Our week continued with more interesting sleep adventures on Joshua's part . . .On Friday we took it easy. It rained all day, but cleared in the late afternoon. We took a walk at the Ewiges Meer, a nature reserve and Germany's largest moorland lake.
Saturday we visited another port town, Neuharlingersiel. The weather had gotten too cool and windy for the beach, but we enjoyed the almost Dutch flair of this small harbor.
On this house was a plaque with "We put all our trust in God's blessing", a demonstration of faith in God's provision for the harvest, on land and at sea.
That afternoon, we enjoyed authentic East Fresian tea time back in Dornumersiel at the Sielhuus, a historical house in the region. We learned that the East Frisians drink the most tea in the world after England and Scotland!
Joshua helps his mommy write postcards!
Sunday we continued the tea theme by visiting the Tea Museum in Norden.
In the historical tea kitchen, a volunteer explained the ceremony of tea drinking in Ostfriesland.
The East Frisians start with a large sugar crystal in the bottom of the teacup, then pour their strong Asam blend over it, enjoying the crackling sound of the sugar, and top it off with a cloud of cream. They DO NOT stir, but have a three-tiered experience for their tastebuds.
(Do I sound like a connoisseur?)
On the way home Sunday evening, we passed by Norden's town hall, where a man celebrating his birthday was being "roasted" by his friends. Yes, that's a man, dressed up as a woman, and using an impossible, floppy broom to clean up hundreds of bottle caps from the town hall steps. And the kids kept putting the mess back on the steps to add to his work!
That afternoon, we enjoyed authentic East Fresian tea time back in Dornumersiel at the Sielhuus, a historical house in the region. We learned that the East Frisians drink the most tea in the world after England and Scotland!
Joshua helps his mommy write postcards!
Sunday we continued the tea theme by visiting the Tea Museum in Norden.
In the historical tea kitchen, a volunteer explained the ceremony of tea drinking in Ostfriesland.
The East Frisians start with a large sugar crystal in the bottom of the teacup, then pour their strong Asam blend over it, enjoying the crackling sound of the sugar, and top it off with a cloud of cream. They DO NOT stir, but have a three-tiered experience for their tastebuds.(Do I sound like a connoisseur?)
On the way home Sunday evening, we passed by Norden's town hall, where a man celebrating his birthday was being "roasted" by his friends. Yes, that's a man, dressed up as a woman, and using an impossible, floppy broom to clean up hundreds of bottle caps from the town hall steps. And the kids kept putting the mess back on the steps to add to his work!
