Fill it up – the fasting is over

Easter, as one of the most important Christian holidays not only marks the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ but also the end of the fasting season. Some people use this 40 day period, which commences at the end of carnival, to live up to their New Year’s resolutions and refrain either partially or completely from smoking, drinking alcohol and eating excessively. Very often the Easter Holiday festivities make up for all that sort of abstinence and the net effect of fasting is turning negative within a few days.

We did not really abide by the fasting rule, but did celebrate the end of the season with a big brunch on Sunday morning at Heidi’s place together with Sandra & Flo and Christine (Flo’s Mum) & her partner Norbert. The offered food range was sheer endless: boiled ham with freshly grated horseradish, smoked salmon with horseradish cream, boiled (coloured) eggs, baked beans with sausages and scrambled eggs, fresh fruit salad, various kinds of bread, a Reindling (traditional Carinthian dish) and of course various kinds of cheese and marmelade. Tea, coffee, juices and sparkling wine rounded the binge up. As if the brunch was not enough we had some more coffee and cakes in the afternoon together with Eugen, Kerstin’s dad and her aunt Lissi, uncle Werner and cousins Monika & Barbara.

Filled up to the roof - our french lion on the way home

Monday morning the big eating continued with another breakfast in the sun. Renate Werner, the Meierei, who have returned last night from Spain where the visited their daughthers Anja in Barcelona and Katrin & Dipak in Gran Canaria, joined in to tackle the many leftovers of the Sunday brunch. Markus skipped the breakfast as he was trying to cram the car with all the stuff we want to take back to Vienna. Apart from the luggage we brought along we also wanted to take back the two pieces of furniture we ground and coloured on the weekend, a little casket and a small table, as well as something very special: the traditional cradle which was built especially for Kerstin more than 30 years ago and which hosted Kerstin, Sandra, Katrin & Anja. Fitted with a new mattress it will accomodate the new generation soon! Fitting all the bags & furniture pieces into the car demanded a lot of tricks and twists, but at the end of the day the car was filled up to the roof, had everything in it and after a long journey due to heavy traffic and jams we got home safely to Vienna in the evening.

Kerstin & Markus