The Holidays Continue

For Christmas this year I absolutely refused to return home. It's not often you get the chance to live abroad for the year, and there was no way I'd ruin the experience by spending my break speaking English and buying not-as-good croissants. Lucky for me my family didn't seem to mind the idea of coming to France for the holidays. Even luckier for me, my mom thought Paris for Christmas wasn't such a shabby idea- I completely agreed.

Okay so I am absolutely in love with Paris,
Maybe it's just because I was a tourist with not a care in the world, or maybe it was the Christmas spirit- either way I picked out about a thousand perfect apartments I plan on living in someday.

The North Pole of France

*Way* back when the Christmas spirit was in full swing I discovered a city more magical than Saint Nick himself: Strasbourg. Noel capital of the world.
I, along with six other girls, ventured out to the city by train one weekend to experience Europe's largest Christmas markets- and boy was it incredible.

We actually decided to live life on the edge and couchsurf our way through the trip, which made me a little nervous at first, but it ended up being a really great way to meet people (and practice a little french). In fact, one of the girls hosting us happened to be a lovely American working through the Teach English Abroad program. Not only did she show us around Strasbourg, but she also helped us navigate the train ride into Offenberg, Germany!

The following are a large amount of photos of my trip to Strasbourg and the mini surprise adventure into Germany:

Largest live Christmas tree in Europe