And the winners are.....

Just a quick post to let everyone know we are now back in Malta and starting to work through the 4 pages of our 'before Xmas To Do' list! The journey back was uneventful - although it rained continuously from Dover to just the other side of the Katschberg Tunnel. Carinthia at least had no rain - but also far less snow than we had expected - apparently it came and went again! Today is sunny and warmish!

We have been in touch with our 3 Free Draw winners and are pleased to be able to tell you that Jakki Francis from Rugby, Andy Cooke from Totton, Hants and Nick Lappage from Leicester are all hoping to take up their prizes next summer. Looking forward to meeting you all!

Also just wanted to share withyou a little Anglo/German Xmas culture - sent to us from some German biker guests we are looking forward to seeing again in 2010. They are in LA for Xmas and thought we would enjoy this!

When the snow falls wunderbar
And the children happy are,
When is Glatteis on the street,
And we all a Glühwein need,
Then you know, es ist soweit:
She is here, the Weihnachtszeit

Every Parkhaus ist besetzt,
Weil die people fahren jetzt
All to Kaufhof, Media-Markt,
Kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.
Shopping hirnverbrannte things
And the Christmasglocke rings.

Mother in the kitchen bakes
Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks
Daddy in the Nebenraum
Schmücks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum
He is hanging auf the balls, (<- Christbaumkugeln!)
Then he from the Leiter falls...

Finally the Kinderlein
To the Zimmer kommen rein
And es sings the family
Schauerlich: "Oh, Chistmastree!"
And the jeder in the house
Is packing die Geschenke aus.

Mama finds unter the Tanne
Eine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne,
Papa gets a Schlips and Socken,
Everybody does frohlocken.
President speaks in TV,
All around is Harmonie.

Bis mother in the kitchen runs:
Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans.
And so comes die Feuerwehr
With Tatü, tata daher,
And they bring a long, long Schlauch
An a long, long Leiter auch.

And they schrei loud - "Wasser marsch!"
,Christmas is - now im - Eimer...
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,F
rohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits...

Hope you enjoy it too!