Thursday, December 26, 2013

In which it is still Christmas in Germany.



Greetings to all! I'm still alive but have not been prone to posting as per late thanks to arranging a new flatmate (as fate would have it, a neighboring-college friend from the States!), re-equipping our apartment, and -- surprise -- having to find a new apartment due to circumstances out of our control. Thankfully, a new home sweet home in the area was secured last week, enabling us to breathe easy for the holidays before moving next month. (And then there was work and Dublin und dies und das.)

Here are a few festive shots from the season, which I have been celebrating with some dear people in Hamburg. The first is the dancing greeter from the company Christmas market. (I took a few pictures at the legit xmas markets this year, but none of them came out as well as those from last year). The second is from December Brunch our casa, classic Kekse, silly Santas, and the last are from the Weihnachtszug -- an antique S-Bahn decked out in Christmas decoratings, complete with the Weihnachtsmann, uniformed conductors and tasty treats -- that seemingly appeared out of the past one day after I had just missed the train I was aiming for. Thank goodness for that.









And with that, merry holidays to all and happy sliding into the new year.