October 3 is the Day of German Unity but the ambassador was unable to mark the day as he was back in Germany celebrating his mother's 100th birthday.
On display in the garden were pictures capturing the events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of the country.
There was also a collage of personalities and events which are considered 'typically German'.
German food and German wine was served.
Among the guests at the event were Minister for Communications and Dublin South TD Alex White, and the Papal Nuncio, Charles Brown.
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I often get ask what typical German food is - so i'm really wondering what they have served on that reception? Was it 'Sauerkraut' ;-)?
I have sometimes the feeling that German officials are very shy in showing their cultural routes - German history starts usually after WW2 without showing what was before!
Probably nothing 'typical' of any place or any person. Spätzle may not be 'typical' German, but it's as close as you get to that 'nice typical;' German 'thing'. Or is it?
What about 'German song and German wine' in Das Deutschlandlied? And that's away before WW2? Didn't see any 'Suaerkraut". DId see one or two people with a different Weltanschauung than I.
You are right, Spätzle is a typical food down from the south (schwäbisch).
There is for instance nothing in the chancellery (which looks like a washing machine designed from a spanish architect) which remembers of the German history before WW2 like statues, monuments or paintings. I'm suprised that they didn't put Mc Donald's into it, ha ha!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQB9A6YhSJg
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