Black Forest, Germany


The holidays has begun and it´s been doing me lotsa good so far. I needed it as life in Uppsala is starting to feel like cabin-fever syndrome with the temperature plummeted down to -18 degrees and freak snowstorm runs wild.

The black forest is snowcapped too, but not the few feet thickness as in sweden, the one here is powdery and soft, nice to walk on, but perhaps not to build snowballs! Ive been fed well with homecooked german food and yesterday we had the german-french Raclett which was my first. It´s pretty much potato and cheese and with the toppings of your choice, and then u grill it over this special device for a few minutes and it´s ready for consumption. Absolutely ingenious, as preparation is easy and no heavy duty cooking is required.

This wine region is famous for their wine too, and the best part is, it doesnt cost u a bomb! think €2 for a bottle of good wine, and im already planning to smuggle a few bottles back to Uppsala!

will be spending Christmas with Dominik and his family and New Year with Kew and Ejia. Then it´s off to Berlin to look up Jian and for my flight back to Sweden. I dont particularly look forward to the flying back part as few written tests are awaiting. But you gotta enjoy the moment!

i bought a new camera and should get the pictures running in no time. It is nothing fancy and i fought not to go with my favorite Sony brand but opted for another touch screen from Nikon. Sleek and futuristic is the word.

They say the temperature should drop this week and the snow will melt, but White Christmas really doesnt matter to me anymore, i will be seeing lotsa snow in the next two months! more than i could bargain for even.

so here´s to more drinking and be merry for the next two weeks!