merry CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas! We really hope Skype will work this weekend so we can see and talk to our family! Yesterday, we decided to go for a quick drive. It had just started snowing, so we didn't want to go far, but enough to get out of the house. The boys didn't want to go so Jim and I went alone- we didn't complain! We drove about 15 minutes to a town called Kusel. I love hearing the church bells ring when I open our windows. I haven't figured out exactly what times, but they're beautiful when I catch them. Definitely sound and look like a scene a scene straight out of a movie. This first one is the church just around the corner from us. It's definitely on the smaller side as far as the churches around here go. I think the 2009 population of Oberstaufenbach was 258, so it's quite small- blink as you drive through and you'll miss it! They're all old, historic and beautiful.

This last photo is a typical view driving down a narrow road in a normal town. Lots of colors on the buildings and old, old, old! Very cool actually!