Goo Goo Eyes

Last year at this time, I was working for Edo and Elsa as a bartender at Casa Motte Bolleberg. It all started during a walk about, Terry and I discovered a restaurant about a half a kilometer from our house. Before you know it, we were going there on Sunday afternoons, rain or rain as it was that winter.....we dubbed it our "date night" aka "goo goo eye night" If for some reason we didn't go, the next time we went we were quizzed, through the one waitress who spoke English......"what happened to you". Over winter our friendship grew, I was asked and accepted to teach English to Fatima, the daughter of Edo and Elsa.......naturally, we becamc fast friends! One of the funnier Fatima stories : Terry often calls me chica, one day Fatima said to me "come on chicken, lets go......." we really learned a lot from each other!

And so........time marches on, like it tends to and before you know it, summer rolls around.....the Europeans have a serious view of vacation-and since many of the people who worked at the restaurant are family.......they tend to take vacation together......and ZO Casa Motte Bolleberg was short handed, hence Liz to the rescue.

Oh what fun! TALK about culture, I was totally immersed, nights flew by, mostly I tended bar, I could read the drink tickets as they printed and I made a handy little cheat sheet to mix/pour the most popular German drinks.........I even managed to make a few new American friends thru the whole experience.......IF There was an American who came in, the staff would come to me all excited......shnell Liz..........cume se here bitte.... I made a little cheat sheet to learn the most popular German/Dutch drinks other than just your basic beer or wine.

Radler/Alster: Pils beer und sprite

Apfel Shule/Snei Wiess: Apple Juice und Water (w/CO2 or mit gaz)

Diesel: Cola und Fanta

Pils Shus: Malt und Pils

Alt Shus: Diebles und Malt

I forget what cola and pils is called, I hope Julie will comment, and Julie, honey, I know the spelling isn't right, sorry about that!

As most of my blog followers know, Fatima became a good friend, we spent a lot of time together. She and my sister Chris's daughter Emily are close in age they became pen pals! It was a sad day when she and her family were asked/forced to give up their tenure running the restaurant I could have included them in the Poof Blog, eh? They moved to Dortmond, about two hours away. I do get updates from my little friend, I hope on visting her in the near future.

love and miss you all