As we drive down the street, fireworks burst above the illuminated Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.  Sparkles of light brighten up the night sky.  Families walk towards the church, carrying branches.  We pull over and park on the side of the road.

As I step out into the cool winter air, I shiver inside my jacket.  There is no snow, but it is as cold as it will get here in Podgorica, Montenegro.  It is the Orthodox Christmas, the 7th of January. 

You have a favorite place to spend your time. It might be somewhere you visit every day; it might be somewhere you’ll only visit once in your life. You might say your favorite is one place, even though it’s not actually your favorite. But my favorite place to spend my time is the Kletterwald Highropes course at Rothenburg ob der Tauber.