Since it's my first Christmas time in Graz, I was especially looking forward to decorating our apartment and going to the "Christkindl Markt".The day the "Christkindl Markt" opened, Julia and I decided to go and have a look at the various booths and the goods they sold there. The atmosphere was just stunning. You could literally smell Christmas in the air (candles, wine, cookies, gingerbread, cinemon and chestnuts). Oooh how good it smelled....it reminded me of the multiple times I had been to a Christkindl Markt with my friends in Innsbruck (only that we had snow back then instead of rain). Neither the fact that it had been raining all day nor the cold bothered us. We were just happy and felt like little children opening their gifts when we saw the beautifully decorated streets and the shining lights. We enjoyed delicious mulled wine and waffles before we strolled back home.
Christmas at home
The next day we decided to decorate our apartment and therefore make it ready for Christmas. I had brought decoration that my mom had given me the last time I was in Tyrol. We had fun hanging up various cute items like angels, little Christmas trees or bells. While doing so, we were listening to famous Christmas songs like "Last Christmas." Also, we bought Advent calendars - one for each plus a big one for all of us. We filled the big one with sweets we had bought and now we open it in turn. Furthermore, we put stars on our front door so that everyone knows how cool we are :P
People in our dorm now call us "the Christmas apartment". :D :D
In about 2 weeks I'll be home again. Even though it is really nice here and we now have a beautifully decorated apartment, I'm sooo looking forward to seeing my friends and family again and celebrating Christmas together. On the first sunday in Advent I called my grandma's to wish them a nice day and have a nice little chat with them. They were sooo happy that I called. Now I can't wait to give them a loooong Christmas hug :D.
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