Christmas in the Alps

I know I still have to post about Paris. I have slacked a little but I will be sure to get to that. However while this is fresh I will start with Christmas in the mountains.
Christmas Eve we arrived in Davos by train just in time for lunch and everything was much different then what I had imagined in my head of course. Davos is a whole little ski town with shops and restaurants and each team had there own hotel. In our hotel we were given two rooms. Myself and the big boys shared a room, which of course resulted in immediate jumping on the bed.
Being Christmas Eve we had a dinner to attend. So we laid low until it was time to get all dressed up and head downstairs to eat. The boys were so excited to play with English speaking kids!! They spent the evening cruising around the hotel with the other kids playing hockey in the halls and in and out of their rooms from floor to floor. Trying to keep track of them was not easy. By the end of the night everyone was melting down. And all of the sudden it hit me and there was a flood of tears. I was lonely and tired and feeling ineffective. I took a hot shower and cried for like an hour on the bathroom floor thinking of everyone at home. Only to come out to a boy who could not fall a sleep. So i was up till 2am and opening Christmas presents by 8am I woke up looking and feeling like death with not an ounce of Christmas spirit. I watched the boys open their gifts and then tired to go back to sleep. With litte success I decided to shake the funk and sleep deprivation and get ready for the day. Now that the internet was working I waited and waited for morning in Buffalo so I could skype my family. Final I was able to talk to my mom for the first time in two weeks, that was all I needed. However not much felt like Christmas in our European hotel even though we were to be dressed and in the lobby for pictures and presents with Santa in a few hours.
Name by name they called the families up and Ami reassured me I would be in their family photo lol. Everyone was given really nice team Canada gear even me. And while we were mingling waiting for dinner to start I scored myself a dinner date. The only single boy on team Canada. Ami more then oked me being off duty for the evening. We had a nice time I was just so thankful for the company. I missed home way more then I excepted!

the Christmas Markets

December 1st begins the locate Christmas markets. They are featured all over the area. We have seen the one in Bern and today in Biel and soon the favored Christmas market in Mulhouse France :)
All through the city streets the sellers set up litte wooden huts. They decorate the outside with pine branches and other festive decor and set up shop on the inside. It kind of reminds me of the Allen town Art Festival, meets NYC street venders, meets Christmas craft show. People sell all sorts of things from yummy food like crepes and hot wine to sausage, dried fruit, teas and chocolate, both to eat or gift. And there are lots of other gifty items evrywhere like blown glass, jewelry and candles, ect. All the streets are lined with Christmas lights and in the center is a fire pits for people to sit, eat and watch. As we walked by this particular intersection I heard a song I recognized besides Mariah Careys christmas.. which I love, they were playing Leeland. There was a group of middle school aged kids preforming a skit. That made me really excited! It was a fun day at the Christmas market. The only downer was that I started a cleanse with Ami today only fruits and veggies so I was dying. I have no self control which is why I am trying to do it and everything smelled and looked delicious. So I will be going back in a few days for sure!