Ein hoch auf uns, auf dieses Leben

This is my favorite German song of the moment - they play it every time as the filler song before the World Cup goes to commercial. (The title of this post means "So here's to us, here's to this life." It's a fantastic song!)

In the same vein, here are the photos Melody took last week while we were shopping at Kaufland in Plauen and in Bad Elster:

We discovered all the Germany merchandise...

Then we took a German-style photo. Some Germans don't smile with their teeth when they take photos, which we find rather strange. (Not all, though. The photos my Bible study takes are always with proper smiles.)

We were about to walk away when someone pointed out that we hadn't taken full advantage of the German merchandise, so we took another photo. The good people of Kaufland in Plauen thought we were crazy.

From left: Cathy, Hannah, Doria, Melody, Kitty, and I.