Frog Blog

the whole town is decked out. it's nice though, not annoying, and not too much. there are lights everywhere and the christmas market downtown is very festive. everything all holiday-like makes the weather a little more bearable. it's so, so cold, like new england cold, which i'm just not cut out for. give me rain and 40 degrees any day over cold cold cold.

another thing that's great during the holidays is that many of the stores are open sundays through christmas. i have a love-hate with sundays here-- in many ways i love how nothing is open; it forces you to meet with friends for a tea, read, spend time with the family, or just RELAX one day a week. but i do a lot of walking on sundays... and when it's cold out, it's nice to dash into a store to browse and warm up. i think it's habit-- usually on sundays back home i'd meet up with dad or B to walk to town, browse and window shop, have lunch. it's my own way of relaxing and spending time with loved ones.