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Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 28th 2005

What a great Christmas this has been =) I missed everyone back home, but it was also nice to get to spend Christmas with family over here again. Of course in true German style, there was a lot of celebrating. 24th:Christmas Eve The day was pretty relaxing. Just kicked back and didn't do much. Around 5 Anna, Maike and Oma came over and we opened presents. There were so many under the tree! Got some really nice stuff. Oh yeah, the Christmas tree had candles on it. =) I love that. hehe... the tree looks so pretty with candles. It just means you have to be extra careful. After presents we all went to Christina and Juergen's (Mama's sister and brother-in-law) for dinner. It's tradition that the Christmas Eve dinner is Fondue. mmmmmm.... so good. It's ... read more
Mama and Papa
Marina with her new slippers
Christmas Tree with Candles

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 24th 2005

Last night was great! Nello, Evy, Sonja, Marina, Juli and I got together for our christmas party and gift exchange. We went to Juli's had pizza, drank sparkling wine (pretty much a bottle a person, that explains the pictures if you look at em) and had a blast. We exchanged the gag gifts first. Those where quite entertaining. We put a gift in the middle of the table and the first person to roll a double with the dice got it. Nello got the monkey lighter that I brought. It was a hit. =) Sonja and Marina ended up bringing the same gag gift, so Juli and I opened em at the same time. They're ugly calendars from a Chinese restaraunt in Sundern. Was pretty entertaining. After that we exchanged our real gifts. Marina and I ... read more
All six of us =)
Evy and Sonja

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum December 22nd 2005

Hi Everyone, yeah I know... I've been slacking. sorry that it's been a while since I last wrote. I know, I haven't finished writing about the conference. I've already started the last journal entry for it, but just haven't found the time to finish it yet. Things have been very busy here. After berlin I was in Trier for 3 days and then caught a train up to Stockum for the weekend (Thur. to Sun.). It was nice to be back up here. Sat. was my class party. That was a blast =) =)... I have pictures up on my site. I was back in Trier this week. Classes are keeping me very very busy. It's beginning to be crunch time. Also had to clean the apartment and pack. Yuck! Mon. was my last dance class. ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum October 29th 2005

What a great birthday party yesterday! At 5 the whole family met at Stroiers (sp?), a local restaurant/bar. Down in the cellar is the Kegelbahn (Kegel lane). It was soo much fun to play again. Kegeln is sort of like bowling (but quite different too). The lane starts out skinny and then gets wider at the end. Instead of 10 pins, there are only 9. The balls are smaller and there are no finger holes. There are a variety of different games you can play. We started off with kinda the norm... every player gets three chances to knock over as many pins as they can after each ball all 9 pins are set again. Next we played Tannenbaum (Christmas Tree). We divided ourselves into two teams. Each team had to then get rid of all ... read more
The famliy in the Kegeln Room
Oma with the grandkids
The French Painter

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Stockum October 27th 2005

I'm back in Stockum. =) It really felt like coming home when I arrived today. Was such a nice feeling. The train ride was actually pretty nice. It was a little under 5 hours (long travel day). But thankfully none of the trains where really full. On the first train I sat in a whole section all by myself. I was also able to lower the window so I got a couple nice pics of the areas we drove through. I'll post em here as soon as I load the pics. (Prob. Sun morning). It was an absolutely gorgeous day. I'm guessing it was in the mid-seventies. The weekend is supposed to be like this... (crossing fingers.. oh I hope I hope I hope)... It's really unusual weather for the end of Oct. (Of course I'm ... read more
Vineyard along the train route




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