Germany!!
My friend Samantha was born in Germany, and she still has relatives there. Her family is going to vist them this summer, and she invited me to go along!It sounds like a really fun trip, we will go to where her family is, some little towm by the Black Forest. Her parents lent us a book with pictures of around there in it, and it looks really nice. All old looking buildings and stuff. We will go to Vimy Ridge, which I am really excited about, especially after learning all about it in school. Whenever we learn about those places I always want to see them for myself. She also said that she could probably convince her Grandpa to take us to Paris to go shopping and stuff. She said that he spoils her, so that sounds good to me! Her parents came over on Friday night to discuss things with mom and dad, and I guess that went well. Her parents want me to come, it was their idea, so that is really good. I guess they must like me. This will be in August, so I guess I won't be able to go to WISEST, which is unfortunate. Sorry Anne. I really want to go to Germany, especially with people who know their way around and speak the language. And I will get to take a train!
posted by Grace at 7:36 PM
15 Comments:
That is just great Grace-am really happy for you, it will be soo exciting!
Grace, that is the only possible excuse I would have accepted for skipping WISEST - and that's only because travelling trumps everything else!
Lucky duck... Germany, all expenses paid - it will be awesome!
Very exciting indeed! I bet August can't come soon enough for you now!
Richard
Just logged in a few minutes ago and got to thinking that the Sivak/Ferrey/Long clan really are travellers. I mean if you were going to compile a resume between the lot of you, where you have been or are planning to go, it would be pretty impressive I'd say.
I guess the Wensink clan needs to get on the bandwagon. Look out Nakusp, here we come!
Richard
I think the Wensinks should go to Holland.
Congrats Gracie! Germany is really awesome. Everything is beautiful, and the trains all run on time.
Grace- sounds like a wonderful oportunity. You can always do WISEST after grade 12 (they take both grade 11 and 12 students)
If the Wensinks go to Holland I can send you to some interesting people. And places with excellent Dutch apple pie. With whipped cream. Mm.
My only reluctance in going to Holland is their lack of culinary skills.
How is the food besides Dutch apple pie?
Have you never had Gouda cheese?
Well sure, but it's what they do with it that is questionable
I can vouch for the Dutch pie (though you have to get it met slagroom, because slagroom is a really great word!)
Other than that, um... the pancakes (pannekoeken?) were good!
Yeah, Dutch cuisine does bear a certain resemblance to English cuisine... traditionally not so great. However, like the Brits, the Dutch have solved this problem by adopting the more interesting food of one of their colonies - Indonisia. Very nice stuff.
Still, traditional Dutch food that IS good:
-Poffertjes (mini-pancake snack eaten with jam, icing sugar or syrup
-Pannekoeken (supper pancakes cooked with anything you could imagine on a pizza, a pancake, a dessert or maybe a sandwich. I liked ham, cheese and pineapple; Rem was a fan of the Greek combo with lamb and assorted veggies)
-Kaas (Cheese. Gouda, Edam, Amsterdammer... there are plenty of kinds and there's something for every flavour tolerance)
-Olie Bollen (Literally, Oil Balls. Really: donuts. Timbit shaped, but often fist sized. Either plain or with apples &/or raisins. Traditional around New Year's)
-Pepernoten (Spice cookies. They look like dog kibble but are actually quite tasty and addictive.)
Ah yes the good old olie bollen (with raisins). Growing up the smell of the oile bollen cooking in the vat of oil made me feel nauseous. However the final product was good! The only time we got those was at New Years...sigh. Food wise I think the best thing to come out of Holland is the cheese hands down!
Steph are "Pepernoten" like those Voortman Windmill cookies or are the like tai tai cookies (or at least thats what I think they were called - maybe I'm way off base)
Richard
Neither, actually. The windmill ones are (I think) speculaas - a different kind of spice cookie and one much better made fresh and eaten warm than from Voortman. But then that is usually true of any cookie. Tai tai are something else again - usually anise (licorice-like) flavoured and chewy instead of crunchy. I can't stand them. Pepernoten are about the size of nickels around and the colour and texture of dry dog food. I've never seen them made fresh and they're traditionally flung at children by the gloved hand of Sinterklaas (St. Nick) on Dec. 5.
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