Been a month that I've spent more time off work than going there, sadly months like these don't happen very often. My hours at work go up in the new year as I have extra supervisor responsibilities, starting on Jan 2 and 3rd. Not looking forward to it, I have enjoyed my work/life balance up until now, so we'll see how it goes. The whole work situation is a bit chaotic with new parent company etc, so hopefully things will start to get better soon.
Got back from another trip to Germany about a week ago, I do like a pre-xmas trip to the real christmas markets. A lot of beers and mulled wine were drunk, not to mention the duty-free whisky I took over! Was only over for 4 nights, we spent 3 of these in the Heidelberg area and one in Stuttgart. As mentioned, was much milder than I had imagined, was dressed for bitter winter conditions, but I even saw people in shorts. Had a couple of nice meals in restaurant/pubs, the flammkuchen in Stuttgart was a particular favourite. It was a place I went a lot to in my past, and always worth a visit.
Had today off, am back for a short shift tomorrow, have New Year's day off but that's it, will need the 1st off if last year's celebrations in the Auld Hoose are anything to go by. I hopefully won't do the loony dook on the 1st..but who knows..it involves swimming in the Firth of Forth and it's freezing.My car needed a new tyre, but otherwise it's running well. Hope it continues to do so as I've not a lot of time off in January. Here are a few photos; Me in Stuttgart in front of xmas tree, the grave of Nazi architect Albert Speer, Bea above Heidelberg, and the old geezers in loud shirts (toned the colour down to make it more tasteful).
