Only ten days to go until Christmas! Plenty of time left to bake some more Christmas cookies, and there's another German Christmas cookie staple that I have to share with you. Because Christmas simply wouldn't be the same without them

It's the Second of Advent already, how time flies! We're off on a festive Advent steam train ride today, through wintery Berlin-Brandenburg. There are rumours St Nicholas will drop by too! When we come back, we'll probably have afternoon tea