Schwenken

On Saturday all of the HTW internationals were invited to one of the office's student aid's house for a Schwenken party.  Schwenken is a Saarlandish grilling experience where you build a fire and schwenk "swing" meat over the heat. This is an example set up:

The host lived really far away.  We had to take a train for 30 minutes; on the train we were joking that we were going to a cabin in the woods, or something.  Once we got out, we were picked up in a few rounds and taken to the house- it was down a dirt road in the woods!

Us wandering before the ride showed up:

Short car ride later, we found paradise in the backyard:

Everyone (12 people) brought food and the dad grilled it for us.  It was a really nice time hanging out around the fire.  The Schwenken set up was awesome- the grill came down through the roof by a wench.  We were all very impressed.

I brought pineapples and onions; it went over well with everyone. Only one other person had previously experienced grilled pineapple, which is one of the greatest things ever.