It's been quiet on the blog for a few days. Our many activities leave little room for quiet time at the computer, I can tell you! Who would have thought that our time here would be that busy during the first few weeks! It is a positive, indeed a wonderful kind of busyness though, and we are thankful to the Lord that we are able to be so busy. First of course, there was Christmas and the opportunity to share that special time with family and friends we haven't seen in a long time. New Year's Eve and the previously mentioned fireworks took Michael into fairyland for quite some time (I should know what fairyland looks like as I seem to spend a lot of time each day there!). Now some good friends from Australia, Tegan and Gavin Fry, are here in Leipzig, and we have been taking them around. My parents have spoilt them with German food and drink, we've taken them sleighing down many hills (we have A LOT of snow here at the moment) and to church with us on Sunday. Today we visited the Stasi Museum (thanks Tom for the tip!) and the Mendelssohn House in Leipzig with them and spent much time in various restaurants and cafes...tomorrow we are planning to take the train to Wittenberg together, but that will be mentioned in greater detail in one of the next posts.
Other than that, Michael has found a new hobby: Shovelling snow. He does it very well and my parents and grandparents are highly impressed. Our pastor even tried to hire him to shovel snow around the manse...Michael's snow shovelling skills are in high demand. The snow is still looking spectacular, the mercury is not getting above zero anymore so it will hang around for a while. Very pretty winter wonderland out there! We have now completely adjusted to the cold climate and my grandma has finally stopped to give Michael frantic advice about how much more he should wear when he leaves the house so we must be dressing right now too...
I've been battling a cold for the last few days but with Mama's care I can't go wrong, can I?
Thank you all for being such wonderful followers of the blog!!!
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I want a picture of Michael shovelling snow as proof! (Glenn)
ReplyDeleteMum wants some pics of the rockets going off.
Merci bien pour la lettre et le cadeau de Nouvel An. Quelle surprise! Je vais écrire plus aussi que possible. En ce moment, je dois faire mes devoirs pour l'école d'été.
ReplyDelete(Et aussi, nous avons un oiseau -un serin - qui était un cadeau de Noël pour Tom. Son nom est 'Bertie' et il est trés mignon.)