New Address and phone number

Hello Everyone! I know it has been forever since I have made a post. I apologize for that but things have been really crazy for me the last few weeks and to top things off, my computer crashed and doesn't seem to want to revive itself! Anyway I moved into my new room on Dec. 1st with the help of some of my teachers and a friend of mine. It is really nice and my roommates are very friendly. It now only takes me about 5-10 minutes to get to the city center and I bought a bike which I can ride to school. For those of you wishing to have my new address for the holidays here it is:

Vanessa Plumly
Holtenauerstr. 92
24105 Kiel, Germany

New Telephone Number: 0431-5789879

A recap of the last few weeks...I have been doing a lot of travelling around to christmas markets in the area. I have been to Lübeck's and Husum's and of course Kiel's. For those of you who don't knwo what a christmas market is, you are definitely missing out. There are a bunch of christmas decorated booths set up that sell all sorts of fattening foods from Bratwurst to Crepes to candied nuts and Lebkuchen. There are also booths that sell actual items such as hand stritched scarves and hats or craft items. There is something for everyone. Oh yeah and the most popular part of the Christmas markets is the Glühwein. It is a hot red wine served in the winter months in Germany.

Last weekend, I went to visit Svenni & family in Crailsheim for her and Sören's birthday. They had a huge party with around 40 guests and I got to meet a lot of her family, which was very nice. It was crazy to see her after 6 months, but we just picked up where we left off. Big and little sis. I will get to see her and the family again during christmas break, which is next Friday! WOW! Time flies when you are having fun. I can hardly believe that I have been here almost four months already. On my way back from Svenni's place, I had to switch trains in Nürnberg so I decided to use this opportunity to see the city and its famous christmas market. The city is very medieval and the Christmas market was huge!

This coming weekend all of the assistants in the area are planning a huge christmas feast and on Sunday we are going to do a "Glühwein Tour" of the rest of the x mas markets here in Schleswig-Holstein! I have tons of new pictures, so I will try to add a few at some point.