winter interlude in Heidelberg

It's the night after Christmas and all through Saarland, not a creature is stirring ... except me. I'm off to Heidelberg for a visit with my new German friends.

The last time I saw Heidelberg, I was a teenager. It hasn't changed - except perhaps for a MacDonalds or two. Birgit and Uli live in a lovely old apartment in the midst of tiny cobbled streets in the old city under the castle. We took a nice stroll along the river Neckar with their dogs, toured the pedestrian malls teeming with after-last-minute shoppers and enjoyed hot spiced orange juice in a local pub to warm up.

Eating was the order of the day. Birgit made salmon-leek soup, Belgian waffles and fondue. The dogs were desolate they weren't included.
post: Uli and Birgit are now the proud parents of twin boys!

the candles are lit

It's Christmas Eve again in Saarland. This year, we had a bit of snow, but it evaporated into the fog. (I've been enjoying the BC snow vicariously though :-) Santa is clambering up the Fensters and there's a giant reindeer peaking out from a balcony below me. Looks like an invasion.

There is a new addition to my Temperate Jungle. It's taken this long to find a living, breathing thyme plant, which is about to contribute to a Christmas dinner.
I hope you're well and enjoying the season, wherever you are.

Fröhliche Weihnachten aus Saarland!

Help! I've fallen into a black hole and I can't get out!

Slight gap between postings here - but I have a great reason. I'm on the job-hunting-path. Focus, focus, focus! Except for when I'm Christmas-shopping - so do you want your Christmas card or do you want to read about why I haven't sent it yet?

In the meantime, if I don't find an amazing job in Space, I may have to turn to a life of crime.

More later ... I promise.