housewarming party

We invited to our housewarming party. A garden party. Lucky us, the sun was smiling, the sky blue and filled with blinking stars later that night.

Preparation is all:

…and a well deserved Schwabian dinner after finishing preparation the night before – our mothers.

Happy mothers and fathers, happy family and friends – all very happy that we are back (and that makes us very happy). Back in Germany after 8 years abroad. We received so many wonderful hugs, kisses, cards & wishes. And interesting gifts: how to make Spaetzle with Frankonian ingredients (an interesting idea, I love it), lots of wine glasses (most of ours broke moving so many times), a kettle from the Irish mummy (I believe this was in first sight for getting her cup of tea faster…), a craft beer tour in Stuttgart, local wines and liquors (super delicious!), a wooden basket for fire wood hand made by my great uncle, friends who know us so well: Weizenbeer, coffee beans and chili 🙂 … and so much more. Thank you!

It was wonderful showing you around in our farm house, talking to you, enjoying a drink with you and just simply being surrounded by great family & friends. Thank you all for coming despite the long way for some of you. It made us super happy.

We loved having guest from around the world and different life states: mummy from N.Ireland (the other one from Germany 🙂 ), school friends, Shanghai friends, US friends, new work colleagues, long-time friends, brother, god child… and it seemed everybody enjoyed the others company (it didn’t matter that most people hadn’t met before): the Germans teaching the Americans how to open a bottle of beer with a lighter, the Americans showing the Germans what s’mores are and how to prepare them (marshmallows “want some more”).