Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Bavarian Forest

Adrian has settled in very well here enjoying the cold. Down to 10°C below at night and around 0°C during the day makes for fine days with lots of sun and ice everywhere. He is enjoying his morning trips with his Opa picking up rubbish (mainly cigarette buds), checking the fires and making sure everything else seems to be in order around the castle. Just the usual landlord kind of stuff...
We went for another walk down to the river yesterday which is slowly turning into ice. We also went to the very old cemetary to visit my grandparents grave. Here, the graves are decorated a lot nicer than in NZ and ours has even got a Christmas Tree with candles.
This afternoon they went back to the snow having fun. Photos to come:)
My friend Hannah and her baby girl Emma, Adrian's cousin, are coming for a visit for a couple of days which is great! We haven't seen Hannah for 18 months or so and have not met Emma. Tomorrow we will go out for dinner to my Dad's other Restaurant not far from here for a traditional Bavarian Sour Roast and then come back here in time to ring the midnight tower bell for New Years. There are not a lot of big firework displays, but everybody buys their own much like Guy Falks. It will be nice to see the fireworks around us and in the other small villages.
Hope you guys will have a great New Years' celebration and all the best for 2009!!

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