Just because...

I feel like the pictures from the end of my trip got cheated. So I am going to post some here anyway. Lots of stuff happened at the end of the trip! Like my birthday and all the WONDERFUL Christmas Markets. I really went crazy over the Christmas Markets. I think working backward from December is an excellent idea. On my Birthday Janeel, Erin and I went to the Nuremberg Christmas Market. It was my third trip to that particular market...what can I say? I was ADDICTED! I also went to Christmas Markets in Ansbach, Wurzburg, Augsburg, and Munich. I collected a mug from each and they all survived the trip home.


At the end of November Mom and Dad came to visit. I actually got the long weekend, it was nice to have the time to spend with them. Of course while I finished my work week they had fun in Munich. I'm not gonna lie, the best part was getting to the Birkenstock Factory. But I also got to take them to a Christmas Market, and it's obvious how much I like Christmas Markets. We had some fun in Nuremberg before as well...mostly we were lost, but we did find what we were looking for!

November also happened to be Janeel's birthday. Janeel stayed home for the weekend and so did Erin and I. Bruce, Janeel's boyfriend came for the day and we made Thanksgiving dinner! It was great. We bought a turkey, potatoes, and Stove Top. We played Clue and made some fun drinks. It was a fun day. Did I mention we moved a couch? It was a small Thanksgiving get together, but it was the best we could do. Thanksgiving weekend I was with my parents and everyone else was in Berlin!

November we also got a day off in the middle of the week! Thank You Veterans Day!!!! That was totally a military perk. We got off work on Wednesday and hopped on the train to meet up with the Illesheim girls. They had wanted us to come and visit them at some point in the trip, they had enough extra beds. So we did. We had dinner at a Thai restaurant and then went to a bar. It was nice to be able to see the other girls.

I really did enjoy my semester. I am missing the kids, even the preschoolers! That's saying something because those kids were the most difficult for me. But I'll miss Germany this semester while I'm trying to get everything done! CHEERS!