This past week we had the very fun opportunity to host our friends (and landlord!) from Germany, Maria and Eschi, as they visited us in Texas. This was Maria's first time to the United States (first time on an airplane too) and we had a great time with them here. We took them to the Riverwalk downtown, took them out for Mexican food, and also made a special trip to Super Walmart. I know that seems like a strange thing to take visitors to see, but there is no such store in Germany (or Europe for that matter). They couldn't believe the sheer enormity of it! One thing that was pretty funny was that they had never heard of a garbage disposal and frankly couldn't see the point. I explained that this one small feature to the American sink was one of the most highly missed things while living in Europe. We were so happy to finally have one again after 5 years of living overseas!! They were not impressed. :) On their last night here, Maria and Eschi made us a delicious German meal of Schnitzel, saurkraut, and croquets. It was wonderful! Then we taught them the art of making the perfect Smore out in our backyard. Although in general they find that American desserts are way too sweet for them, they really liked the smores and plan to make them at their next BBQ in Germany. We had a great time with them here, the kids enjoyed seeing them again, and it brought back a lot of wonderful memories of our time in Germany. Thanks Maria and Eschi!!
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