New Year's in Praha

...here are some pictures from the short trip to Prague for New Year's! It was so much fun. We saw so much, eat great food and just had a blast!!;) I have to say that the best Christmas tree I have ever seen stands in Prague. It was just a light sensation and you couldn't take your eyes off of it! Even better than the one in Strasbourg!:P I can really recommend it for a trip, it’s really worth a visit! We went to the Castle, the Golden Lane, almost every bridge in Prague we saw, all the different parts of town where fun and something interesting to see. 

Happy New Year...Wait, Whaaaat??

uups..guess that was a while ago!!!:P

Right?

But here it goes since I haven't been able to do this earlier!!

So here are my last years resolutions:

Resolutions for 2012:
-to get outside at least 15 minutes per day
-read 3 books a month
-find an internship
-watch two movies at the cinema each month
-craft more, e.g. sewing, handicraft and paint 

The ones that are strikethrough I have been able to achieve. You know it's really hard to get outside for 15 minutes a day? I tried to and kept it up quite some time, but especially weekends are bad, because I sit at home and do Uni stuff and don't get outside. But this year I will do better, I try!  I also was able to read as many books as I wanted to, partly because of my BA-thesis and party because I was not in the reading mood. You ask: How come? I don't know, every time I picked up a book and started it, it reminded me of something (mostly sad) and I didn't want to read on....

So next(ahhh, this ^^) years resolutions are:

- Bake all recipes from my calender (there are 12)

- Read 24 (or more) books throughout the year

- Buy quality instead of quantity

- make sure to save 1€ a day (guess that'll be the hard one)

- Finish my BA and start something new

- Embrace new beginnings, whatever they are

And now there will be some thoughts on 2012:

The best that happened to me last year: there is not just one thing this year! It’s the wedding, my internship, my trip to Edinburgh and Praha…

This didn't have to happen in 2012: making others see me in a different way.

I have learned in 2012 that good friends are hard to come around to!

My movie of the year 2012 was Ziemlich Beste Freunde

My book of the year 2012 was Cecilia Ahern "One Hundred Names"

My song of the year 2012 was Robbie Williams "Candy"

My TV-show of the year was Desperate Housewives and Private Practice (both gone :( )

I've been there the first time in 2012 Praha and Edinburgh

In 2012 I travelled to: Cheb, Kalovy Vary, Luxembourg, Hockenheim Ring, Bamberg,  Kaiserslautern, Edinburgh Strasbourg and Prag

I am proud of myself for doing this in 2012: my internship.

In 2012 I should have checked off more from my resolution list

In 2012 I should have been less sidetracked.

In 2012 the saddest thing was that I felt left behind at one point…

In 2012 I spend most of my time researching.

Five words that describe 2012 for me relax, bridesmaid, get-together, goodbyes and research.

I am excited about 2013 because I’m going to finish my BA. and start something new.

Things I need to do more in 2013: focus on the important things (in life, at uni, in friendships)

Things I need to do less in 2013: buy crappy things just because they are cheap.

The craziest thing I did in 2012 was make a scene.

In 2012 I went to a (real big) wedding for the first time.

In 2012 I did this after a long time again: Seeing my friends and former Au-Pairs.

Word of the year? Bridesmaid or internship

City of the year? Praha

Best time spend with? A great friend in Edinburgh.

Best moment? Being part of the ‘Wedding of the Year’.

2012 was a really fun and exciting year for me!

At the end of one year...

...there stands a start for a new year! So this will be my last post of 2012 since I am in Praha for New Years! My review of 2012 and resolutions for 2013 will come in the first week of the new year!!

Where Santa could live

...this made my day! I drove by and was astonished. So I turned the car around and stopped in front of the house and took a look around. I was os flashed that all I could do was look and smile. It made me so happy! I love that some people here decorate their houses like this! 

It makes my heart smile...

Merry merry Christmas to all of you!

Frohe Weihnachten!

Market #3...

in Zeitz in the Moritzburg. Very small but really cute Christmas market in a castle. 

The stroller museum

In the castle's church

Vorweihnachtliche Familienfeier

Weihnachten-Zeit für die Familie.

Für uns heisst es immer schon vorher das erste Familiendinner.

Immer schön, immer lustig, immer woanders.

Dieses Jahr leider kürzer als sonst

aber vieles Neues erfahren.

Weihnachtszeit-Zeit für frohe Stunden.

#2 in Zwickau

Christmas market #2 with my mom and my grandma! This is the one we already went last year but it was closed due to a storm warning. But we had no idea, I had checked on the internet but it hasn't been published yet, so we went shopping instead. That is why we wanted (had :-P) to go again this year, to see how it really is!;) And it was really fun! We had a lot of good food and drinks and the decoration around the town was very nice! And even Santa came to say hello...!!;)

...with people this year!:-P

Christmas Market #1

...at least at home!;) I was in Jena with my parents and had a fun time on the Christmas market!;)

A nice tower concert...

Christmas goodies

I love Chocolate covered marshmallows but in stores you can buy only simple ones. That's why I love the Christmas markets in Palatinate and around becuase they really have special ones, such as eggnog, strawberry or woodruff.

Latte Macchiato

woodruff

Strawberry, Honey & Nuts, Coconut and Eggnog
(from the top right to the left)

A little bit pinkish...;)

Christmas get-together

with a very good friend to see the Christmas market in Landau. I LOVE Christmas markets...and this one was something special. A lot of food and a lot of people interested in crafts presented their own special somethings. I cought some very good ideas that I want to do for next years X-Mas. Very good way to be inspired walking around a Christmas market....;)

Cute, right?

Crafting ideas

....more!!;)

Catch a star...

Christmas Writing

...needs to be done! I have been writing some of the Christmas cards for this year but I think there are more to come. I have written all the ones that travel far, like Mexico, USA and GB. And soon the ones for the neighbor countries will go out and last but not least the ones that stay in Germany. I usually make a list of all the people who receive a nice card. First I started writing to a lot of people but then, as you would guess, it got quite expensive and I had to cut back.

But this year was kind of weird since all my cards are at home, waiting for me, I guess. You got to know that I really have a whole bunch of them so I didn't want to buy some more...But I found some in the back of my cupboard and got to write the ones that travel far...

WHAT a Day

...and what a Christmas market. I don't know if words can describe this but this market blew my mind. It topped every market I have seen before (and I have to quite some Christmas markets). Everything is bigger and brighter. The variety is just out of this world and I didn't know where to look first because one street was prettier than the one before.... 

But see for yourselves:

So delicious treats everywhere

Quite a tree...

Chocolate in every flavor

Mistletoe

Lights everywhere...

Christmas market in front of the cathedral

Different Christmas decoration around town

Windowshopping

I LOVE KÄTHE!!!!