2010

It's here! 2010! I thought I'd pop in and wish you a lovely first day of the year. We started off the day around 10:00 after sleeping in, we didn't go to bed until 4:00 a.m. so the sleep-in was necessary! After rising, I prepared mimosas and omelets with salmon, fresh dill and cream cheese. Then my husband and I took a walk around our neighborhood and in the forest next to my home, only a few blocks away. Would you like to see our walk?

I brought my camera and took some snapshots. We stayed out for four hours, just walking and talking. There were many people out, some on skis, others pulling their children on sleds, and many dogs and rosy cheeked babies in strollers. We stopped by the cafe in the forest to grab a white hot chocolate and Thorsten spun me around in the park on the merry-go-round which made us both laugh because I got very dizzy and silly. I hope that you enjoy taking a first day stroll with us - we had a fresh snowfall yesterday and this morning, so it was beautiful outside! Come along...

The above neighborhoods shown are glimpses of both Hannover List and Hannover Ostadt. Both areas are largely pre-war architecture though not all districts in Hannover sport such lovely architecture due to the air raids of the second world war. Post war architecture looks very urban, buildings are more box like and are painted in shades of blue, cream, tan, terra cotta, yellow... and are not the most aesthetically pleasing on the outside as these old buildings are, of course. They are gorgeous, aren't they? What did you do on your first day of the year? (images: holly becker for haus maus)