Visit to Sarre Union: The Schumachers

We had a lovely visit with Jim's good friends the Schumachers. Madame Schumacher prepared an outstanding traditional Alsatian meal for us: Une enorme choucroute garnie. The dish is basically sauerkraut topped with various meats like sausages and ham (both salted and smoked, very tender), plus Madame Schumacher's delicious liver dumplings. What an amazing meal!

The Schumachers "adopted" Jim during his years at medical school in Strasbourg, where he and Catherine were in the same class. Jim spent holidays with the Schumachers in the early 1980s. Armand Schumacher told us stories about his boyhood during the Nazi occupation of Alsace. What a nice visit we had--I wish we could have stayed longer.

Pictured from left to right: Front: Jim, Miraise; Back: Rachel, Regine, Marie Pierre, Lynn, Armand.