Bonjour

As I mentioned in the last update, Jochen and Susanne organised a great BBQ on Sunday. We went out to Jochen's parents 'Estate' as thez call it, which is a piece of land they own, where they have BBQ's, etc. The weather was nice and sunny and we ate Pork Belly, Hamburgers, Steak, Chicken, Sausage, and various kinds of salad. We played some soccer as well and it was a great time. They all spoke some English which was good, because our German it's poor.

Our friends Mascha and Jeroen who live in the Netherlands were vacationing in France this week and we decided that it would be fun to meet up for a day. Susanne had to work, but Jochen, Erin, and I drove to Colmar, France which is a little over 2 hours from here and had lunch and hung out with them. We also got to meet Sophie again who is almost turning 1 years old. Colmar was a very cute town. We then headed to another small town very close (can't remember the name right now), but they are one of the best regions in France for wine. We tasted a few wines from Hugel which was the same kind that was served to Michelle Obama at the NATO summit. It was very good and Jochen bought a few bottles as well as Jeroen. We also ate some Flammkuchen which is kind of like a pizza.

We considered staying the night in Freiburg, Germany, but decided to head back home and just drove through Freiburg as well as the Black Forest.