Monthly Archives: December 2012
Late Thanksgiving and early Christmas
For our last day at Ilmesmühle Holger had invited his brother Christian, his French wife Ann and their daughters Natasha (15y) and Jacqueline (11y). Their dog Reglis also came as he is great friends with Moana. Having grown up in … Continue reading
The ‘Holger’ Photo was found
And this is the missing photo of Holger when he came and picked us up from the train station when we arrived last Monday…
Nichtstun in der Ilmesmühle
Unbelievably we have been here at Ilmesmühle for nearly a week now. We had one outing to a close by town Bad Heresfeld, and other than that we haven’t really been doing much at all, which has been great and … Continue reading
The ‘Old’ Map
Dear Blog Readers, Some of you have noticed the new look at the top of the map and some of you (all Germans!) noted that this is an old map of Europe…in deed it is. Around 1900-10, or so I … Continue reading
Norderstedt to Fulda
On Monday we said our sad good byes to the lovely people of Norderstedt. Birgit, Marek and Jana we will see again in three weeks time when they will come to Munich for Christmas, but Ingrid we won’t see again … Continue reading
The Snow!!!!
Dear All, It is snowing really hard and it’s sometimes rain snow which is really cool … and there are secret passages which are like Harry Potter. I bet you know that I love Harry Potter. Anyway there is … Continue reading
Tessa’s Birthday
It’s Sunday, 2. December and it is Tessa’s birthday. We had a busy morning packing, but managed to get it all done in the allotted time frame, despite, not because of the children I might help. We went over to … Continue reading
Hamburger Weihnachtsmarkt
On Saturday afternoon we took the U-Bahn into Hamburg to go to the Christmas Market. As the shops were still open it was very crowded which Ben struggled with a little, but he really enjoyed the food and Father Christmas…more … Continue reading
Friday was cold…
On my walk this morning I saw a small puddle that was frozen over…Jack Frost had visited over night… the leaves underneath my feet were no longer rustling but crunching… and the sun was only just coming up and visible … Continue reading