Artful Times Challenge 19

I feel as if I am meeting myself coming backwards.  Why do I always try to cram so much into a little space.  I am behind with my "C"cards, not wrapped hardly any "C" gifts, and not a clue about what I am doing regarding "C" meals.  And to crown it all I am not at home!  Mind you I am enjoying myself - if you want to see why pop back to see where I am and what I am doing.

Anyway, less wittering on this scheduled post and a bit more about the challenge on Artful Times.

For this challenge I decided to do a "Recipe" and it is

Blue
A female (can be head or body)
Silver
Ribbon

This is mine:

A much used favourite stamp, some blue H2o's to colour the image, gossamer ribbon with silver sparkle on and some Stickles on the stars surrounding her.

I thought this was a kind of favourite combination for a lot of people (blue and silver) for "C" time so, if you have a card (or them all as I have) still to do, you could use it for the challenge by sticking to the recipe.

Pop along to Von's blog and see what she has done.  Will leave it there but just in case I don't see you on here again before - "Happy Christmas".

Snow, Snow, snow

That is what the pilot said to us when we finally boarded our plane for Berlin an hour late. The hold up had been because Berlin had had "snow, snow, snow" but he promised us he would go "as fast as I can" with our journey to the capital. We arrived only forty minutes late.

Because it was dark by then we took a taxi and were we glad we did, it was rush hour so the bus would have taken ages to get through all the traffic and there were police all over the place, blue lights everywhere.

We were delighted with our hotel (Berlin Berlin)' which had a huge reindeer in the impressive foyer. Up to our room and look at the welcome we got







The pastries were welcome although we had had a lovely packed lunch on the flight, and the Clementines were delicious.

On then to see what delights the Christmas Markets held for us. Oh it was cold, quite icy on the face as we went in search of the nearest one. Still not sure which Market we visited but it had lots of stands selling food and drink so we had the obligatory Bratwurst - and a Gluhwein quickly followed. Strange but we didn't feel the cold on the way back.



The Gluhwein was nowhere near as expensive as in Manchester, at only €2.50 per mug and €3.50 "Mit Rhum".




Here's Chas in front of the biggest popcorn cones I have ever seen.







Sorry, the photos did not look so dark when I downloaded them.

Then it was back to the hotel for a welcome cuppa and bed. Zzzzzzz!