End-of-Break BBQ (April 15 2007)

Complete Set of Photos

To properly ring in the new semester and mourn the passing our our two-month break, I decided to throw a BBQ in the courtyard of our apartment complex. There's a big stone grill that residents are able to check out and use for parties. I was able to get the key and we fired it up for a nice, Sunday afternoon BBQ! We had hamburgers, hotdogs, bratwurst, and even some chicken and other various things. I even got some people to sample my (now very well) pickled eggs! They were polite enough not to gag!

When you buy charcoal in Germany, it's doesn't come in little squares with a "K" in them! It's in odd shaped pieces, like real coal. It still works the same though. I also made sure we had cold beer (usually at parties like this, the host gets a crate and just sets it outside, warm. It's always the cheap beer and it tastes really gross warm). I had a big tub and we filled it with water and ice.

The party went really well. We had the grill going for about 5 hours and many, many people from many different countries (USA, Canada, England, Germany of course, Ireland, Lithuania, Sweden, Australia, and more). The Americans here in Straußi II (the name of my apartment complex) are also planning to have a party for the 4th of July too!