Day: December 12, 2022

Party

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If you only count the closest group of family members of mine with their significant others, we are 27. If you include uncles, aunts and 1st cousins, we are talking about ~ 60 people. Every time there is a reason to celebrate, birthdays, name days, or any holiday you can find on the calendar – they come together to party! And if we are in Europe, like now, we are celebrating with them! It fills up your calendar very quickly, and it is fun! A lot of fun!

Yesterday we celebrated 3 birthdays: Saskia’s, Roberto’s and David’s. With homemade cookies, brownies and cake, with pizza, salad and champagne! It was a very nice party – sorry, not everybody made it onto the photos…..

From Sun to Snow, from 18C to -4C 😬

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When it comes to the weather, I was born in the wrong country; a country that has four seasons, a winter, and snow. Where the days are short and the jackets are puffy, where the wind hurts in your face and the streets are icy.

Northern Italy, near Trento

But then there is Advent, Christmas decorations, Christmas music and delicious home made cookies (thank you Tamara!)! There are Christkindlmarkets in every village and – there is snow!!! ⛄️🌨️⛄️

When we sat in the train from Venice to Munich yesterday, the little powdery dust on the top of the mountains got denser and heavier the further north we travelled. Brennero, the highest stop on the way to Munich, at the border between Italy and Austria, was covered in 1 ft of snow, very fresh, very white! And even Munich had a nice layer of powdery dusting of snow. When we got off the train, a few very slow snowflakes tried to find the ground, not knowing exactly where to go. It looks like a dance! I love that snow, slow dance snow!

And it kept snowing throughout the night, it is beautiful! And every surface is white and looks bright and happy! Perfect Christmas mood, perfect December weather!

Did I ever mention that I love Germany in December?