Whereever you are...

...Kati and Guim wish you

Merry Christmas

Joyeux Noël

Fröhliche Weihnachten

We did a little Christmas dancing, only for you! Check it out.
Lots of love.

German Christmas cookies...

This one is especially for my all-time favorite students in Japan. I hope you remember and are making lots of Christmas cookies! Thank you for all your lovely Christmas cards. I miss you and think about you!



Vanilla Crescents

200 gr butter
100 gr sugar
half a vanilla bean or vanilla aroma
100 gr ground almonds
260 gr flour
powdered sugar

Knead the sugar and the butter. Add the vanilla. Knead in ground almonds and flour to make a dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and cool in the fridge for an hour. Form into a roll (diameter: 4cm). Cut pieces of 2 cms. Form crescents and bake them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper for about 10 minutes at 190 degrees Celcius. Cool them a little before taking them off the baking sheet (if not they will break.) Coat them with the powdered sugar and cool them entirely. Store them in a tupperware to keep them crunchy.

...and Santa's on its way!

Yipiiiiieh, it's almost Christmas. That means today is the last working Sunday for Guim and of course it's already vacation for those worked harder in school and don't have to work on the weekends :))) On the 25th, we'll receive Guim's dad, grandma and Max Almighty for a savory Christmas dinner (should be savory after calling my mom 3 times for advice ;)) and heading towards the maternal side of the in-laws later on. Now I just have to find a way to pass the presents already lying under the Christmas tree without opening them yet...

The first of advent...

has come and we are everything but in a Christmas mood: poor Guim's average workweek consists of over 60 hours now until 9:30 pm every day. We are having dinner at 10 pm!!! This includes Saturdays and Sundays, on which I sit home alone. 3 more weeks to go like this! Could anybody send us an energy boost? The good news is that the future is looking bright. Everybody at Toys is very satisfied with Guim's performance, so there is a good chance for us to stay in Bordeaux after Christmas, instead of being sent somewhere else. Keep your fingers crossed, guys. If we stay, we'll consider enlarging the Sarthou-Zimmermann family ;) Have a peaceful advent time and don't forget to be nice to overworked vendors in the stores!