Santa's New Ride

Everything feels like Christmas here in Germany, even taking the train. I wish I would have been at the Frankfurt main train station yesterday morning to see this:

Deutsche Bahn says, "Reindeer were yesterday"...Santa's taking the ICE train now.

Schneeflöckchen, Weissröckchen

Coming from an area that sees an inch of snow a decade, I wanted so badly to have snow during my first winter in Germany.  Of course, I barely saw any.  This December, though, my wish came true just in time for my Texan visitors. What better place to have snow than in picturesque Rothenburg ob der Tauber?

Mom and me in Rothenburg

  

We saw some big flakes at the Christmas market there, but by the time we got to Bamberg the following day, it had almost all melted.



Bamberg Altstadt

  
It didn't matter, though, because just a few short days later we have lots of snow right here outside of my window!

view from my window at 4:30 pm--it's still snowing!