Tag: Christmas
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Gingerbread House
When we saw gingerbread house kits in Michael’s the other day, my husband immediately knew we had to build one together. He’d always wanted to try baking a gingerbread house, but I’ve never been that interested in art of the food variety. Sure, I bake when I have to, but I much prefer a paintbrush to…
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Toronto Christmas Market 2017
I guess we wanted to see how the Canadians do Christmas. You know, considering we’ve been to a lot of European Christmas markets. 🙂 Living in Germany will do that to you. Honestly, the Toronto Christmas Market was a lot like its German counterparts – merry, happy, jolly. Sure, this time around we understood the…
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Sightseeing in Pöking and Munich
I mentioned on Wednesday that our journey to Munich began on a rainy Sunday morning. We’ve never been to any other German state, so this was a big trip for us, especially considering how much we wanted to see Bavaria. We’ve been told on many occasions, by both Germans and non-Germans, how incredibly different Bavaria…
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Random Vacation Photos
This post is really just a recap of highlights from our festive season. Of course I have about three more posts planned with the official vacation photos, so please be sure to tune back in for that. I just figured I’d share the random photos that mean something to me first. So, I’ll upload part…
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Christmas Market Fun
Woohoo, an early post! Folks, it’s that time of year already. The Christmas markets in Germany are officially open. We went to browse the one by CentrO a few weeks back, with Mario and Sheri. At this point, the markets aren’t that busy yet. I can still kind of enjoy the smells and the atmosphere…
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My WIP – Tree Decorating and Tower-scapes
We spent Kayla’s first two Christmases in South Africa, but for the one she was 6 weeks old and for the other, just over a year. So I doubt she remembers much. Last year, we didn’t want to make too much of a fuss, because our apartment was still temporary and we didn’t want to…
Yolandie Horak 