Dec 9th, 2009
Carrigaline Lions visit twin club in Germany
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19 members of the Carrigaline Lions Club visited the Herne-Emschertal Lions Club in Germany last weekend. The two clubs are twinned with each other and this was the fourth visit by Carrigaline members to Herne with the Herne members visiting Carrigaline every alternate year. As usual, the Carrigaline guests received a very warm welcome and experienced tremendous hospitality from their German hosts. The visit included a trip to the neighboring town of Bochum to see the very impressive Christmas market. A large area of the town centre is pedestrianised and filled with all types of stalls selling a wide variety of food, drink, Christmas ornaments and gifts. On Saturday evening, our friends from Herne-Eickel organised a great party for us – they supplied the food and drink and we supplied the music and craic. On Sunday, members of the Herne club were hard at work from early morning setting up the Advent Market in their local town of Eikel. Now in its ninth year, this market is organised by the Lions club and supported by various local clubs and charities. The little square in the midle of Eikel smelled of Gluhwein and freshly baked Waffles and was packed to capacity by enthusiastic locals. The brass band and the local choir completed the lovely Christmas atmosphere. The Carrigaline Lions donated several sides of Irish smoked salmon, loaves of brown bread and an assortment of Cork cheeses and the whole lot was sold out in no time.
Also on offer were German favourites like Curry-Wurst (grilled sausage with curry sauce), warm Apfelstrudel and Rosti all washed down by Plum Brandy Punch or Egg Nog. Another novelty for us was baking bread by wrapping dough around a stick and holding it over a log fire. All the proceeds of this enjoyable social gathering are donated to charity.
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