Nine days without school, yay!

[wiseheart]

In other words: autumn break has finally arrived yesterday. Time for all things I had no time for during work.

We went to the cemetery in advance, and as I've already mentioned, I've made orange peel preserves for the Christmas baking in the afternoon. The big baking orgy can begin, soon, as I've - hopefully - hoarded all necessary ingredients.

Tomorrow we're going to Vienna for one day. I hope to find Johannisbeergelee (=red currant jam) at Hofer's - this is the only kind of jam you won't get in this whole country, and most baking recepies demand it. If I get it, I'm gonna buy four pounds or so. Also, a big flask of Kirschwasser - another thing we don't get here, although they might not have it in Vienna, either. It's a very German product. *sighs* Sometimes I feel like I'm looking for the British crown jewels or the Philosopher's Stone or the lost land of Atlantis while trying to shop for simple baking ingredients.

I also hope to find some DVDs of intrest on sale. Gerngross usually has a good selection, and so do the Müller drogeries, interestingly enough. We'll see.

Send us good weather and prayers for a safe trip. I'll see you folks tomorrow, if the guardian angels do their job properly. *waves*

Comments

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I hope your autumn break allows you time to do all the things you are planning and leaves some time over for relaxing as well! It is well deserved and I can imagine needed as well.

Have a fun trip to Vienna and happy hunting for both baking ingredients and DVDs. A friend and I once went through all the grocery shops we could get to in Coventry looking for poppy seeds for lemon and poppy seed muffins. We did eventually find some, but I wasn't expecting having to search. The other thing that continually surprises me about being difficult to find in British grocery shops is non-wheat flour. Some of my favourite types of bread are made with fine rye flour, but the only type I have even managed to find here is whole grain rye flour and even that is not common.

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

Yay! Autumn break. No work is good.

I remember trying Johannberries. I assume it's made from that so must be tasty! But at least picking up all the stuff helps put you in baking moods.

Safe trip!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Macht Spass!
Wishing you safe travels and success in the Quest for the Secret Ingredients(tm)!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Yay! Vienna! I hope you both have a wonderful time.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Enjoy!

[artemis10002000]

Ach ja, Kirschwasser, das hatte ich Dir ja versprochen! Ich wusste doch, dass da irgendwas war, was ich Dir schicken wollte, aber ich konnte mich einfach nicht mehr erinnern, was. Wenn Du es in Wien nicht kriegst, sag Bescheid! Ich hab Zweifel, ob ne große Flasche die Reise überlebt, aber die Flachmänner sind stabil.

Viel Spaß in Wien!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Hope you have a fun and successful trip!