It's almost Christmas...in the kitchen...Santas and cookies.

I usually don't do much for Christmas in terms of decorations (tree, crib...) or crafts. I always find a suitable place for my little collection of Santas.

My mother loves making cakes and cookies. She made a new kind of cookies some days ago.

She created these nice stars. I still haven't tasted them.

She also made 100, or maybe some more muffins for a birthday of one of her friends.

This is my mother's Santa. She saw it in a shop long ago and she told me how beautiful it was. So I decided to buy it as a Christmas gift for her. Ok...Merry Christmas dear readers!

A day trip to Innsbruck.

Some days ago I went back to Innsbruck with a group as a day trip. We spent some hours at DEZ shopping mall. It is a bunch of buildings with around 140 shops. It is located some miles from Innsbruck.

After 2. 15 p. m. we headed to Innsbruck where we were let free to explore the city for three hours; more or less. I re visited the cathedral and had a cappuccino at Cafe Munding; an old and popular coffee shop.

After my cappuccino I strolled a bit along Maria Theresien Strasse. This long street is bordered with lots of shops, restaurants and cafes.

There are various beautiful old buildings on Maria Theresien Strasse.

I also walked under the porticoes in the old core of the city.

There are lots of shops and cafes under these porticoes.

This is the one of the main sights of Innsbruck;  The  Golden Roof. I enjoyed much this day trip, but I went home very tired. I walked too much!!!