Coffee at Florian's

We met a great family that lives down the street and around the corner from our apartment in Burghausen.  This is Christa, Thomas and Florian Meisinger. They have lived in and around Burghausen all their lives.  Billy and Florian work together at Wacker...he's a great guy with a great set of parents...and a younger sister. They were kind enough to invite us over for Sunday afternoon coffee on January 8th. (I'm behind on my blogging!) We were able to see their beautiful Christmas decorations before they took them down...they were putting them away the next day. Their home was lovely, warm and inviting. Yes, Christa and Thomas are Florian's parents..but they look too young!

Christa said she had learned how to make this beautiful Black Forrest Cake from her mother! It looked like it was professionally made and was SO delicious.  The slices on the left are a poppy seed torte that had a very different sort of flavor.  Billy and I both loved it.  They also had an out-of-this-world coffee machine that made the BEST cup of cappuccino.

The conversation was so much fun.  There were lots of smiles and laughs and we really did some damage to the cake.  A bottle of natural Austrian wine was brought out at the last and Thomas said it was something he often picked up in Austria at a place the vinyard delivers directly to. Maybe I can find out where...it was wonderful!
We are hoping to see them again soon.  Maybe we can cook them a dinner of chicken and dumplings, garlic mashed potatoes, fried okra and banana pudding at our place sometime soon to give them a taste of Tennessee cooking!