We finally got a Christmas tree! It is quite the experience buying a tree when you have no car. We used our new bicycles as a transport medium. We did get some stares from the people we passed on the 45 minute walk home from the building materials store where we bought it. Try and imagine Michelle and I pushing a bicycle with a six foot tree strapped on it from the basket at the back to the handle bars up front. Most Austrians haven't even thought about a tree yet and if they have it is sitting somewhere outside right now waiting for Christmas eve. We told one of our Austrian friends that the tree was up and decorated already and her mouth dropped open in wonder. I know a lot of our family and friends back in the states have had the tree up two weeks now, so we felt a little behind in getting this done. Michelle did most of the decorating but I got to put on the tree topper. This years tree was a lot smaller than last year, but a 10 foot tree on a bike would have been weird don't you think? 
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