Guten Rutsch!

Ready steady go!

Last weekend we took the opportunity to test this winter's first snow. Together with some good friends I went to the Obertauern ski resort in Austria for two days of snowboarding. Although it was quite foggy and stormy on Saturday we spent all day on the slope. A great feeling and loads of fun! Fortunately, we had sunny weather on Sunday so we could actually see what the ski resort looked like and explore it a bit more. After coming back to Passau by coach in the evening, I immediately fell into bed - exhausted but happy.

Es weihnachtet mal wieder...

Jajaja, it's christmas time again and while the year draws to a close I'm getting more and more sentimental (am I getting old now?!). Fabulous memories of christmas time one year ago with Swedish christmas markets, glögg and pepparkakor, julpost, ice skating in Kungsträgarden and Gröna Lund... and especially today as TV and radio speak non-stop about the Nobel Peace prize being awarded in Oslo with the Stockholm Nobel prize cerenomy following tomorrow - no wonder I'm getting sentimental! (extenuating circumstances - yippie, I'm not getting old yet :-)
Other than that I'm also enjoying christmas time here in Passau with nice little "Nikolausfeiern" (St Nicholas parties) among friends and -självklart- visits to the christmas market. I'm even planning to bake some "tyska kakor" and write christmas cards ... somehow these christmas rituals give me a feeling of "being home" (wherever I am) ...