The Treadway's

Hello, everyone! Grandma you look beautiful and wonderful in your shoes! Monica, the food over here is not as wonderful as we had in Paris! It is heavy. They have a lot of potato dumplings called knodel, noodles called spatzle, beef marinated in vinegar and wine called saurbraten, and a lot of fried pork chops called schnitzel, not to mention all the sausages! Every state (Germany has 16) has its own sausage as well as every city in each state. And then there is the beer; there are thousands. Crazy! They drink all hours of the day, it is even allowed on some jobs. Hunting is expensive because the animal belongs to the state, so even though they love venison and rabbit, it is as much as 20 euro/$27 in restaurants. Insane. But the breads and cheeses are cheap, and amazing. And yes, I remember playing on those swings. I have a picture of you and I on them at Grandma and Grandpa's when we were about 5. And yes, my girls have tons of hair!! Love to all of you!