Germany Week 16 Dresden, Snow,
sleet, hail ---Yeah, Yeah, Yeah it was that kind of
week plus of course another Christmas Market ( hey it is the season)
Hello from Germany:
First of the week started out with a talk at school about
weather and black ice snow conditions. True to form the very next morning I
awoke to a snow covered ground. Now mind
you it was pretty to look at and I looked at it, but it was scary to drive
on. I took the autobahn and drove about
40 mph behind a truck who was carving the way for me. The worse place was from my garage to the
first road after that it was all plowed.
At school it snowed all day until mid day then it all melted. It has not snowed to stick on the ground
since. I am crossing my fingers it will
hold off till after I leave for Christmas.
Wednesday they had a weather watch for 45 mph winds. It was supposed to last until 4pm or 1600
hours over here. I decide to do a bunch
of errands and fool around on base so it would be over with by the time I
left. But alas that is not what happened. I ended up coming out of the commissary about
4:30pm or 1630 hours and the clouds were billowing in. Just about the time I got on the curviest
road here-- the hail fell. Strong hail—baby
car kept right on plugging though it. About the time we got on the straight road we
came out from behind the hills and the wind hit us. So me and baby car had a hairy ride home. Needless
to say I took my time getting home that day.
Then Friday I drove home is sleet and snow again. Guess it’s winter here. Lol
Friday I cooked in our Christmas dinner in my room—part of
my class is learning how to cook. We had
manly (it was an on line recipe of an easy dressing) dressing and cool whip
cookies and ham slices and I made sweet potato soufflé and it was
delicious. For any of you who know me
that is a miracle- I always botch the sweet potato soufflé but I might have to
do this recipe for Christmas. Finally, I made it edible. lol
Sunday I went on the military bus to Dresden one of the
biggest Christmas markets in Germany. I
went to the museum about transportation very interesting and went up to the top
of the Dresden Frauenkirche, (see the pcitures below that is from the top of the Frauenkirche) and saw the River Elbe. A
beautiful city that was demolished in the war but they have rebuilt a lot of it. The Christmas market was out of this world. I
guess this will be the last one before I head home. I had a great time and still came back with a
bit of money in my pocket. See pictures
below.This will be my last entry before traveling to Tallytown for Christmas. I am looking forward to daylight for more than 7-8 hours and some warmth. And of course getting to see my family and friends.
I will write next Sunday and let you know how my week went.
Once again-- Hugs
from Germany.
Susan
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