(sometimes if you double-click on the pictures, they’ll enlarge)
Hi, Ceci, Finn, Gus, and Kieran – I think your uncle/Baby Mary’s dad sounds as if he’s doing Gus-Speak, don’t you?
(he was ordering Auntie Lei, Baby Mary, and me some chocolate pastries!)
We passed many pastry shops and candy stores before we decided on that one.
Look at the gingerbread!
On our way to dinner at a really old restaurant called The 12 Apostles (there’s a pretty good video on that link, ESPECIALLY IF YOU TURN OFF THE SOUND), we walked through one of the Christmas Markets. Auntie Lei & Uncle Matt were bundled up…
…and look who else was ready for the cold!
In this next picture, can you see the mug Uncle Matt is offering Mary? It’s Gluhwein, an Adult Beverage. He was just pretending. I think.
At night, everyone walks in the streets, and every street has different lighted decorations. Here’s my favorite:
Lights like chandeliers!
We stopped for awhile to listen to some Christmas music — in Spanish! Ceci and Finn, you’ll recognize this song.
For The Grands: 
This looks like so much fun–different from the bustle of Minneapolis.
Thanks, Kathy, for taking a look. Yes, the place has its own version of “bustle.”
Be-u-ti-ful! I love the G-bread house.
Love the trombone player in the last photo. Hope he was in tune!
Taken for you (there was a lot going on, so God knows if he was in tune) – Feliz Navidad to you in Assisi!
It should be a splendid Christmas for all four of you. With prayers that it also brings blessings that will illuminate and make happy 1014 as well as these moments.
Sister Lucille
Glad to see you running around the world life is good
Thanks, Peg. Vienna at Christmas was chilly (the weather) and bright; that baby girl is, well you know about granddaughters — she’s perfect.