{"id":3558,"date":"2012-10-30T19:26:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2016-03-01T21:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T21:28:07","slug":"gourd-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/gourd-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gourd Appreciation…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A year ago we were in Florida, where on a warm October day, we watched my Brother in Law marry his Sweetheart in a gorgeous ceremony overlooking the longest, whitest beach imaginable.<\/p>\n

You can’t beat an Autumn wedding, and there’s something really fun about being in the US at this time of year too – they of course do Halloween so very well…<\/p>\n

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The very next day we flew to New York, where the Small People somehow ended up joining local children in a spot of trick or treating.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t think they could quite believe their luck, and I couldn’t quite believe the amount of “candy” they had collected either!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was great being able to join in with some of the festivities and traditions though,\u00a0 and we even got to visit an authentic pumpkin patch while we were still down South,\u00a0 and that was just beautiful (thank you Grammi!)!<\/p>\n

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Here in Bavaria, Halloween is gradually becoming a bigger affair, and as they are an imperative part of the celebrations, the local farmers grow pumpkins in all shapes and sizes, and pile them up at the side of the road in the same trustworthy vein as the Pick Your Own Flowers<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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And, as I am slightly obsessed, I will leave you with a pumpkin that you can’t carve – but a seasonal one nonetheless.\u00a0 If you ever thought papier-mache might be a good project for a class full of five-year olds, you would be very much mistaken.\u00a0 Around two minutes in, and all I could think was that I might be one “Parent Guest” that wouldn’t be invited back – the state of the classroom at the end would have given any seasonal horror film a run for its money… \u00a0 Plus I ended up having to take all 18 pumpkins home to add a further layer of paper or three, a kind of nightmare of the non-scary variety…<\/p>\n

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Happy Halloween!<\/p>\n

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