Hello fam!
Our bread rose beautifully over the night so we got to bake it in the morning!! Nothing better than some fresh German bread and Swiss cheese for a snack! Even the baby had a whole slice, and he wouldn’t let go of his slice, even when he had to take a bath lol! So I think our bread got everyone’s approval in the house.
Tonight Tanja and Max are going to their neighbor’s wedding reception, so they asked me to bake a cake with the apples from their backyard. Well really Tanja asked if I liked to bake, to which I responded “I love baking!“ and talked up all my skills. She said “good you’re in charge of making an apple cake for their wedding!” And immediately I regretted all the bragging. To bake in someone else’s kitchen is always an adventure. To bake in someone else’s kitchen who isn’t a baker is so hard! I wouldn’t say impossible, because I did it, but I did it just barely. We ran out of sugar and had to switch to raw sugar, there wasn’t enough oil so the scale shut off in between the search for more and I had to guess how much oil to add, there was no baking soda, oh and there’s no such thing as teaspoons and tablespoons in Europe, so I just had to guess measuring it all out. It was quite the task! But I think the cake turned out all right, especially since none of it got sent back from the wedding! Next time I’m bringing measuring cups and spoons to Tanja to keep for when I’m here lol.
After we finished cleanup it was already noon! So Tanja, baby, and I decided to have a quick lake swim and picnic. We rode our bikes to a different lake and it was so beautiful as we rode through golden fields and farms, we even rode past a horse barn!! By the time we rode the 5k to the lake we were ready for a swim. The water was so cool and refreshing. Never did I ever think I’d say this, but I got so tan in Germany! Everyone was laughing that it took a trip to Munich for this California girl to get a summer tan.
It was getting close to evening so the three of us rode home to ice the cake and feed the baby dinner. Max’s grandparents knew that there was a wedding reception tonight and called to see if I wanted help with babysitting. I’m sure I would’ve been just fine but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit relieved when they showed up half an hour later after the parents left. Of course the baby and I were doing just fine, until he realized that his mom and dad weren’t in other rooms of the house. And of course the moment he started to cry was the moment that his great-grandparents rang the doorbell. The baby immediately stopped crying and we all played in the garden to tire him out for bed. Max’s grandma doesn’t speak English but his grandpa speaks some. They are the sweetest and funniest people! Max’s grandpa asked me to get him a beer and then tried insisting I drink one too because it’s “good Bavarian beer, good for health, make you strong” and the grandma hilariously said “good girl drink beer.” I got them their beers and started laughing because you can’t get more German than that!
The rest of the evening passed quickly, as Tanja came home to put Lucas to bed and then I went to bed shortly after as I’ve got morning baby duty and this kid loves 6 am. Wish me luck!
Love you lots,
Carolyn
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