A Wild Tori Appears
Jared Pelletier
On November 18th, Tori Pelletier touched down in Germany for 10 days. On her first night we introduced her to some good friends, smooth drinks and a decilious Döner (a Turkish sandwich similar to a Shwarma). The following day we headed to Basel, Switzerland, for some Swiss chocolate, Swiss cheese fondue and Swiss-priced beers (ouch!). It was a rainy couple of days, so we explored a historical museum and the old Münster Church. We also had our first taste of Glüwein.
Saturday and Sunday we went to Rothenkirchen to visit the Heils. We were immediatley treated to a delicious soup prepared by chef Michaela, complete with German sausage and dumplings. On Saturday night, we attended the official after party of the town's 850th anniversary at the community center. They showed two videos and a slide show of the festivities. In the presentation we were even able to spot a few familiar faces (shout-out to Jeannie, Steve and Willi!). On Sunday, we took Jackson for a nice walk around Rothenkirchen and got caught in a small snow storm. When we got back to the house, Michaela had prepared a mouth-watering lunch of red cabbage, knöddel and a German pork roast. We look forward to sampleing more of Michaela's home cooking at Christmas.
On Monday, we went to Heidelberg to open the Weinachtsmarkt and climb up to the castle. Throughout the day we sampled a few more types of Glüwein including strawberry, white wine, and Heidelbeeren.
On Tuesday, Tori and I headed to Munich. We had lunch at the Hofbrauhaus and Tori tried her first ever wine shorle. Tori then headed to Saltzburg, Austria, where she had some amazing adventers of her own.
We welcomed Tori back to Mannheim Friday night and she surprised us with a fondue pot of our own, so that we could recreate the delicous Swiss fondue we had in Basel. We took Tori out for an authentic German dinner at Alte Simpl for some schnitzel. We saw her off bright and early Saturday monring.
We hope she visits us again soon!