We just had a Canada Day party last night, with almost 20 German friends here, sporting red and white clothes and even a Vancouver Canucks T-shirt. Marc had made a Canadian music playlist, so we were grooving to Great Big Sea, Barenaked Ladies, Bryan Adams (well-known in Germany!), and even a little Shania. I had posted info around the room and then asked questions about Canada and we had prizes for correct answers. The buttons and tatoos were big hits. I had baked (cherry cheesecake like a Canadian flag, maple butter, maple syrup pie, red berry pie and a taco salad, along with other red and white food) and decorated up a storm. Lia thought it was as good as Christmas (and all the more exciting since it seemed to come completely out of the blue, though I had been planning for a while) since she even got gifts from people, and I sent maple leaf cookies for all the kids at kindergarten. We were even more patriotic than in Canada. Germans don't really get patriotic...culturally nationalism is a bad word here, given their history. But they really have a lot to be proud of. And so does Canada! Herzlichen Gluckwunsch, Kanada!
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Nice to see you back to blogging! What a great way to celebrate Canada Day in Germany - sounds like all of your work was well worth it! We just waved a little flag, Tim had some home fireworks on the beach, and Dave wore his Canada shirt.
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