Easter eggs and lakes

Påsken er kommet og gået og I modsætning til I Danmark ruttes der ikke med helligdage her. Alle påskedage har været helt almindelige arbejds- og skole dage pånær Good Friday, hvor ungerne havde fri. Men ingen påske herovre uden påskeægsjagt. Det er der nogen her I familien, der har glædet sig ret så heftigt til. “Kan du ikke lige hente din kurv, så jeg kan tage et billede af dig Luca?”:

Easter has come and gone again and in contrast to in Denmark, there hasn’t been any national days off. All days of Easter have been regular work and school days except Good Friday, where the kids were off. But no Easter without easter egg hunts. Someone in this family has REALLY looked forward to this. “Luca, why don’t you get your basket, so I can take a picture of you?”:

Første omgang jagt var I kirken, hvor der ikke var sparet på hverken æg eller ivrige børn. Jagten blev sat I gang med en megafon og så var der ellers fart over feltet:

First hunt was in our church on Saturday, and there were many many eggs and eager kids. Once the megafon count down was over, the kids sure got busy:

Bagefter var der pizza og “crafts” indenfor og jeg kunne ikke lade være med at snige mig til et billede af de allestedsnærværende hand sanitizers. Som dansker er man altså ikke helt vokset op med samme bakteriofobiske tilstande.

Afterwards there was pizza and crafts indoors, and I couldn’t help but snatch a picture of the abundant hand sanitizers. Being Danish we haven’t grown up with the same germophobic conditions:

Søndag gik det løs igen. Vi startede ud med et brag af en påskegudstjeneste I kirken, hvor alle (pånær os) var mødt op I deres stiveste puds. Teresa mangler åbenlyst at have at arsenal af tylkjoler, højhælede sko og blomster hårbånd, som stort set alle de andre tøser I hendes alder.

Bagefter satte vi kursen med West Bloomsfield, hvor vi var inviteret til åbent hus hos en anden dansker og hendes amerikanske familie. Vi skulle bare finde huset med en velociraptor ude foran…….!

Sunday we were at it again. We started out in our church with a big Easter Sunday service, where everyone else (except us) had put on their finest clothes. It is obvious that Teresa døs not have the same amount of big dresses, high heeled shoes, and hair accessories with flowers as everybody else her age apparently have……

Afterwards we went to West Bloomsfield, where we had been invited over for an open house event at another Dane and her American family. We were told to find the house with the velociraptor in front……!

Det var SÅ hyggelig en eftermiddag hos den slags mennesker, hvor man bare føler sig velkommen og hjemme med det samme. Der var hund og andre børn og en golf cart til teenagerne og masser af mad og bål på terassen og mere påskeægsjagt. OG en ældre dame, der syntes Luca var noget så nuttet, at han blev helt bange for hende og ikke turde gå ind og hente sin jakke.

It was SUCH a nice afternoon with that kind of people where you instantly feel at home and welcome. There was a dog and other kids and a golf cart for the teenagers and plenty of good food and a bonfire outside and more easter egg hunt. AND an elderly lady who thought Luca was so incredibly cute, that he got scared of her and would not go inside to pick up his coat.

I dag (mandag) har det været en feriedag, hvor vi skyndte os udenfor, da der skulle komme en del regn resten af ugen. Planen var at se på vand – den rigtig store slags, der ligner hav. Så vi kørte da lige 150km for at komme på stranden oppe I Port Huron! Første stop var et fyrtårn ved Blue Water Bridge til Canada.

 Today (Monday) has been a day off, where we hurried outside, as it is supposed to rain the rest of the week. The plan was to go see some water – the big kind of water, that looks like ocean. So we drove close to 100miles to get to the beach in Port Huron. First stop was the light house by the Blue Water Bridge to Canada.

Næste stop var frokost, hvor vi tog en tur på Dennys til den mest sørgelige betjening, jeg nogensinde har fået L Det var small town America, så det næsten gjorde ondt at være vidne til. En trøstesløs landevej med lige så trøstesløse halvtomme parkeringspladser foran småkedelige fast food restauranter. Vi blev ikke hængende så længe men fortsatte lidt længere op nord på, hvor vi heldigvis blev mødt af denne udsigt:

 Next stop was lunch at a Dennys with the most unprofessional service I have ever had. It was small town America so it almost hurt. A sad looking road with sad looking mainly empty parking lots outside boring restaurants. We did not stay long, but continued up north where we were met by this fabulous view:

Jeg vidste ikke at “the great lakes” var så blå! Jeg har sådan savnet at være tæt på havet, og det var skønt at komme op til bølger og strand. Vi fandt en hel del sten med fossiler I og der blev luftet ny indkøbte sværd.

I did not know that the great lakes would be that blue! I have really missed being close to the ocean and it felt beyond good to be somewhere with beach and waves. We also found quite a few fossil rocks and the newly bought swords were used quite a lot:

Vi krydser fingre for at vi ikke bliver spærret inde af regnvejr i morgen, for vi trænger virkeligt til at være mere udenfor.

We cross our fingers that we are not stuck inside due to rain tomorrow as we could really use some more outdoors