I got home yesterday afternoon to find a parcel from Germany waiting for me which made my little Germanophile heart beat fast with excitement! I could not have gotten a better Elf for this exchange, being half Polish and having a longing to live in Germany I received such a touching CookBooks present that contained: - A personalised note, with the offer to be contacted at any time if I ever run into difficulties trying this cooking. - A recipe book for me to add my own recipes in and which Marina kindly added her own recipes to (I cant wait to try making the onion tart!) and finally; - A German cookbook which has sooooo many sweets and baked goods in it that the sugar fiend in me was delighted to find. The post-it notes with little comments about the cultural traditions for when such food is traditionally consumed were incredibly thoughtful and made my already massive smile even bigger. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much it was a delight coming home from work late on a wet and cold day to receive these gifts.

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