Re: Spring 2016 | Page 59

One of our team, solicitor, Sylvia Garcia, fell in love with this charming German city over ten years ago. After one visit, she made a vow to spend every Christmas there, read her feature to find out why… Germany had never really appealed to me as a holiday destination. That was until I was invited, one Christmas some ten or so years ago, to stay with a friend who was a former member of the English National Ballet and who happened to be performing the lead role in Tchaikovsky “The Nutcracker” at the Koblenz Theatre. I came to learn very quickly that Germans have a passion for the arts and moreover the ballet and I felt a strange sense of pride that people of all ages, in wonderfully elegant attire were drawn to the performance in such numbers. Almost immediately I was captivated by this extraordinary city and from that moment I made a vow to spend every Christmas there. Fortunately it has since become a family tradition to visit Koblenz during the festive season – one that my daughter and husband cherish every year. 59