Day 7: Christmas: Erster Weihnachtstag with the Close Family
After breakfast, Peter asked me if I were in the mood for a walk. He suggested me go to the old Hütte or "Hütte," as we would say in English. The site of the former iron works. Umm. OK.

I grabbed my camera and we walked the way.



After the shut down the iron works, they left some of the prominent features, a water tower, a length of a pipe, some windows, etc. It was a very photogenic place!

We passed about 2 hours walking around. I loved it!

We went back to Julia's house. It was Peter and Julia's turn to cook our meal, for the first day of Christmas. They labored over Gans, Christmas goose. It looked a lot like the turkey I had made for this year's Thanksgiving.

As a starter, Julia had made a delicious salad with an orange oil sauce with a type of cooked brie. The main meal consisted of goose, red cabbage, Knödel mit Pinienkernen, (or dumplings with pine nuts,) cranberry sauce and potato thingies. They had spent a lot of time prepping, but indeed it was worth their efforts.



We ate and drank and were Merry and Peter and I walked home again.
- posted by Matt @ 8:10 AM