Christmas time has come, usually that means spending time with family, waiting for Santa to practice home-invasion, and seeing the looks on my family's faces when they open the gift that I handpicked for this special day. This year has been a bit different... I had planned to head to Germany after the term ended here at Radley, I have family who lives in Cologne who had offered to show me the city and show me what a German Christmas was like. But by the time November arrived, the UK had put in place a quarantine rule for travelers to and from Germany. This made it impossible for me to go, so I had to cancel plans with my family in Germany. I would have to wait to see the famous Cologne Cathedral and to go watch my favourite football (soccer) team, Bayer Leverkusen. Hopefully the COVID situation will have improved by the time I am able to travel again. After the disapointment of not being able to go to Germany, friends of mine from Sc...