To end the year right, we signed ourselves up for Hannover’s Silvester-Börsenlauf — a 5.8 km race around the Maschsee* on New Year’s Eve day. Since it’s such a strange distance and because I hadn’t specifically trained for the race, the point was purely to have fun (we didn’t even bother with timing chips). It was …
As promised, I have a few photos to share with you from this season’s first visit to the Weihnachtsmärkte. We happened to be in Hannover this past weekend for a family birthday celebration, and took advantage of our free Sunday afternoon to explore some of the markets within walking distance of the main train station. …
I spent Sunday afternoon semi-bragging (and simultaneously consoling myself ) on Facebook and at mein Schatz‘s Oma’s 85th birthday party, that although my time in the Hannover Half wasn’t my fastest, at least it wasn’t my slowest. Um, yeah, but it sure came pretty darn close. I just took a look back at all my old race …
I know you’ve been eagerly anticipating the next group of photos from my Mom’s visit, so I’ll cut right to the chase. While I’ve been to Hannover many times before, I was pleasantly surprised to walk through the Old Town for the first time (not sure how I managed to miss it before) and of …