Advent calendar days 3 + 4
Weekend yummies: breakfast and Ikea Glögg
Tree and decoration purchasing
Our Adventskranz, the traditional German advent wreath
Reading time with jingling antlers
The finished tree!
-Friday night we ventured to a fun new bar (I already forgot the name) with friends that is apparently a meeting ground in Berlin for hipsters who can't speak German and who like to smoke (yuck). Still, discovering new places is always a good thing in my book.
-Saturday was Kai's (Micha's little brother) birthday and we had tapas brunch with their fam. The restaurant had a chocolate fondue fountain. AWESOME.
-The most exciting moment of the weekend: we got our Christmas tree! Hoorah! Which also really
helped motivate us to finally finish cleaning up all the Thanksgiving
chaos and switch over to Christmas mode.
-I've once again claimed victory in the epic practical-and-small vs. gigantic-and-expensive tree debate (just guess which side I'm on...). This year's tree barely fit in the
car and blocks half the living room. But he's beauuuuutiful.
-We now switch off years decorating the Christmas tree (meaning picking ornaments and colors) and this year, it's
Micha's year turn. (The reason being that American and German tree-decorating styles are extremely different. American = colorful and German = well, not.) He opted for new gold, white, and black ornaments. A stylish,
modern tree, if you will. And I actually like it.
-Since it was rainy and gray
and unpleasant outside, we had no problem spending our Sunday indoors
decorating the tree instead of heading out to Christmas markets.
-Drinking glühwein inside is just not right. In order to enjoy it, you really should be freezing your ass off while standing outdoors somewhere.
-These posts are no fun without our fancy camera. I hope he gets fixed soon.
How was your weekend? Do you have a tree yet?
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