Thanksgiving

The Nazgul and I tend to hijack holidays we like, or even make some up from scratch, like Rasputin's Deathday, or cativersaries; and we do Easter twice, as a rule, the Western and  the Orthodox one.

Last year, the Atlanteans were here and we did Thanksgiving, so we hijacked that too and did it again this year. OMG does the Nazgul ever bake an excellent pumpkin pie!!

I am so full now; so was the Nazgul when she left, and so are the cats who first had tuna and then some lukewarm turkey; and Mephi even stole a piece of pumpkin pie afterwards.

Also, I had my hair done today. I swore off the purple, and now have some fun stripes in front.

Picture Post: Road Trip Down Memory Lane, Pt. 1: Gevelsberg

About a month ago, I went on a road trip with my mother, to visit some places where we'd used to live, and then see the exhibition about the Varus battle at Kalkriese. First, we went to Gevelsberg, where we used to live until I was six, and where my grandmother lived until 1998; via the former Cistercian monastery known as 'Altenberger Dom', which is  a popular destination not too far away.

( So, without further ado, to the pictures! )

Picture Post: Road Trip Down Memory Lane, Pt. 1: Gevelsberg

About a month ago, I went on a road trip with my mother, to visit some places where we'd used to live, and then see the exhibition about the Varus battle at Kalkriese. First, we went to Gevelsberg, where we used to live until I was six, and where my grandmother lived until 1998; via the former Cistercian monastery known as 'Altenberger Dom', which is  a popular destination not too far away.

( So, without further ado, to the pictures! )

Picture Post: Road Trip Down Memory Lane, Pt. 2: Münster

This is the Haring on the loo, at that amazing hotel we stayed at in Münster.

( More Münster pictures )

Picture Post: Road Trip Down Memory Lane, Pt. 2: Münster

This is the Haring on the loo, at that amazing hotel we stayed at in Münster.

( More Münster pictures )

Picture Post: Road Trip Down Memory Lane, Pt. 3: Kalkriese

Kalkriese wasn't really a trip down memory lane any more as we hadn't been there before; the site wasn't know yet when we still lived not-so-far from it, and we still thought of Porta Westfalica and the Arminius monument as the site of the Varus battle.

But it was the same road trip, and it was our old stomping grounds as well -- my mother's grandmother and other relatives used to live in Bückeburg, about two to three stone's throws away. I remember going there as a kid, and coming past those monuments on the way.

( Now, to the potentially real battle site, and some timber framed buildings on the way )

Picture Post: Road Trip Down Memory Lane, Pt. 3: Kalkriese

Kalkriese wasn't really a trip down memory lane any more as we hadn't been there before; the site wasn't know yet when we still lived not-so-far from it, and we still thought of Porta Westfalica and the Arminius monument as the site of the Varus battle.

But it was the same road trip, and it was our old stomping grounds as well -- my mother's grandmother and other relatives used to live in Bückeburg, about two to three stone's throws away. I remember going there as a kid, and coming past those monuments on the way.

( Now, to the potentially realy battle site, and some timber framed buildings on the way )