Christmas with the Grandbabies

Yep, I'm going to be one of those grandmas.  Because the  39 photos that you saw in my last post just weren't enough, I have a whole bunch more.  I realize that most of you might have little interest, so I promise to get back to more bloggy stuff next week.  But, for today it's Christmas with the grandbabies. 

Berlin Christmas Markets 2015

If you celebrate Christmas, I hope that you had a wonderful one!  Apologies for the past few weeks of silence on the blog.  It's been one helluva year and as it came to an end, we were both just not really feeling like going all out.  We didn't even put up a tree or decorate at all.  Not in a Bah Humbug way but just in a quiet, restful way.  We had a very relaxed Christmas which is just what we needed. 

Happy New Year!!

All of the blogs that I read are fervently wrapping up 2013

and kicking off 2014 with recaps, lists, resolutions, revamps and goals.

 I got nothin'.

I took lots of time off in December which I must admit I needed.

Only 10 posts after a whopping 23 in November.  Shameful.

Plus, we had a ridiculous amount of fun on New Year's Eve and I'm still recovering.

So, I'm just going to ease myself back into blogging slowly.

Here are some photos from our lovely Christmas in Folkestone with Matt's parents.

We celebrated for four days with food and drink.
Matt surprised me with a tripod and his parents gave me a Tassimo which I'm very excited about.

 

I promise I'll start picking up some steam as the days progress.

I have been editing photos like crazy and have some exciting posts planned for January.

 I'm also planning our next London Bloggers Afternoon Tea for the end of the month.

The first one was so much fun and I can't wait!

Please send me an email if you are interested in the details.

I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years Celebration.

Cheers to 2014!!

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Bratislava Christmas Markets

Because the dozen Christmas markets in Vienna were just not enough,
we also made the quick trip to Bratislava to see their offerings.

The Christmas market was terrific but the most fun was had when we found this great little place for dinner.

The gentleman outside assured us that they served the best food in Bratislava.

We were shown into a cave-like basement, serenaded by Slovakian Sinatra and

served wonderful food and drink.

The Original Slovak Restaurant was the highlight of the trip.

Our waiter was adorable and tolerated our raucous shenanigans.

I was delighted to see this picture next to our table.

My mom had this in our house growing up and I've always loved it.

Can anyone tell me what it's called?

We were quite surprised delighted with the size of the wine goblets.

Our waiter took our delight as a challenge to serve more wine in even larger vessels.

The visuals were very helpful when trying to find the proper toilet.

After closing the restaurant down, we made our way to an Irish pub around the corner.

Let's just say there were more shenanigans and stop there with the photos, shall we?

The Gluhwein Gang in Bratislava is now legend.

Have you been to Bratislava?

Matt and I are heading down to Folkestone to spend Christmas with his parents.
I'll be snuggled up by the fire, reading, doing puzzles, eating lots of food, 
enjoying Christmas and taking the week off from blogging.

This blog has led to some of my biggest blessings in 2013.
I've met some of the most amazing people.
I've been encouraged and helped so much by your support and comments.

It's been about the connections from the very start.
Thank you so very much for connecting with me!

Merry Christmas.
Many blessing to you and yours in the New Year.
 

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Vienna Christmas Markets

 A few weeks ago, the Gluhwein Gang reunited and headed to the Christmas Markets,

two Texans, four Canadians, a Scot, a Brit, a Swede and an Irish lass.

I'll confess that I wasn't really in Travel Blogger mode.

I was much more interested in eating, drinking and making merry.

The weekend went by way too fast but we squeezed in a lot of fun and laughter.

One of our two stops was Vienna, Austria.

Vienna is absolutely gorgeous, such an elegant and stylish city.

I want to go back and spend some more time this summer.

Check out this post from fellow gang member and my sweet friend, Erin.

She's done a much better job of covering the Vienna Christmas markets.

I didn't take nearly as many photos as usual, but here are some of Vienna and the markets.

 Matthew doesn't really like gluhwein but in Vienna we found a booth

selling gluhwein spiked with Jack Daniels.  Suddenly he was a big fan.

We also spent a day in Bratislava.  I'll share some of those photos tomorrow.

I hope you are all having a nice run up to Christmas.

I haven't done any shopping yet!

I'm heading to Canterbury with a few girlfriends tomorrow to remedy that.


Do you like gluhwien?  How do you feel about Jack Daniels?


 

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