Zemmer

I spent the last two days in the huge sprawling city of Zemmer. I was never told how small it actually is, and I found that the Reichertz's store is where the town revolves around. Everybody knows them since they are the only store in the town now that two old ladies stopped their butcher shop. It was very nice staying with the family that is the Piggily Wiggily for the Zemmer region. Constant BBQs and continental breakfasts. It seems all we did this weekend was eat and drink. AMAZING. The kids played soccer in the yard, and we just ate and ate and ate all types of german meats cooked outside. Last night I went out with Katja and Britta to a Horse Festival. The strangest thing, but very fun. There was a very talented band playing Southern Rock songs sometimes with German dub but for the most part they were just songs like Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama. The people all knew the songs and we all sung along which was really surprising and comical. The bar was made out of hay bails and I should have brought a cowboy hat. Thank you Katja and Britta, it was very fun meeting all the people of Zemmer in a genuinely American atmosphere, and yet it was very German because "bitte ein Bit" was the phrase most spoken.
Today, I took a trip down memory lane so to speak or Waldstraste for those who had visited 15 years ago. I saw my old house, and visited with Oma and Opa who didn't know that I was in town. We surprised them and then the neighbors all came over. Just about everybody that I had heard stories about ended up in Oma's dining room. This was followed by more BBQ and a nap. I think I could definitely get used to the summer weekend life in Zemmer. Food, Drink and actually a 90 year old great grandmother visited us today. I'm actually very sad to be shipping off to Copenhagen in my next stage of studies. The weekend unfortunately is over.