Merry Christmas everyone! We wanted to post a full length blog tonight complete with pictures of our day and of the beautiful white weather, but sadly, it got very late. We attended a German Church Service at 11:00pm and we didn’t get home until 12:50. After doing the rest of…
Just like the ones I never knew :o) After a night of temperatures in the low to mid 20s and a lot of fog, we looked outside yesterday, and everything was rather frosty. This is what we saw:These are the coolest little ice crystals I’ve ever seen. These next couple…
Here are some photos of our Christmas tree, complete with a heart tree-topper made by my 3-year-old niece, Emma. My friend Katy went to Norway a few months ago and sent John and me this heart ornament she made in an old iron works mill in Oslo. My parents sent…
John was selected to go to the Soldier of the Month Board, where soldiers must prepare a biography, a speech and answer questions on various Army-related topics. The soldiers are graded on all of these things plus their personal appearance (they wear their Class A uniforms to the board). For…
On Saturday, John and I headed to Kaiserslautern (known as K-town by the Americans), which is about an hour away, for a little day trip. Truly, we made this journey just because we heard there was a Chili’s there. We were desperate for good American food, and we weren’t disappointed…not…
Finishing up my post about last weekend, I have a number of photos of the Schwetzingen Weihnactsmarkt to share. Just so you all understand, Schwetzingen is the small town we are nearest to, and Heidelberg, the other city Christmas market we went to, is about 10 minutes away. Schwetzingen has…