{"id":1179,"date":"2014-12-24T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T12:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagostins.com\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2014-12-24T06:27:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T12:27:08","slug":"christmas-time-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Time in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its feels really cold to us here, but we\u2019re told it\u2019s actually very unseasonably warm for Christmas time in Germany. Usually there\u2019s snow on the ground, but since it\u2019s in the high 30\u2019s-40\u2019s its just drizzle. But they’re reporting that\u00a0we’re about to get some really cold weather – starting the 26th temperatures drop and there’s supposed to be heavy snow.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also gotten to cook while we\u2019ve been here at Song\u2019s \u2013 YEA!! I really did miss cooking, and Rick says he missed my cooking (although may be he\u2019s just tired of eating Asian street food<\/a>?). What was the first meal he requested? Chili of course! So I made a big pot of chili and Rick has eaten just about all of it already.<\/p>\n

We are going to a friend of Song\u2019s for Christmas Day. They are also Americans in the military stationed here. I\u2019ve been emailing with Mel (our host) and she is going ALL OUT for the Christmas meal. And I\u2019m excited to get to make some favorites to bring \u2013 mashed potatoes, lil smokie crescent roll wraps and a kale salad. It\u2019s funny to look at that list of things and think I\u2019m excited and proud to make them, since I\u2019m usually trying to do something much more interesting, fancy, unique. But I think Rick and I are both craving some of the basics from home.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, we got to go to the BX and Commissary on the air force base, and it was awesome! It\u2019s like a full American grocery store, Walmart and Macy\u2019s all wrapped into one. It\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve seen products we\u2019re used to in months! Plus being able to say I went shopping at the Commissary is just really cool. We have our official military IDs now too!<\/p>\n

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It has been so incredibly nice to have a \u201chome\u201d to be in for the last few days. We\u2019ve been staying pretty close to \u201chome\u201d, plus there are cool castles and markets to see right around here.<\/p>\n

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But after Christmas I think we\u2019re going head out a bit further. I\u2019m hoping we can either go to France or go skiing for my birthday. And Song has made plans for us to spend New Years in Brussels! I don\u2019t know anything about Brussels, but we\u2019re excited!<\/p>\n

Since we hadn\u2019t really planned to come to Europe, we don\u2019t have any idea what to do or see in France or Belgium. (Germany has been easier since Song knows it really well). Any one have any suggestions for France or Belgium?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Its feels really cold to us here, but we\u2019re told it\u2019s actually very unseasonably warm for Christmas time in Germany. Usually there\u2019s snow on the ground, but since it\u2019s in the high 30\u2019s-40\u2019s its just drizzle. But they’re reporting that\u00a0we’re about to get some really cold weather – starting the 26th temperatures drop and there’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[103,40],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany","tag-christmas","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rickagostin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}