All I can say is that I had a wonderful Christmas! It started out with a very amusing train ride to Karlsruhe on what must be the busiest day of the year on the deutsche bahn, with bags and people lining the aisles of the train car (yes, if you didn't make a reservation, DB will still charge you the full ticket price to stand in the aisle for 4 hours... thankfully I made a reservation!) and a traditional German Christmas Eve complete with cello and carols and real candles on the tannenbaum. It ended with a hike up the hillside to watch the churchbells and fireworks ring in the new year above Zurich. In between there were some delicious knudels and linzer torte and an awesome interactive art museum in Karlsruhe, a fire show over the waterfall in Triberg, a pork sausage and glockenspiel show in Munich, and a new years eve dance party for four. Of course delicious food was a crosscutting theme of the holidays!
I was so lucky to be able to spend Christmas with my very generous hosts, who even had a stocking for me to open in Canadian style on Christmas morning! It was also very special for me to have the opportunity to visit my mom's family in the Black Forest for the very first time and get a taste of southern German life. I think those Bratwurst and potato salads will keep me coming back.
Only three more weeks in Geneva... better make them count!
I'm glad that you had a good time in Germany for Christmas Molly. We missed you at home but I've been overseas for Christmas before and I know you have to take advantage of your opportunities as they arise. Looking forward to you and Ryan coming up for the torch relay in a couple of weeks.
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