A Destination Table

It's been a few weeks since we played with dishes around here. Frankly, we've  been a little short on both time and inspiration. When Cuisine Kathleen came to the rescue with the inspiration, we decided we could also  take the time.

That's because it's challenge week at

 Let's Dish! 

(And we love a challenge)

This month's challenge was to create a destination table.

Can you guess where we're going? 

Germany

Actually, even though my German father visited repeatedly, I have never been there myself. It's on the list of places that I would love to visit were it not for that pesky fear of flying and the fact that I've seen The Poseidon Adventure. 

My daughters, however, have no such fears. Neither do my nieces.

All four granddaughters in the family participated in a German exchange program in high school. The three older girls spent their summer in Weissenfels, a village in what was once East Germany. Miss Whimsy took a walk in the Black Forest instead to the beautiful town of Freiberg. 

They were the guests of  four German families. In return, we  hosted their four festive frauen in our own  homes in Georgia.  We decided to invite them back to be the invisible guests at our Germany inspired table. 

Willkommen,

 Antje! 

And 
 Susi, Jenni, and Eli!

The  Hummel figurines guarding each place were German gifts

 for the females in the family.  

The bier steins were gifts for the men.
(Fellow Baptists can just call these root bier steins.)

That extra stemware just came from Walmart. 

 For the purposes this post, please feel free to call it Valmart instead. 

For our centerpiece, we used a gift bought especially  for the Duchess.

Perhaps you noticed his feet.

It's not Paul Bunyan. 

It's Hans the Nutcracker. 

Since no one brought home any German dishware, 

 we decided to use a variety of  stoneware

layered in the colors of the German flag. 

And little bowls in the center  of each 

 filled with Gummibär. 

(That 's   gummi bears, in case it isn't obvious.  

Those cute little creatures hail from Germany too.) 

We picked the black iron flatware to give the table an old world effect. 

Added a napkin ring to match
and stuffed it with more red and gold. 

And there you have it.
Our destination table.

Inspired by four Great Deutschland Adventures.  

Auf wiedersehen!

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