Rolling on the Rhine: Christmas in Pittsburgh

Happy New Year, everyone! I know my Christmas post is long overdue, but we have been so busy for the past several weeks that I haven’t been able to get anything put together about our trip back to the US. Things are starting to slow down (before picking back up later), so I had some time to get all of my pictures organized and some updates written down.

I flew to Pittsburgh in the middle of December and then Will followed a couple days later. It was so nice to be back at home and see all of our friends and family…not to mention being able to speak English to everyone. :) We were extremely busy as we tried to make time to visit with everyone and do all of the things that we had missed. It was also a chance to gorge ourselves on all of the American foods that we have been missing. I think I went to Qdoba five times! We flew back to Germany on New Year’s Eve, taking off at midnight German-time and landing at midnight Pittsburgh-time. The flight attendants even passed out mini glasses of champagne to celebrate.

Since we’ve been back, we’ve been getting back in to our regular routine and getting re-settled back in. I have one more month of German (language) class and then I will take my official exam. After that, I’ll have one month of a German culture/history class to finish up my visa requirements. Then we’ll have a fairly constant stream of visitors through the middle of May to keep us busy!