Yes, another oldie I didn't manage to upload last fall. This was probably during all our computer problems when it crashed.
These are photos from a class excursion to Kutzenhausen last November with Davina's class. This is a small "village" set up like the early 20th century to teach children about life in Alsace in the Old Days.
Group shots of Davina's class at the end of the excursion. Davina is in purple, around the door.
If you don't want to read all this, at least go to the last two photos.
Arriving. The weather wasn't ideal.
The first project was to visit the classroom. Again, set up with old fashioned ink wells and heating. The teacher did a little lesson in handwriting how it would have been done back when. One little girl ended up in tears but that was soon resolved!
I found the formation of the letters rather interesting and assumed it was part of the time capsule experience but the other moms (we had been invited to participate) told me no. They had learned like this too!
Note the cross on the wall, which I asked about, which they found strange that I would. I asked if it was a public school but it was normal back then to put crosses on the wall, even in public buildings.
Shoe display outside the classroom.
Davina and her best friend Alix. 
Next there was the popular butter-making. Here they are all ready. One of the moms is behind.
This is the top of the contraption they used.
One kid giving it a little spin.
Not too yummy like this!
They tasted it in process. Yes, everyone got their own clean spoon.
Yup, that's the globule!
Tasting!
They made both salted and sweet butter and put it on little bits of bread for everyone to taste.They then toured the house. Here's a pitchfork. I resisted the urge to do an "Alsatian Gothic" pose...
Good listeners!
How food was stored in the days before refrigerators.
The eggs were buried in sand pits.
Inside the house, looking at the dining room.
This is an old-fashioned avent calendar. The walnut is moved from pin to pin, marked by the date. No, the alarm detector is not from this era!
The double doors were to keep livestock out of the house.
Slicer.
Fire extinguisher is not authentic either! 
Ummm, can't remember. Grinder of some sort? Wasn't paying attention (probably pulling some child off ceiling). 
How the irons were heated. She explained that more than one was needed.
Davina and Alix, trying not to destroy anything.
A grater, I think.
Coffee grinder. This woman would not love me for this photo!
Creepy dummy in dining room.
Sewing machine.
These beds are typically Alsatian. Too cold to heat upstairs, they would camp out in mini-rooms curtained off from the living room.
Another creepy dummy.
The trough in the courtyard.
Not paying attention again! Not sure what this is...
The joys of washing clothes in the Old Days.
The rabbits are kept in modern cages.
The old ones were just on display.
The old ones were just on display.
This one is called a Sablé, a kind of cookie, rabbit from the nearby Vosges Mountains.
A Japanese something-cut-off-from-photo
French butterflies!
The cow is fake. 
So are these creepy horses.
Ummm...
Old fashioned cow milker.
Reigns.
Clothes on the line outside.
Sack lunch time!
More pictures of the house
Old fashioned baby buggy.
More creepy manaquins. Alsatians love them, I think...
Turkey in the yard. There were also some chickens.
One of the buildings was just full of antiques, all just kind of jumbled together. Some real gems in there. 
Is this an organ? Those chairs are typically Alsatian.
Model of a typical Alsatian house.
They had a lot of war memorabilia 
This shows the various wall materials.
At the end of the day, the kids played some old games (but with modern materials). 
Yeah, escape back to Strasbourg!
Lining up for the bus.
Alix, cute little Arthur and Davina
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