czeching in.: Frohe Weihnachten

What it looked like when I arrived.

Monday night was the last night of the Christmas markets so Julia and I went and met Sofia there. It was fun. We walked around and did some last minute Christmas shopping. We got some delicious food and some good treats too! It was very pleasant. I am going to miss the markets!

Yesterday, Martin brought home a tree but it was too big for the stand they have. Instead of doing it the Foley way, go get a different stand, we fixed it the Selje way: David and I sawed and chiseled down the trunk. It was freezing outside and I couldn't feel my fingers after a while but it was pretty hilarious. David was working on it for a while and we finally got it to fit. So today, after lunch Julia and I decorated it. Its funny, because its so much different than our tree. Its pretty uniform with just three different types of ornaments and its much smaller. I'm sad I missed decorating our tree at home, but my darling family sent me pictures so its kind of like I was there.

After lunch I just relaxed and hung out, did some more of the puzzle. Then Julia and I went to the mineral water "bath" downtown. It was really nice. There were a bunch of pools of different temperature. It was kind of crowded so we started outside first and then made our way to the warm mineral water. It was very relaxing, the guy sitting next to us fell asleep. Haha. We had a good adventure getting there too. Julia wasn't exactly sure how to get there by car so I had to navigate for her. It was pretty funny. And then we parked by a church and decided to walk the rest of the way but we weren't sure how to get there so we just guessed, and thankfully it was the right way.

After the baths we came back home and then Zippi and Julian picked me up and took me to get a doner before going over to Spence's house to meet him and Urs. We watched a movie and visited for a while. It was fun, they're really great.

Today is Christmas Eve but here they open presents tonight instead of tomorrow morning. Woho! Haha. And much to my surprise, they [being the Seljes] eat roclette on Christmas Eve too! It'll feel like I'm at home!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!