Travelog for: Pops

visiting for a while with kristykirkpatrick & her voyagers!

Fun times with Kristykirkpatrick and all the voyagers and voyagers in training!
Wired on coffee at Starbucks!

better focus

at Denny's for a game of might and magic!

Physical Therapy with the queen of torture....Miss Ann!

back at Denny's for more might and magic 6! The game takes weeks, but its a blast!

Going away Party! for Leif E

Mrs. Terri and Mr. Glen attended!

One last game of Might and Magic 6!

Tired toys! We stayed out all night!

Sooo happy to finally get to bed!

We will miss Leif E !!

I've been picked!! I'm going to visit yellowbunny through December! I can't wait to see what Christmastime is like in Germany!!

I`m arrived - at last!

Here`s a picture of me and my friend Travelbunny. 

The view of my host.

A walk to the harbour. On the way to it, there`s a statue of two little bears. I hope they aren`t hungry! ´


There I am at the entrance of a ship.

Here is a picture of me with a big ship in the lock.

A restaurant on the water. 

Here I`m helping my hosts with making cookies.

The first candle on the advent wreath!
And the Santa Claus was there, too!

Today we were on the Christkindles Markert:
Here I am with a traditional Mail Coach. They`rs riding around the Market.

There`s the Beautiful Fountain: when you turn the ring, you can wish you something! I don`t know if it`s true!

Here is the next picture: The Christkind!! The big wings and much gold! 

This is the little sister of our Christkind, the gold foil Christmas tree angel. It`s the symbol of our Christkindles Market.

The next picture: The big gingerbreads! They are very delicious, I love them!!

The Prune Men, the most popular souvenirs. You can buy them as a soccer star, gardener or many, many more. They were made from figs and walnuts.

The best food of the Christkindles Market: It can be eaten alone with two or three sausages in a bread roll or with sauerkraut or potato salad.

Here I am with a "Schwibbogen". It`s a round candleholder of wood.

The advent calendar of my hosts family. Every day, until Christmas Eve, you open one of the doors. It`s filled with chocolate, sweets, pictures, little toys or other things. It`s usually for children, but in this family has everybody one, even the dog!

Today is "Sankt Nikolaus". It`s an old custome, that you put your (cleaned!!!) shoes outside, and in the night comes the Nikolaus and puts sweets and chocolate into.

That`s my little "Sankt Nikolaus" of chocolate. I`m going to eat it all alone!!

This week I went to the classroom of my hosts.
With a blackboard, many posters and (of course) a latin book! 

Here are the cups, which you can buy at the Christkindles Market.
They`re filled with glowwine, that`s hot billberry wine with cinnamon and cloves. Every year you can by a cup with new print.

Yesterday I visited the Nuremberger castle, where you have a great view.

And I helped to pack the gifts! A hard job!

The towm hall in Forchheim is  the biggest christmas calendar of the world. Every day they open a window and put a picture behind the glass.

This is the crib in Forchheim.

And we were playing in the snow!! But on the next day all was away again.

Here I`m sitting in a aviary. But it doesn`t taste good, only nuts and raisin! 

Here is the christmas tree with all the gifts.
You open them at the 24th in the evening.

That`s my own gift!!!

In the evening we all opened our gifts.
I got a scarf.

And we had a traditional christmas goose with potatoe dumpling and red cabbage.