Christmas

What a lovely Christmas shared with Delphine's parents and her brother, wife and two small children. On Christmas Eve we found that the lake at the local park was frozen and we all went for a skate.

There is also a short clip of Mattéo's school play (where our little boy had the title role of the "Jolly Christmas Postman") and of the children waiting for permission to go into the living room to see the tree and presents. PLEASE CLICK ON THE "PLAY" BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF EACH OF THE TWO CLIPS.

Christmas day itself was of course very exciting . We had a tasty full roast lunch and a fun board game in the afternoon.
The perfect day came to a perfect end with a very spectacular visit to the Munich winter circus.

October and November

Ooops we skipped a month - but now we'll try to catch up. A circus pitched tent near our house in Munich so we had lots of fun visiting the animals and watching the tent being erected.

After revisiting the Oktoberfest, again we found ourselves in Austria to take part in the apple festival in our local town of Haiming - not only apples but also gigantic pumpkins.

Grandad joined us in Austria on his way back to France from Venice. Back in Munich he joined us to celebrate St Martins day with a traditional roast goose.

Late in November, the European Patent Office celebrated its 30th birthday in great style. Almost 4000 people enjoyed a super night at the Munich Convention Centre.

Other news is that Alister is currently preparing for the German fishing license (an exam will take place in March) which also involves a practical session at a local trout farm. Delphine is getting quite busy with painting (oil and watercolour). Mattéo continues enjoying school (he prefers numbers to letters) as well as playing football and expressing a great interest in Dad's fish activities. Juliette is getting very excited about Christmas and sings and dances all the time.