So my visit with friends in Germany has been and gone, i visited something like twenty Christmas market sites, collected a similar number of Gluhwein mugs and pretty much had a good time eating and drinking and just soaking up the seasonal atmosphere. I've updated the Gluhwein mug directory and the Christmas Market gazzeteer if you fancy a mooch. Of course i was accompanied by Gaby so a click here will take you to a photo gallery featuring the Wunderkind.

The sad news is that Sidonie is not doing so well. A year ago it looked like there would be a reasonable recovery from the series of strokes that laid her low but in the spring things took a turn for the worse and she is now in a nursing home struggling with normal day to day stuff. She doesn't have internet and sorry to say almost no contact outside of immediate family, i was her first non family visitor for several months. There's little i can do about that directly from England but i'd like to do something to either get her online or support the local Stroke charity - any ideas? let me know at the usual email.

So, Chrimbo - as it falls this year you shouldn't see any disruption to the update schedule and i'm still planning on getting the final round of book 12+1 out before year end. This week its back to normal and a click here will get you to the latest chapter of Book 11.

Until next week,

Tschuss!