It's Almost Easter

so in true "Mc Style" that means going back to catch up on fun fall and holiday adventures

Thanksgiving is a non-holiday over here and although there's plenty of Turkeys at the commissary and friends with which to gather for traditioanl feasts, sometimes, what you really want is an honest-to-goodness pumpkin patch.

This year, we found one. Pumpkin Island.

The crazy thing is that Pumpkin Island has pumpkins all year 'round. In the nice weather it's a pumpkin-themed beach club (don't ask, we're in Germany) But in the fall, they stack up the hay bales as pirate ships, carve a maze out of the corn field, and have pumpkins of all shapes and sizes for purchasing in the pumpkin patch.

We met up with some friends and spent a lovely couple of hours worrying about the youngsters as they climbed to the mast of the pirate ship and got lost in the maze on the big tri wheel scooters,i
but in the end we warmed up with hot chocolate and pumpkin soup and, for just a minute could've sworn we were kicking it up, American Thanksgiving style.