Farewell to Schwerin

 

Schwerin Water Tower circa 1889

Today is Sunday and our last day with the Schwerin Friendship Force Club.  It began with a lovely breakfast and listening to outdoor jazz.  Later, we went out for Greek food - very good in Germany!  Our host, Elke, made a special black forest cake (pictured below) for the Good Bye dinner at the top of the town water tower.  It was the first time they've gotten permission to use it and it is a very unique place to meet.  The views of the town were awesome!

I thanked their club and gave them a donation from our club and then we all participated in a "Florida" show.  A translator helped them understand all the facts we had about Florida, e.g., "F" if for the Fountain of Youth that Desoto was looking for when the Spanish discovered it.  You get the idea!

All the club members made awesome homemade desserts.  Following that, there was a barbeque with grilled pork chop steaks, all kinds of salads, liberal wine and beer and more special puddings with sauces.  We will need to diet when we get home!



Elke's delicious home-made Black Forest Cake - YUM

There was a sun shower and suddenly a gorgeous rainbow appeared.  We are sad to leave these wonderful people.  Tomorrow we travel about 6 hours to Cologne for a few days on our own, then we will start our next Friendship Force Exchange in Belgium. 


A Rainbow Ending for our Farewell Party - just beautiful!

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