Fröhe Weihnachten aus Deutschland!

I’m currently being spoiled by my German family… Oma has food on the table every few hours (seconds are not enough, you must have thirds!).  It is so lovely to be able to attend the Christmas services here again, with the brass choir, church choir, and pipe organ in the ancient cathedral in my German hometown.  We have a lot of rain and clouds right now – not the happiest Christmas weather, but at least it’s not in the negative degrees… not sure I’d survive that as I’m already freezing all the time!  This is a short visit – just enough time to eat my weight in German food, refresh my Schwebish skills, take family pictures with the entire family, get teased relentlessly by my brothers, and build up my hug reserves from my mum before heading back to Malawi for New Years.

By the way, those ARE real candles on the tree...