Wednesday

Today we made pretzels in the morning and then spent the rest of the afternoon shopping. It is Christmas year round here - they have beautiful hand-crafted Nutcrackers (Carol's collection has expanded signifigantly), nativities, coo-coo clocks and smokers. This is what I pictured Germany looking like.

Observations:

None of the windows have screens, even in the upper stories, so you can open them wide and look out. Safety isn't a big concern...the children also ride in their car seats in the front passenger seat.
The salt used on pretzels is the same that we use on ice.
Smart cars are the rage - they look so funny. They even have Smart convertibles (or as Caroline calls them, cars without ceilings).