This week was pretty uneventful until Saturday. We started the day by hitting yet another Christmas Market. This time we drove about 30 minutes to the city of Bayreuth. It was raining pretty hard when we set off from home but as we drove the weather cleared up. We ended up having a pretty dry day after all. The Christmas market was fun. We were able to buy a few gifts for the boys and a few others on our list:) We had some Nuernberger bratwurst and french fries from a little stand in the market for lunch. The boys rode on a pretty silly carnival type ride but they were happy because there were two motorcycles right next to each other they could ride. We once again enjoyed the sights and sounds of Christmas in Germany. We wanted to catch an organ concert that was happening at noon but all Hyrum could remember was that it was at a church in the altstadt (or old city.) This is pretty much like remembering it's at a Mormon church in Salt Lake! Needless to say we couldn't find the right Cathedral and the boys were in no mood to wander around the city. Next time we'll be sure to get more specific directions.
Since the day was sunny we also decided to get our Christmas tree on Saturday. We had exactly 45 euro to spend and guess how much the tree was we picked out? 45 euro, it was meant to be! The boys had fun decorating it with all their toy cars before we made them clean that up and help us put up more Christmasy decorations. We had a lot of fun listening to Christmas music, hanging ornaments and being together as a family.
I love this time of year!
At the Christmas market in Bayreuth. Hyrum didn't catch it on film but this dinosaur had a Santa Claus hat on!
Picking out the Christmas tree
Townsend having fun decorating with toy cars
Now Townsend getting very serious about hanging Christmas ornaments
The boys had lots of fun decorating the tree, even if in the photos they look really serious
The finished product
Townsend having fun decorating with toy cars
Now Townsend getting very serious about hanging Christmas ornaments
The boys had lots of fun decorating the tree, even if in the photos they look really serious
I love this time of year too. We have lots of Christmas decorations with funny stories behind them. I feel a blog coming on...
ReplyDeleteps thanks for your kind comments on my recent blog. love you
Beautiful! Hey, I didn't know you had a blog! How cool is that!?! Adrienne just told me today. I'm so excited to see pictures of you guys and see where you live and the wonderful places you've been visiting. Are you having fun and learning the language quickly? Just curious. I think your Christmas tree is perfect!
ReplyDeleteTHE TREE LOOKS AWESOME!! I'm getting very excited to come down! I just got some news about when I can be there, but I have to verify it before I call you.
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ReplyDeleteI know we are so close...yet so far away! We have had tons of fun on this trip but wow it is cold here. We are in Paris now and spent the day at Euro Disney...fun but C'est Froid!
I'm sure Brad would be happy to book a trip to Germany soon so we will keep you guys in mind if we do....he needs very little encouragement!
I'm glad you are having fun, it is lovely in Europe and what fun memories for you family.
Love ya,
Karen
Rachelle - this is where my Mom is from! Glad you had fun. It's a cute, little city - make sure you go back in the summer - there's a lot to do there.
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