{Germany Series...}

In July of 2005 our German dance group was invited by our sister group in Germany to attend their town and festivities.  A few of us were able to go for the two week visit and had a blast!!  Ethan was only 6 months old at the time, but we were along for the ride!


On March 14,  2011, twenty members of the D'Muehlberger dance group in Waging am See (vaa-ging aam zay) Germany started their journey in a plane to come to Kansas City!  This dance group is our sister group. The way our dance group dresses and dances is to mimic this group to keep the heritage of the Germans in America.  While our group is very small compared to them we do our best, but they are extremely amazing and let's just say we were super excited to have them come for a visit.  Several things were planned out for the trip, but I wouldn't have a clue of how exhausted I would be!

Waiting at the air port seemed to take forever!!

But once they arrived you can just see the excitement on Ethan's face!

They came in with the Bavarian flag waving, happy, excited, and most dressed in tracht!  It was one exciting moment!  So exciting that it was hard for me to get any focused pictures.  (And I didn't think to bring my wide angle lens either!)

After arriving, hugs, and pictures taken, it was time to gather the luggage.  My kids loved seeing the baggage claim!  Unfortunately, after long waiting we were missing 4 bags from the trip.  Two were on the next flight from Chicago, which would land in two hours and the other two I never heard about, but they did get them!  Thank goodness.  I couldn't imagine loosing that expensive clothing!

After all this traveling everyone was hungry!!  We ALL went to Tom Fooleries by the airport!  Yep, there was 34 of us that dined together that night.  Not knowing very many we all dove in each others cultures, talked, and enjoyed the two hour dinner, which seemed liked 45 min or so.  Amazing how time flies when it's fun!  April enjoyed flittering with Michael, one of the Germans sitting across from her, and  the boy's were excited that their food came in tiny red wagons!

I think one of my favorite things that happened during dinner was when Sterling said to Michael, "....you silly!"  We had to fetch a German-American to explain what the word silly was!  Ahhh, good times!  The worst part of the night was Ethan ended up being horribly sick to his stomach and was down for a day.  I guess it's best that it was at the beginning of the trip!

The next 10 days are about to be filled with adventure, great laughs, and friendships.  Oh how I can't wait to share it all with you.  Stay tuned....