Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany

Christmas time in Germany is my favorite time of the year. Everyone decorates their home in lights and little Santa's conducting direct action raids on high value targets ;)

Since this might be out last Christmas here in Germany I wanted to visit some more Christmas Market's this year. So, we bundled Rand up and headed out to some Weihnachtsmarkts in Saarbrücken and Sankt Wendel.

I love walking around these beautiful and historic cities decorated in garlands and twinkling lights and walking booth to booth to look at one of a kind hand made crafts and gifts, festive baked treats, while enjoying some glühwein and delicious food.

The Welhnachtsmarkt in Sankt Wendel had to of been my favorite one, from this year. (Last year my favorite was Trier here) Not only was it huge (and also had a medieval market) but it had Three Holy Kings and their camels walk through the center of town every evening at 4. It was awesome! I loved seeing these huge camels up close. Another fun thing they had was a little "village" of chalets that were filled with funny little elf puppets. We also came across Santa in his sled with a beautiful reindeer and some elves.    

Seven months

Rand has really become a world traveler after this month. Rand and I flew to the States to see my family for Thanksgiving and ended up traveling to see my sisters in Virginia as well. It was a 9.5 hour flight and was very lucky to not have anyone sit next to me so I could spread out and put Rand down to nap. He did very well on the flight, no problems at all... but we still have to fly back home to Germany next week. 

Rand has had a blast meeting his extended family. He got to meet his Dodad (Rob's Dad) and the entire side of my family. He is going to miss his cousins so much. Here are my favorite pics from our trip to the states, thus far.