I am still residing in Freetown and have spent few weeks over Xmas and New Year in Europe, which turned out to be an amazing holiday altogether. We spent much time in Bremen with Tim's family, visiting friends and just hanging out. We took a day out and spent it in the snowy hills of Bad Harzburg, a 2 hour drive from Bremen. It was my first Xmas in all of its traditional sense. There was a Christmas tree to cut and decorate, presents to wrap, goose to be roasted, food to salivate over and plenty to drink.
As this was my first winter, white Xmas, there was indeed plenty of hype. Tim and family went through so much to make it all so memorable. On top of that, my mum sent us millions of presents and it nearly took all of us about more than 2 hours for all the unwrapping to be over. New Year was spent in Berlin, shooting firecrackers, playing fussball, drinks loads and plenty of other merry making I must say. The excitement and all that merry making made us really pooped out that we decided to forgo Ryanair's flight and head back to London via Amsterdam via bus. It took us almost 11 hours from the heart of the Dutch capital all the way back to London. In spite of my petite size, sitting on a bus trying to sleep is not such a simple task. Really.
All in all, it was a grand holiday I'd say. Of all the things I remember is the warm fuzzy feeling of sitting around together, laughing and breathing in all the goodness of the season.
