Cansu's last weekend..

in the United States had to be celebrated and enjoyed!
Yes- my lovely, dear friend is leaving on Tuesday, and so we did a lot of cool stuff to make her stay in the USA even more unforgettable ;)

The weekend started with going shopping- have you ever heard of Black Friday shopping? When people get up at 2 in the morning and go to the store at 2.10 to get things cheap? It is crazy- but Cansu and I went to some shops at night, and she still got a suitcase for 30 dollars, which usually costs 200 dollars- isn't that unbelievable? I got a camera...well , had to order it, but it was sort of cheap- yaaay! The shopping was followed by going to the movies- "Love and other drugs"-you gotta see it (once it's being released at home hehe :P ) with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway! I just loved it!
Then..how come?- we went to Friendlys for a "little" desert- hey- we didn't have a snack at the movies!

Double-Fudge-Brownie- Cookie-Chocolate-Ice cream-Caramel- Swirl- Vanilla- Whatever..YUM!

On Saturday Cansu and I decided to go shopping again, as sales were still going on! I got make up and stuff like that for mostly one dollar each-haha!
We wanted to go out in West Chester after that, but we were pooped- so we were just hanging out at Cansu's house and were cooking and watching TV- it was relaxing and soooo yummy!

Cansu cooking Cous Cous according to her mom's recipe :)

desert and TV- snack- Ben and Jerry's ice-cream- always welcome!

On Sunday it was time to get some activity and do some walking, so we went to Longwood Gardens- they are decorated very christmasish now..are supposed to look beautiful at night with all the lights on! During the day it is just lovely to walk through a park-like area with a lot of different settings- and enjoy the fresh air! :)

Enjoying the beautiful day!

Humongous X-Mas Tree!

 After our trip to Longwood, we decided to go to Philly- ha! It's just awesome that we are able to decide to go there and be there within one hour! Talked about it, and we did it!
I also met Cariiiina there- we just had time to talk for a while, but it was so nice to see her again! It was a funny feeling to meet her in "my" city- so good to see that she is doing okay! :)

I also felt kinda home today, because the Christmas market reminded me of the one at home, although the Linzer one is a little bigger... and Heli made it happen!!!!

this says:Helmut's original Austrian strudel!

Austria rules!

We also met some people who were talking German, although we're not very fond of talking to people in German, do it all day ;) But it was nice when THEY recognized us talking German, hehe!

Apple Pie Waffles- yum yum yum!!!

And what should not be missing at a Christmas market? You are right! Glühwein..sorry, Gluwen!

And I was allowed to keep the cup! Tschaka! (this is what Cansu would have said :P )

Well....as it was getting colder and colder, we decided to go home- but before that, we had to take a picture in front of the LOVE SIGN! (if you are not recognizing it by now, you should go see the doctor and check on your retentivity ;) )

Okay folks, enjoy your day!
Tomorrow you'll get to know our elf Twizzy- you are going to love him!

xoxo,
Ida