since I will spent most of my Christmas holidays on preparing four oral presentations, five term papers plus three exams, I sincerely hope you have a better holiday than me.
Anyway I already received an early Christmas gift about one hour ago: I just passed my second and final Latin test.
Back in those schooldays, I already had obtained my Latinum, which is accepted by my English and pedagogy lecturers. However some history lecturers here won't accept any A-level grade, unless you prove your Latin skills by translating a Roman source from Latin into German. Nevertheless you are allowed to bring along a dictionary and a grammar with you. I went to the test along with six fellows from my class at 2pm. First, the lecturer handed out an source by Livy and we were given some twenty-five minutes time to prepare the text. Everyone had to translate about one to three rows and so did I. After one hour, we were done and the lecturer was very pleased with us.Additionally today, it has been ten years that Manni and me met each other at a record fair in my hometown.
So what's more.
I would also like to thank everyone who sent me a Christmas card and those of you, who brought tears of joy into my face. :.)
(You know, who you are.)Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Sending out many hugs over to you, until we meet again.
I know that I am going to sing "Auld Lang Syne" for you.
Love,
Dominique
Maureen 
and Congratulations 
<--for Latin is over ?!
Ingo 
