A Christmas Briefing

I have had a few people asking about my Christmas break, and I realized that I never posted anything on it. I had an amazing Christmas break. I went to Germany - Regensburg, Velburg, Nuremberg, Munich, and Neuschwanstein Castle - and Prague, Czech Republic. I went with two friends.

Ryan Troglin,

fellow ESI teacher and good friend

Leah Nieboer,

dear friend from Calvin. Currently teaching in Lithuania

We went to Nuremberg (Nurnberg) and Regensburg to see what the hype was about their Christmas markets. Supposedly, they are the best; Budapest has them beat.

We stayed in Velburg at a friends house; unfortunately, the friends were gone. So we had the house to ourselves. On Christmas day, we tromped through the snow to a castle ruins on top of a hill.

After the tromping, we strolled through the small town and peeked inside the church. Our Christmas ended with a fantastic home cooked feast. After our stay in Velburg, we headed to Munich. Unfortunately, my picture count of Munich is lacking because I injured my camera and had not fixed it yet.

We took a day trip from Munich to Neuschwanstein Castle and we basked in the beauty of that area. I could have looked at the mountain side for weeks.

It all ended in Prague where we enjoyed fireworks over the Charles Bridge to bring in the New Year. Thought I would just wet your taste buds on Christmas instead of make your eyes heavy from a lot of reading.