Last weekend, a friend and I decided to go to Rothenburg- which is about 2 hours away from where we live to see the Christmas market. Rothenburg is a quaint little town- I actually went there this summer and it was so cute! The Christmas market there was nice but a bit crowded with the tour buses coming through and it wasn't a very big market anyway.

The one in Nuremberg is probably one of the most famous-it's actually been my favorite so far- probably because I went with some wonderful friends!








This is actually in Regensburg- I went there on the first day that it opened but we didn't stay too long.

I finally got all my stuff the week of Thanksgiving and I've been unpacking like crazy. So here are some pictures of my new place!

My German landlords, who live in the apartment below me, left me a St. Nikolas day gift on Dec 6 outside my front door. Typically you are supposed to set your shoes out to be filled with gifts but this was a nice surprise I wasn't expecting.

Since I don't have all my stuff yet, I've been trying to make what I do have feel very homey. I thought my kitchen was lacking a little color.

I think it turned out pretty cute and gives the kitchen a little pizazz! Right now the kitchen is my favorite place in my house. Ok- it's the only place where I actually have stuff right now but I still enjoy it!

I decided to update my blog a bit- to give it a fun new look and title. Since I'm mostly going to be posting about my new life in Germany and the adventures I'm having here for the next few years, I thought I'd reflect that!

I finally got internet connection at my house after almost a month. It was seriously a killer not having it- it's amazing how much I really do rely upon it and you don't realize until you don't have it anymore. I was able to finally pay bills, catch up on the Office -you know my priorities ;) and talk to people through Skype. I think the lack of communication was the hardest part- I like to be able to just call friends or family on the weekends and it was kind of a lonely month without it. Skype also has a cool thing where you can get a "local" phone number so people can call you. I was able to get a 214 number so now anyone can call me from their cell phones or home without having to get on Skype. It's so great! Laura and Leslie were my first phone call from their San Fran vacation.

Ok- the weather here has been a little crazy.

One day it's beautiful fall weather:

The next day:

Um- yeah it snowed in October. This Texas girl is going to be in trouble!

I went to go see Sean and Mary, my friends from the summer, today so I could see their new baby. Liam was so cute!