Thanksgiving with Oma & Opa

 We were grateful to have Oma & Opa visit for Thanksgiving.  On Thanksgiving we celebrated as well with my upstairs neighbor, Michelle, and her parents.  It was fun celebrating with friends and family.

 In true Thanksgiving celebration, we went to the place were the 1st Thanksgiving originated... Plimoth Plantation.  It was great to learn the history of Thanksgiving.  We were able to met members of the Wampanoag tribe who still reside in this area.

 Anything with water is always fun.  Even these out of commission canoes.

 Inside a traditional Wampanoag hut.  There were nice because it was so cold outside.  But I have no clue how anyone can stand the amount of smoke the fires produced.

 Then it was off to the English village of Plimoth.  The villagers kept to the 1600 times in speach, dress and demeanor.  It was exponentially funny to her Opa say 'Merry Chirstmas' just to be told to keep that to himself.  At that time, religious holidays were not celebrated outwardly.  However, she smiled and said that anything could happen behind closed doors.

 The final stop was visiting the Mayflower II.  A replica of the original Mayflower.  Hard to imagine 102 people in this boat crossing the ocean.

 On Thanksgiving, we headed out to the park.  It has snowed a bit the night before which lead to an impromptu snow ball fight with Opa.

One night the adults took in a very humorous show... 'Shear Madness'.  We were still laughing one the way home.  We also enjoyed some traditional German food at Jacob Wirth Co Restaurant.  On the menu was beers from Bitburger Brewery; memories from Di and Shane's stay in Germany.