂  🙂

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After everyone went home from the birthday party – Stilla and I weren’t ready to call it a night yet, so we walked over to Herbert’s house.  It also happened to be Herbert’s birthday on Saturday and he was celebrating at home with friends and family.

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Here’s a picture of Herbert and his wife Maria that I took of his ‘personalized calendar’ that he just got for the new year.  Notice his cool RV below their picture:

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Good bier from Munich was on tap at Herbert’s 🙂

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Also at Herbert’s birthday party were old friends Barni & Silvia!   They visited us in Colorado Springs several years ago and we took a whirlwind tour around the Grand Canyon area in our old Class-C RV.  It’s always great to see them 🙂

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Here’s an old picture (below) that I pulled from the archives.

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Somewhere near Monument Valley with Barni & Silvia. (circa 2010)

Thanks for the hospitality Herbert and Maria!  And a Happy Birthday to Herbert 🙂

Stay tuned for more fun and adventure from Schnitzeland…  “Bis bald!”