How fitting that we spend our last evening in Alsace with the Meyers! So like family, sweet, comfortable. Theo and Sabin pick us up at our hotel at 6:00pm and tell us we will eat at their house and see their daughters before they go with their boyfriends. Once again our plans to treat friends to dinner at a restaurant are thwarted.
At their home, we become reacquainted with daughters Goelle 24 and A??? 21. Son A??? is with Sabine's mother just down the street. We see an Amazon box on the table, and Theo says he can order farm parts online for next day delivery. He also says that he learned about a source in Sainte Croix en Pleine when he took us there, laughing that we were responsible for his discovery.
The first bottle Theo opens is cremant from his friend Keyberger-Meyer and snacks accompany, always featuring yummy pistachios to shell. I ask the girls what they think when hearing their dad speak so much English. They say, "very strange," because they never hear this and claim that his English is not very good but amazing to hear. Theo adds that he hasn't spoken English since with us two years ago, but now he will be ready for Castroville this weekend because of practice now.
Eventually the girls leave to be with friends, Goelle to Colmar for a music concert and festival, A to her boyfriend.
A summery meal means a switch to Pinot Gris and different wine glasses. We appreciate his wine opener and tell him how we ordered some from Amazon and gave to family and friends. Plates of cold meats, baquette, and celery root salad call for wine refills.
At the evening's end, we exchange gifts and promise to be together in two years. Theo has said that they are coming to Texas but he doesn't know when. His girls both have apartments he funds for their education and job training, so he says he currently works for them. When they can support themselves, he will work for him and Sabin.
Before we get in their car to return to the hotel, we take a selfie and I take an extra. We leave in the morning for MSP, but part of my heart stays here in Alsace.
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