Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas in Berlin 2012

December 21

buying the xmas tree

goose dinner at Engelbecken

December 22 
Potsdam


Dutch quarter
La Maison du Chocolate
Cecilienhof
lunch at the Meierei Brauerei 

Neues Palais 
Sans Souci

Schutz Christmas Party 






December 23
Neues Museum
 The Year of the Truffel



December 24
morning tea with friends
Brandenburg Gate 



lighting the tree

The Ampelmännchen story


post church get-together







December 25









Christmas Day dinner

December 26



special visitor













Tuesday, December 18, 2012

December in Tokyo

Home-made olive-bread 
 Making mochi
 Nature Preserve Meguro
 Arisugawa Park
 pink cherry blossom illumination along Meguro river


 Momiji (Japanese Maples) at Todai


 View from the 11th floor, goodnight Fuji-san

December 16th, Cookie Baking


 





December 18th, End of the year party at Zakuro