It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Christmas Market in Cologne, Germany
A bad picture of Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Part of what is left of the Berlin Wall

What a busy two weeks we've had. Scott's mom, Jacke, came in for a visit after Thanksgiving and left yesterday. We've spent the last two weekends going to Christmas markets in Belgium and Germany. It seemed to rain everywhere we traveled to, but we kept trucking on. Our first stop was to Cologne, Germany and then we headed on to Berlin, Germany. Berlin was great. After the war, the city of Berlin took a vote whether or not to rebuild in the old style or rebuild the city in a modern style. The vote for modern won and now the city is a stylish metropolis. In certain areas you still feel the old Berlin (Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburg Gate, pieces of the Berlin Wall.) Scott and I really enjoyed Berlin and would definitely return one day. It was nice to visit a modern city since Brugge overwhelmingly historic. This past weekend we visited the Brussels Christmas market and we didn't see too much because, once again, it rained. That's northern Europe in the winter for you!

Our big news of the week was our doctor's appointment to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. Unfortunately, Baby Eichenberger wasn't used to getting up that early and decided to take a nap during the ultrasound.....with his/her legs crossed. The baby is healthy and we'll try again on the 17th for the sex. Scott and I are such planners that we figured something like this would happen to us! We leave for the U.S. on the 22nd and our doctor is very supportive of fitting us in for another ultrasound. This will be my last trip to the U.S. before the baby is born so I'm hoping to be able to do some major shopping for baby clothes. Enjoy the ultrasound pics and wish us luck for the 17th.