Christmas Concert

 To share some Christmas joy we recorded some music and mailed the video clips

Oh Tannenbaum

Au claire de la lune

 

Christmas Eve

Like every year we spend the afternoon of Christmas even to set up the Christmas tree which we had gotten this year at a supermarket around the corner:

Some of the Christmas tree ornaments are from the 1950'ies or 1960'ies

Then we had to wrap a few presents

 Al of them were put under the tree

Time for a few family pictures

Then the traditional dinner

Finally time for the presents

One presents were a box with magic tricks

Mia tried sine right away

Castle Auerberg

 

To get out of town for a change we made a 30 minute drive up north to check out the hills around castle Auerberg which is ovelooking the Rhine valley from the Odenwald

The weather was npt perfect but the view still nice

Mia wanted ti check who is taller - Ji is still by a little bit

A well deserved break after 1 km of walking

Good Bye Claudia

 Our friend Claudia is moving back to Switzerland and we put together a little surprise for her: A small book with pictures from Heidelberg.

Because of Corona we met outside and had some alcohol; free champagne she had found in her kitchen

 It was nice to have here around in the last two years and to lean how to have raclette

12 Years Old

 Before heading for school on her 12'th birthday Mia had to take a quick look at her presents

In the afternoon there was of course a chocolate birthday cake with 12 candles

Unfortunately there was no birthday party this year because of the Cornoa pandemic but at least one friend was there

 

Christmas Cookies

 Tomorrow is the first of advent. A good time to start baking christmas cookies

Evening Walk in Bahnstadt

We try to go for daily walks during the pandemic and the Bahnstadt with all the construction and changes is one of the places we walk to most often. On a foggy day the light was special

Walking back through the train station

Bike Tour to the Farm Shop

Last weekend the farm shop not far from the chicken farm was already closed. So this Saturday we left a bit earlier to make it there before closing time. The weather was also nicer and it was not so cold lile a week earlier.

 

This time we made it before closing time

 

Götterspeise

Mia likes the German version of jello and made the green - wood-ruff - and red - raspberry - flavor together with vanilla sauce. She had to wait a bit since it had to sit in the fridge for a day and then turned out really good

Mia walking Mia

Mia and her friend have started to walk a neighbor's dog in the last few weeks that is also called Mia and very sweet. One evening they came by to introduce her

While Mia is walking Mia her parents go for a evening walk by the river

Bike Tour the Chicken Farm

Yet another bike tour to the chicken farm 30 minutes away where we can buy eggs from free range chicken from a vending machine. Mia needs a little break just before we reach our destination

Fall Bike Tour

On a sunny Fall day we did a bike tour at one of our common routes towards Ladenburg. First we passed the vegetable fields in the Neuenheimer fields. The looked really impressive for end of October

 Then  we had a short break at the small airport of the model airplane clubs

A guy was testing his glider

Along the river Neckar

Another break in Ladenburg with coffee and a pastry

Back along Neckar again