We had a fun weekend here, got some Christmas shopping done and ate out every night! Brendon has also founded a new addiction for me by installing the Sims game on my computer. Damn him, now I will never get anything done around the house!

We also visited the Christmas Market at the English Garden in Munich with our friends, Tim & Magdalena Webb and their daughters, Lee and baby Zoe, which was fun. They have a bunch of food and drink stands (brats, funnel cakes, holiday punch-gluhwein, etc), carousel rides for the kids, crafts and gifts for sale at other stands and St. Nick walks around handing out candy to the kids. Very festive. Brendon and I have decided that this is a tradition they need to adopt in the States.

Then the guys headed back to Tim & Magdalena's to get dinner ready, but they forgot the keys. So, they were obliged to get a few beers in a pool hall that Hitler used to be a regular at (interesting trivia)- the Schelling Salon. We girls were told "no need to hurry, we'll find something to occupy ourselves" ;-) . But, of course we hurried to their rescue, and once home, Tim made a fabulous lasagna, we had good conversation and music, and their oldest daughter Lee cheesed for the camera with me. Good times.