It appears I have been remiss. I have only related adventures abroad, festivals and the like which may have misled you into thinking our life is more glamorous than it is...Sigh! Don't be fooled! We live the same day to day existence as we ever did. We get up, get the kids off to school, Matt leaves for work, I straighten up, then I either work, go to the fitness studio or, as of next week, take German, the kids spend the day in classes, Matt at work...OK so maybe the parallels start to waiver because each day I do run around to get food, fruit and vegetables etc and in most cases, the people are speaking German but generally life is the same....except of course for my daily walk in the English Gardens with the dogs which lasts from 45 minutes to
an hour rain or shine, sun or snow, deluge etc. This is where I discover new sights and sounds daily AND where I get to see the Chinese Tower and watch the progress for the ChristmasMarkt they will hold in the Gardens. It is where I can see beautiful sights like swans on the lake and little chateaux. It is a really wonderful walk and vision. BUT I digress from the telling of our humdrum existence. So aside from the walk, it is really the same except that I do take the Ubahn most places and I am surrounded by ancient churches and beautiful buildings and at least 50 great restaurants are within walking distance AND the little Beer garden next door has set up 4 person gondolas where their tables used to be so you can sit inside with little heaters to drink your gluhwein, beer or heisse shokolade. But aside from this, it really is the same...except
Audrey gets to take the train to the Marienplatz from school with her friends and go out to dinner and a movie in town all without asking for a ride. Except for that it is just like home...except of course, we drive to Salzburg, Austria on a Sunday afternoon to see the Christmas Market....But really, it is all just the same as being back home. Just to emphasize that, I am including our picture of the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner we had at our friends house...Now of course, we had it on Saturday not Thursday AND these are all new
friends but if you look at both pictures below, you will see it really was the same.....
It appears I have been remiss. I have only related adventures abroad, festivals and the like which may have misled you into thinking our life is more glamorous than it is...Sigh! Don't be fooled! We live the same day to day existence as we ever did. We get up, get the kids off to school, Matt leaves for work, I straighten up, then I either work, go to the fitness studio or, as of next week, take German, the kids spend the day in classes, Matt at work...OK so maybe the parallels start to waiver because each day I do run around to get food, fruit and vegetables etc and in most cases, the people are speaking German but generally life is the same....except of course for my daily walk in the English Gardens with the dogs which lasts from 45 minutes to 
an hour rain or shine, sun or snow, deluge etc. This is where I discover new sights and sounds daily AND where I get to see the Chinese Tower and watch the progress for the ChristmasMarkt they will hold in the Gardens. It is where I can see beautiful sights like swans on the lake and little chateaux. It is a really wonderful walk and vision. BUT I digress from the telling of our humdrum existence. So aside from the walk, it is really the same except that I do take the Ubahn most places and I am surrounded by ancient churches and beautiful buildings and at least 50 great restaurants are within walking distance AND the little Beer garden next door has set up 4 person gondolas where their tables used to be so you can sit inside with little heaters to drink your gluhwein, beer or heisse shokolade. But aside from this, it really is the same...except 
Audrey gets to take the train to the Marienplatz from school with her friends and go out to dinner and a movie in town all without asking for a ride. Except for that it is just like home...except of course, we drive to Salzburg, Austria on a Sunday afternoon to see the Christmas Market....But really, it is all just the same as being back home. Just to emphasize that, I am including our picture of the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner we had at our friends house...Now of course, we had it on Saturday not Thursday AND these are all new 
friends but if you look at both pictures below, you will see it really was the same.....
