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Woohoo! AJ is sixteen! A big milestone age for an American teenager, even one in Germany.

New hat from Auntie Meli!

Unlike his American friends, AJ will not be getting a driver's license or a permit at sixteen. The driving age in Germany is eighteen. However, AJ is now legal to drink, as in alcoholic beverages, here in Germany. It's an interesting road to navigate with teenagers...

AJ chose to spend the majority of his birthday with his girlfriend Livia. They went to lunch, watched a movie... Then he met Steve and Dominic at Starbucks in Munich. Steve and Dominic had spent the day at the BMW Museum while the girls and I took Tina, Laura and Adam (cousins visiting from the US) to the fairytale castle Neuschwanstein.

Since it was Good Friday, dinner options were a little limited. We feasted with pizza from our favorite corner pizza shop!

The rest of the evening was spent celebrating with AJ. He had requested Funfetti cake for his
birthday, so Steve brought that cake mix and frosting back from the US. Steve also made AJ's Block O cake. It must have been good luck since the Buckeyes made it into the Sweet Sixteen on AJ's Sweet Sixteen.