New Years Eve Munich

After our stop Augsburg we went on to Munich

Unfortinatley the weather was not so nice - it was rainy, cold and windy - and everything was closed on December 31 and January 1.

 Bu then the new years eve party at Christian's place was great

Landsberg am Lech

After spending the evening and the night in Augsburg at the hotel we know from a trip last year we made a little road trip to Landsberg am Lech - another small historic town south of Augsburg

 It was cold but sunny

Mia had brought one of her stuffed animals - a dog she got at St. Nicolas

In the evening we tried another restaurant with German food in an old basement in the old town of Augsburg.
Mia worked out the order

 It was all good

Nördlingen

After the holidays we started a small raod trip to Bavaria. Our first stop was Nördlingen - an historic town with a city wall at the border between Bavaria and Baden Würtemberg.
On the drive we saw some countryside that was covered with frost - beautiful view

We found a parking spot by an old city gate

It was pretty cold

 Luckily we found a cafe to warm up

In the late afternoon we arrived in Augsburg were we checked into a hotel wee we had also stayed the year before.
Mia figured out the way to the town hall with a map. There we had dinner in an old cellar

Christmas Eve

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve we did the traditionally thing to do and set up the Christmas tree. We had bought it a week earlier and stored it on the balcony

Its also a tradition that Mia helps decorating it

Then she was part of the nativity play at church again as a shepart

After the church service for families it was already dark outside and at home the presents were waiting under he tree

Uncle Stefan had given a small but very popular present - a flying ball with LED lights

Oatmeal Cookies

Mia had discovered a recipe for oatmeal cookies in one of her books she liked. The weekend before Christmas she baked them for the second time

Ice Skating Field Trip

The last week of school before the Christmas break started with a field trip to the ice skating rink that is part of the Christmas market in the old town in Heidelberg.

Christmas Market Ladenburg

After we missed the Christmas market in Bad Wimpfen - we went there only to find out that it was already closed on the weekend before Christmas - we went to the one in Ladenburg instead.

It is small but very pretty. The market square is surrounded but old half timbered houses and one can get something hot to drink or something to eat

It had snowed a bit during the day and the town looked like out of a fairy tale book