Celebrating Christmas

Just to put a spoiler in:  nothing went wrong today.  Our biggest mishap being a shortage of cream which caused us to switch plans for our dessert.  May this be a sign that our travel woes are behind us!

We got our Christmas morning off on a sweet note, thanks to a large tray of homemade cinnamon roles Jessie prepared.  That was complimented by scrambled eggs and bacon.

Thanks to the shopping purge of the Shell station the day before,  the stockings were filled with candies, nuts, chips, crackers and tiny bottles of spirits.

We invited our hosts, Gerd and Silvia over to join us for Christmas dinner.  Our feast included two roast ducks (nice job Jessie!); Roll Fleisch or Rouladen -- a traditional German beef dish that my Grandmother used to make; apple red cabbage; roasted Brussell sprouts; mashed potatoes and our experimental dessert - a bread pudding made with the leftover cinnamon rolls and apples.  And let's not forget the wine, beer, Debbie's egg nog, Cognac and Polish vodka.  A truly great feast!