Christmastime

I have decided that Christmas is the best here in Germany! The streets are filled with lights, cute stands full of warm drinks, sweet treats and handmade things to buy. We decorated our apartment and loved looking at the lights!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our students tonight - our regular Monday night restaurant prepared an amazing feast for us with seven turkeys, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, and a few of us made some pumpkin pies!

I am resoundingly thankful for these two kiddos. They are amazing, smart, creative, funny little boys who make me smile when I think about them. They love each other so much, it makes my heart smile.

I am also so thankful for Tim, who works so hard every day. He's amazing and hilarious and so kind. :) There are so many other people I am thankful for, friends and family who are so dear to our hearts! I am also thankful that we have this opportunity to live in Germany for the year. It has been hard, fun, exciting and amazing, and we can't wait to see what the next 5 months have in store!

Munich

We left Salzburg on Saturday evening for Munich. All day Sunday we walked around and stopped into a few places. Frauenkirche was our first stop.

I loved these Christmas decorations:

At 11 we watched the Glockenspiel.

Then we headed for the Olympic Park, site of the 1972 Olympic Games.

 I loved the seats in the stadium!

The torch:

Right next to the park is BMW Welt, where we pretended to own expensive cars.

Salzburg, Austria

This past weekend we traveled to Salzburg, Austria and Munich. It was a cold weekend, but thankfully it didn't rain or snow!

First we went on a salt mine tour, which the boys loved. It had slides, a boat ride over a salt lake, and you even got to taste the walls.

 I loved the protective clothing.

This salt mine goes into Germany and back, which led to some conflict over who the mine actually belonged to.

After the salt mine, we went up to the Festung Hohensalzburg, a fortress on top of a hill. The views were amazing!

Noah was manning the cannons, keeping us all safe.

Before we left for our train, we made a quick stop inside the Salzburger Dom, a beautiful cathedral in the middle of town.