German Christmas Market Meetup

The Christmas days were spent this year as well celebrating in the surrounds of Wiesbaden in Germany. Unlike previous years, there was no snow on the ground, no freezing temperatures and no chaos at the airports. However, Lufthansa still managed to make us wait an extra hour in the plane before take off because "...there are a lot of people on board". Yes, without the annual excuse of poor weather conditions to blame, they resorted to telling us that they were not prepared for a plane to be nearly full during the festive season.

In Mainz we were able to meet up with Mar, Ali, Roberto and Mamen. A visit to the Christmas market also was not forgotten, but the poorly laid out stalls (like every year) meant that one was forced to squeeze between people to get to where the drinks were being served, and then try and squeeze out again without spilling your drink over anyone nearby. This is where the Hyde Park and Oxford xmas markets do have their advantages.

It was then off to the villages of Wiesbaden to see Friedi, Marc, Julianne, Christiane and the rest of the family. Much was eaten, drunk, and many a sudoku filled in during this time. The usual walk in the snow was of course slightly altered to being a quick walk in the surrounds of the house, as it's not as much fun without the crisp crunchy stuff to tread on.

Back to Mainz to see Vera and Kiani (what a lovely drawing I was given) and then afterwards we met up with Britta, Johannes and Maya. Great to catch up with all the news since we last saw them, and to see that they are still doing well.

Finally time to fly back, and this time the flight actually left on time (although did arrive 20 mins late).

Since then, have met up with the parental people for a late xmas meal (next time we'll reduce the number of carafes of wine I think...) and hopefully get to meet up with more come New Years Eve.

Good luck in the sales !!