It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

I've had a rather busy week - Advent (the four weeks before Christmas) has arrived and with it the traditional German Christmas markets. Christmas alone may make being in Germany completely worth it - I don't think any country does the twinkly-ness and good cheer of the holidays quite so well as here. I'll be showing pictures from the markets as I visit them (two so far, oh so many more to go...), but perhaps what I'm most excited by is my very first Christmas tree which I bought for my flat. Growing up my family didn't really celebrate Christmas so I never really got to do the whole decorating thing. But look how adorable this is! All I need now is a viewing of Love Actually and the Christmas spirit shall officially be upon me.