Unification Day

Friday was a national holiday here in Germany. It represents the reunification of East and West Germany. The schools and banks were closed. We visited the H family who invited us over in the afternoon. They have similar aged kids so the kids all got to play together. Their kids speak German and have only learned a little English so one of the aims, other than getting the kids out of the house, is to help our kids learn German and their kids learn English by playing together. It rained starting out so we all ate cake and drank tea while the kids disappeared into the apartment somewhere, then the weather cleared up and we went for a nice walk with the kids by the lake. The kids got along really well; unfortunately they are enrolled at the other public school in town that our kids have been blocked from transferring to, so they can only see each other outside of school, at least for now.