Sylvester

Celebrating the last day of 2024 at Viviane's house. There are a few more firecrackers and fireworks than at home...

Happy Sylvester! Roger is preparing the seafood.

Alex is at Gwenaël's house celebrating with the older kids.
Sophie enjoys playing piano with Clément.

Cheers!

A votre santé !

Shrimp, langoustine, fois gras, charcuterie. It's a feast!

Wine tasting: Roger teaches Eric the difference between
Chardonné and Muscadet (from his vineyard).

Philippe plays the accordeon.

Happy new year, everyone!

Fog from all the firecrackers and fireworks.

Cousins

Cousin Hélène invited us to her downtown apartment for coffee & kuchen.

Louise with Hélène & her mom Catherine.

Kougelhopf, brezel, cookies & donuts: yum!

Kammerzel

We celebrated Mamy's 80th birthday at the Kammerzel (3 months after the fact). Jean was working so Maman's aunt Christine came in his place.

There are a few less tourists today.

Angel watching over our family.

Red nose contest!

It's cold people. Let's go!

Kammerzel for traditional Alsatian food.

The cousins are hungry.

Alex & Chloé selected steak tartare.

The birthday girl & her favorite son-in-law
had baeckeoffe.

Baeckeoffe & waddele sauerkraut.

Eric amuse la galerie.

Someone did not get the memo that it's winter here.

Happy belated birthday, Mamy!

Sophie loves desserts.

Delicious gateau au fromage blanc.

Three generations.

The FNAC also has Squishmallows!

Bredele

One more day, one more friends' reunion. Coco invited us for tea and bredele! Alex may have eaten too many flams the night before and is staying home with Mamy...

Alsatian cookies called bredele for everyone.

Maman's college friends: Anne-Catherine,
Annick, and Corinne.

There is always laughter at Coco's house.

Lovely to catch up and hear all the stories, past & present.

Thanks to our hosts: Coco & Didier (CoDiLand)!

Tarte flambée

A trip to Alsace always includes eating tarte flambée / Flammenkuchen. This village's restaurant has an all-you-can eat flams menu! Let's check out the Grange du Glockelsberg à Blaesheim.

The gang is reunited.

Sophie is patiently waiting for her tarte flambée.

Philippe & Viviane

Roger & Eric enjoy their beer.

Lots of Orangina here!

The cooks were busy all night at the wood oven.

Alsatian beer & tarte flambée : heaven!

Apéritif

A party does not start without an apéritif in France. Let's go shopping to welcome friends to our house!

Sophie is super excited: France now has
Squishmallows too!

Alex is thoroughly enjoying spirits in Europe.

Mamy visited our gite for an afternoon tea.

Maman's high school friends: Kim & Viviane.
Too much fun to catch up with these ladies!

Apérifif time before heading to the restaurant.

Sophie & Alex enjoyed catching up with Léo & Clément.

Family Reunion

The Metz family gathered at the Modern Art Museum's café for an afternoon of catching up and kougelhopf eating. Amazingly, most everyone was there!

Metz family. Missing: Gilles, Isabelle, Yves & their families.

Cousins' kids.

Cousins.

Seniors.