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Christmas Countdown
Howdy folks,
With the Christmas countdown on, it seems like there is something new happening just about every day. For example there has been a positive spike in the number of Christmas Cards I've received including: Dave Ashforth from UK, Martin and Louise Pinno from Australia, Thomas Vafiadis from Australia, Damian and Birgit Andrews from Adelaide and a wonderful package from father dearest Rainer, Carol, Hannah and ...
Extreme Randomness
... fast now. It will be a cool -2 degrees Celsius overnight and the possibility of snow for Christmas. But given that my friends in Banff have been snowboarding for a month already means that they have much more snow there already. I can't see the possibility of snowboarding this Winter, not without a job at least. I also found ice coffees here, well of sorts. They only come in a 250mL cup, but are 50 cents so I shouldn't complain!
Lastly, ...
European Girls
... Seattle Washington. We went just as the sun was setting so we had a spectacular view and then as it got dark saw all the pretty city lights. Yesterday, we went to a thermal bath swimming pool, however, we were the only young people there (other than us, I think the youngest person was seventy) and it wasn't actually warm so we left and traveled to the pretty town of Ludwigsbourg. Like many ...
Philosophizing over Glühwein
... a good work out to get there. We didn't take the extended walk along the very top, but instead headed along the ridge and down the switchbacks back to the Alte Brucke. It was quite windy along the bridge and there were masses of people in the Alt Stadt. This is the first weekend that the Christmas Markets have been in operation and there are several different ones set up in Marktplatz, Bismarckplatz and ...
Aurbach and Alsbach Castles
... what I do find is in German. Through rough translating I know that it was once owned by six people. It was robbed and burned. At one point it was owned by the Count of Diez in the 1500's (yes, the same Diez where my family is from). It eventually fell into disrepair and is now in ruin, however, there is still a beer garden in the castle.
We were practically the only people at the castle, so the boys had a great time running around this ...