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Christmas with Andrea!

  • Andrea and I made it to Frankfurt!
  • We stayed at this artist’s airbnb and it was filled with his artwork

It is the eve of Christmas Eve and I am sitting in a studio apartment outside of Munich, Germany. Pinch me, I will celebrate Christmas with family this year! My niece, Andrea, called around Thanksgiving saying she needed to do something different this first Christmas without her mom, my sister, and she wanted to do it with me. I scrambled to meet the 3-week timeline to get permission for international travel from Peace Corps. With that secured, we planned our itinerary with my son, Sal’s help. Sal lived in Germany for 2 different tours while in the Army, so he had great ideas for our ‘last minute’ adventure.

Andrea and I rendezvoused in Frankfurt, rented a car and are now driving around Germany, staying at AirBnBs, seeing Christmas Markets, and learning much about Germany.  Every day has its adventure such as learning how to start our rental car, how to purchase train tickets with all German instructions, finding and using an ATM. We rely heavily on the kindness of strangers, Google translate, and laughter. We are having a great time!

Merry Christmas!

All for now with all my love,

Ellen

Cute house built inside mountain in Kallmunz.
  • Christmas Market in Frankfurt
  • backyard at airbnb ‘Into The Green” in Markt Nordheim

7 Replies to “Christmas with Andrea!”

  6. This is so wonderful! The photos are beautiful, especially the one of you two smiling your faces off in front of the pink Xmas tree! Merry Christmas and safe travels!

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  7. Ellen, I’m smiling ear to ear knowing you are having such a delightful time with Andrea. What a marvelous idea and amazing that the two of you got it together so quickly. I know your Christmas will be very special this year.

    I send best wishes to you both. Joanna

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