A nice day
Dec. 11th, 2011 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sally_mariaI'm a big fan of the German Christmas market in Birmingham - I'm sure the German ones are even better, but there's no hope of someone in my job getting enough time off to visit one.
This year I decided to drag some of the rest of the family along, to share the fun. Carer had been visiting the new house for a week, and could stop off on the way back to Leicester, as he has to change in Brum anyway.
So Mum, Carer and I caught the train to New St and emerged amid the stalls lining an even longer stretch than the last time I visited. We enjoyed looking at craft stalls and the smells of delicious looking German foods. Eventually, after buying Mum a trendy new woolly hat and enjoying Bratwurst for lunch, we headed for the merry-go-round, which is always fun.
Then I was surprised to see some familiar faces,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
the_marquis and na_quis on the ride. :-) I left the rest of family with a wall to rest their weary legs on and went to attract their attention - fortunately the family bellow was enough to attract the_marquis's attention and we waved as they went round (and round ;-D).
We were able to meet when they finally finished rotating, and to go and catch up with na_lon, who was patiently waiting on the other side. :-) It was lovely to see them, and na_quis claimed she remembered me, though I wouldn't blame her if she didn't - it must be six months since I saw her and that's a long time at that age.
We went our own way after a few minutes more chatting and introducing n_q to the rest of the family, to take Carer back to the station and get him on his train. Then we did a little bit more shopping, and caught the train back ourselves.
I had a great day and I think the rest of the family enjoyed themselves as well - a nice break from the standard Christmas rushing around.
This year I decided to drag some of the rest of the family along, to share the fun. Carer had been visiting the new house for a week, and could stop off on the way back to Leicester, as he has to change in Brum anyway.
So Mum, Carer and I caught the train to New St and emerged amid the stalls lining an even longer stretch than the last time I visited. We enjoyed looking at craft stalls and the smells of delicious looking German foods. Eventually, after buying Mum a trendy new woolly hat and enjoying Bratwurst for lunch, we headed for the merry-go-round, which is always fun.
Then I was surprised to see some familiar faces,
the_marquis and na_quis on the ride. :-) I left the rest of family with a wall to rest their weary legs on and went to attract their attention - fortunately the family bellow was enough to attract the_marquis's attention and we waved as they went round (and round ;-D).We were able to meet when they finally finished rotating, and to go and catch up with na_lon, who was patiently waiting on the other side. :-) It was lovely to see them, and na_quis claimed she remembered me, though I wouldn't blame her if she didn't - it must be six months since I saw her and that's a long time at that age.
We went our own way after a few minutes more chatting and introducing n_q to the rest of the family, to take Carer back to the station and get him on his train. Then we did a little bit more shopping, and caught the train back ourselves.
I had a great day and I think the rest of the family enjoyed themselves as well - a nice break from the standard Christmas rushing around.
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Date: 2011-12-23 11:12 pm (UTC)I did have some 2 day weekends, but I think if I spent all of one on one of these trips I'd need a couple more days to recover - work is hectic enough that I really need my days off.