When it snows here we love looking out our window--below is what we see!
We also see this when it is getting dark!
On December 11th we held a Missionary Christmas Party. It was a lot of fun! This picture is of Ilona Berkhahn on the cello (she is the temple Matron),Ron Frost at the keyboard, and Peter Bleyl on the flute!Several of the missionaries were on the program. The Americans (us and the Frosts) really let down our hair and sang and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Our Temple President told Karen afterwards that he sees us in the temple everyday and we are reserved and quiet and go about doing our assignments with dignity. He just didn't expect us to be so begeistert. (If you don't know the meaning of that word, look it up! (Hint: it is German)
As usual the Germans make their food look beautiful.
This is the salad Karen made--she didn't think to decorate it up, but it tasted good anyway! It is a chicken salad, with canned peaches, pineapple, mushrooms and cherries in it. When we get home we will make it, but probably leave out the mushrooms. We got the recipe from one of the German Missionaries who is a chef!
Throughout Germany during the month of December the cities hold what they call Weihnachtsmarkts. There are all held outside. Before we went to our first one Carol Frost and Karen were talking about how cold it gets in Germany. Carol told Karen that it didn't matter at the Weihnachtsmarkts how cold it was because they were so much fun. Karen thought Carol was crazy--"it doesn't matter how cold it gets????" But she was right--they are a blast even though they are all outside and it is very very cold.
This Weihnachtsmarkt is at Marburg. We visited the city with several other Temple Missionaries on December 13, 2010. We were fortunate that the temple president and his wife had time to go with us.
One of the many shops!
Don decided that he wanted a bratwurst--no Weihnachtsmarkt is complete without one.
The Weihnachtsmarkt was surrounding the Elisabeth Church which
was built in 1283. Now it is a Protestant Parish Church.
On the streets of Marburg
The Rathaus (City Hall) in Marburg
It was very very cold. Note the crazy hat that Karen is wearing. At least it is very warm. We say we dress like onions--layers and layers and then when we get too warm we can start to peel
Typical German buildings
Don decided he had had enough of the cold and tried to get in a door--sorry Don it is locked!
A path from the Castle into the city. It was very steep and had ice on it! Again, we found out afterwards that we could have driven down! Yikes!~
More pathway down to the city.
Castle in Marburg--started to be built in 1000. One of the earliest high forts in Germany. It now belong to the University and houses the Museum of Cultural History.
The group of Temple Missionaries--we were all very cold but still smiling!
Looking down on the City. This church is the Lutheran Parish Church.
Castle
This is one of the forests around the area. Note the orange leaves still on the trees--they will be there until the new green leaves start to grow on the trees.
Once in a while it is nice to get out of the cold. This is the nicely decorated inside of the mall.
Weihnachtsmarkt in Frankfurt.
On the streets of Marburg
The Rathaus (City Hall) in Marburg
It was very very cold. Note the crazy hat that Karen is wearing. At least it is very warm. We say we dress like onions--layers and layers and then when we get too warm we can start to peel
Typical German buildings
Don decided he had had enough of the cold and tried to get in a door--sorry Don it is locked!
A path from the Castle into the city. It was very steep and had ice on it! Again, we found out afterwards that we could have driven down! Yikes!~
More pathway down to the city.
Castle in Marburg--started to be built in 1000. One of the earliest high forts in Germany. It now belong to the University and houses the Museum of Cultural History.
The group of Temple Missionaries--we were all very cold but still smiling!
Looking down on the City. This church is the Lutheran Parish Church.
Castle
This is one of the forests around the area. Note the orange leaves still on the trees--they will be there until the new green leaves start to grow on the trees.
Once in a while it is nice to get out of the cold. This is the nicely decorated inside of the mall.
Weihnachtsmarkt in Frankfurt. This was painted on the front of one of the shops.
Don really likes this Moose.
We got out of the cold to eat!
The carousal is a double decker. There are horses on the second level.
The Gingerbread man lives!
Weihnachtsmarkt in Bad Homburg. All of the shops are in the courtyard surrounding the castle.
Don really likes this Moose.
We got out of the cold to eat!
The carousal is a double decker. There are horses on the second level.
The Gingerbread man lives!
Weihnachtsmarkt in Bad Homburg. All of the shops are in the courtyard surrounding the castle.This is a handcarved Nativity--the figures are nearly lifesize.
It was cold!
We see these hanging figures of Santa on a lot of the apartments. These are about the only Christmas decoration that we see outside the homes!
These are mackrel being cooked--they are speared on sticks and cooked over the grill. We were told that they are wonderful--but we just took their word for it. The German people eat fish as part of their Christmas Celebration. The favored fish though at Christmas time is Carp!
Weihnachtsmarkt in Darmstadt.
It was cold!
We see these hanging figures of Santa on a lot of the apartments. These are about the only Christmas decoration that we see outside the homes!
This is a real steam engine. The tracks are very close together and it is amazing how many kids can get on this train.
These are mackrel being cooked--they are speared on sticks and cooked over the grill. We were told that they are wonderful--but we just took their word for it. The German people eat fish as part of their Christmas Celebration. The favored fish though at Christmas time is Carp!
Weihnachtsmarkt in Darmstadt.Karen with the Christmas Tree Man!
We hope that you enjoyed the Weihnachtsmarkts along with us.
Yes, it was snowing. 
We hope that you enjoyed the Weihnachtsmarkts along with us.We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
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