It was a quiet Easter in Oberursel. The weather was not at all Easter like at 32 degrees and snow showers. I awoke to a strawberry rhubarb pie in the making and a cup of coffee. This year was different as I was the only child; something which has never been the case on a holiday. At around 10 am the Easter bunny hopped on over and delivered a package. The table was full of chocolates (special from Baden Baden), gummies and some unique German treats such as a Toffifee bunny, Kinder eggs and marzipan bunnies. Being the child that I am, I decided it was now time to continue the tradition of egg dying on Easter morning. What was different was the the egg dye. Unlike the tablets that dissolve in white vinegar, the egg dyes are in tubes. Instead of dipping the eggs into the dye, you wear rubber gloves and put droplets of dye in your hand. You then grab an egg and roll it around, coating it in dye. You can layer the dye, or mix it, or create a crinkle effect. Macintosh was quite enthused by this process and joined in the fun, placing her nose in the egg bowl and sniffing around the table. D and C even joined, each creating their own egg; which was added to the pile. After the egg dying we cleaned up and it was a rather mundane day filled with working and SAT studying. Easter dinner was quite fantastic, however, and the dessert even better.
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