I'll Take the Bad Orange, Thank You

Germans are funny about certain things.  They are very clean and sweep the sidewalks and gutters daily.  They follow rules and like order.  And they apparently don't buy bad produce. 

We have eaten thousands of clementines the past month or so.  We/I really like the smaller ones that are easy for the kids to peel themselves.  Jag and I stopped at one of our favorite stores (Lidl) after scouts to grab some more clementines.  There was only one bag of small ones left and it had 1 bad orange.  1 out of a kilo was fine with me, so we went to buy the oranges.

The man in front of me had a bad clementine in his bag as well, the cashier talked to him about it and sent him to grab a new bag of larger clementines to buy.  I knew he was going to ask me about the bad one so I started working on my German skills.  Ha.

Yep, quickly tells me that there is a bad one and I should go and get a new bag.  I told him that it was fine, I would just buy that one.  He just stared at me.  He pointed to the bag and told me that it was Scheisse.  I laughed and said it was OK.  Again, staring.  Again, Scheisse.  Again, it is OK. 

Finally, he just shook his head and charged me for the bad orange then he tossed the other guys bad oranges at me too.  I got 2 for the price of one...much to the German man's dismay.

I love Germans and I love easy to peel clementines.

Battle of the Bulge Reenactment

I've never been to Bastogne, but my boys have been many times.  It isn't too far and is perfect for scouts and WWII loving husbands to visit.  This is the third time that the boys have been to the Battle of the Bulge reenactment.  The fact that it is always in December (anniversary or something :)) might have something to do with why I stay at home.  Actually it probably has more to do with the three kids that are left at home .  

I don't know all the details, but the pictures are fun to look at.

The guys that do the reenactment are mostly Dutch and speak English perfectly.  They said that they do this to help people always remember what the US has done.  They spend a lot of time and travel around to different war sites to help with the different reenactments. 

Darin said that he had to get his picture taken with the Medic that carried a weapon (that doesn't happen). Happens also to be one of the few German's that Darin has seen doing this.  For some reason the Germans don't usually participate in this time of thing.

The boys and Darin really like seeing all these non-Americans dressed as American soldiers.  Acting the part as they sit in a frozen foxhole in December.  The scouts walk around one of the trails around the site as part of the reenactment.

In my opinion, anything that ends with delicious Belgian waffles is pretty awesome!  They even brought some home for me.  Love my boys.

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