Christmas in Germany




I was very fortunate this year, along with Fordham and Kristen, to be invited to share the Christmas period with the Baumann family in Germany. Seelingstadt is a lovely little town in Saxony, East Germany, not far from the Czech border. Juergen, Doris and Anna (with Doreen and Coxy of course) treated us to an amazing Christmas day complete with Weihnachtsmann (Santa) a beautiful christmas fairy (Coxy, complete with shiny leopard skin posing pouch) candle powered turny Xmas bizzos, chocolate shot glasses and enough schnapps to kill a small horse. Doreen is well known for her magic with all thing eatable and drinkable and I can now see where it comes from. We ate far too much, drank far too much, sang too much, and were very much welcomed into the family, a fantastic feeling for those so far from home. We were also able to cut a rug at the local disco which was a real blast and even scared the b'Jesus out of the locals at the end with a horribly drunken, mostly unidentifiable version of the Haka.

I went down to Regensburg for a couple of days at the end of the trip and had a great time catching up with the lovely Nicole Leimbach, got to meet the famous Ramsey for the first time and generally chilled out around Regensburg with Nicole and her crew. Always a good time.

A'ight, till next