Sunday, December 27, 2009

Stuttgart for Christmas '09


Once again... life threw me another opportunity which was to spend Christmas '09 in Stuttgart, Germany where my host family, the Warchols, welcomed me with open arms.
The first night we enjoyed seeing P!NK live and had a very educational and adventurous train ride to the concert. Good times for sure.
The remainder of the visit involved two trips to one of the best Christmas Markets in Germany where copious amounts of shopping and eating and drinking of gluwein occurred. We had a marvelous time. The next couple of days involved finishing up a little shopping, cooking a turkey, and lots of holiday gifts. Santa arrived and brought all kinds of wonderful gifts for the entire family. Truly blessed to have such wonderful friends over this holiday season while Tres is once again deployed.

Seychelles for Turkey '09


Seychelles is an amazing place and little did I know that I would be spending Thanksgiving '09 there but this is how it works sometimes in our crazy life. Seychelles is located just past the equator, north of Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean. The island is filled with very lush vegetation, French, Creole and English speaking natives, and an island of opposite driving! Just past our luxury apartment was a private beach that I visited at least once a day and sometimes twice. The food was magnificent with curry in everything! The market in downtown Seychelles has the cleanest produce I have ever seen at a market and the tables are filled with guava, mangos, and ohhh so much more. For Thanksgiving, we cooked a Creole-themed meal and enjoyed every bite! I am so blessed to have been able to visit.