I’ve got thirty minutes before I need to leave for the Munich Hauptbahnhof for my ride to Regensburg. From there Alex and I are off to the fun festivities in Iserlohn. We look forward to the 24th of December, the date when Germans celebrate Christmas and then a German wedding, (its only the legal part, the church wedding comes in the summer), and then New Years. I just learned that Germans use the expression, “slip into the New Year” instead of Happy New Year….I will be the would-be observer because I have no idea what to expect. We will be eating Alex’s Grandmother’s special Christmas dish: Cow Tongue! I keep hearing about this tongue and how good it is. She’s is so excited that I am willing to try it. I’ve won brownie points already.
This past weekend, Alex and I enjoyed ourselves in Vienna; my first time there. The Cafe Malange (coffee with a little bit of milk, and no sugar was amazing!), and Kaiserschmarrm were like no other, Prima! I ate all of my desert so you know it was good. And we visited the Schloss Schönbrunn on the coldest day I’ve experienced yet. The grounds were amazingly wide, even with all the vegetation dormant or covered with icy snow, it was beautiful. We also experienced sun both days we were in the City. We will definitely go back when the weather’s warmer. The Christmas market in the city is also very beautiful and the highlight for me was to see a street trio play with Middle Age Instruments.
Happy Winter Solstice to you all!
P.S. Thank you to Zennie for the Christmas card and pictures of the girls they are growing up to beautiful ladies; thank you to Aunt Mary Ann for the small treat will have to use it when we visit Florida during Christmas 2006 :thumbup: and the Christmas emails from Stacy Haag, Craig and Desi, and Janny…miss you all.
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i like tongue. the way it waas prepared – it was sliced thinly in small pieces, very soft and delicate. it’s not something i crave, but it wasnt gross either. props to you for trying it!
Posted 12/26/2005 at 2:22 AM by pingtogo