All Entries Tagged With: "Christmas Market"
Christmas Market in Aachen, Germany
Dear Aachen, we fell under your medieval spell. Your storybook-perfect Christmas market between Charlemagne’s Cathedral and your 14th century Town Hall made us feel like children again, giddy with the delights of the season. Of course, you were most spectacular after dark. And though some of your Christmas vendors seemed similar to the ones in [...]
Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) in Köln (Cologne), Germany
What is more magical than a German Christmas Market? How about one at the foot of Koln’s magnificent cathedral, the Kölner Dom? There are street musicians—this one is playing a saw. And market stalls filled with traditional gifts and delicious food. But as evening falls… … that is when the magic begins. The busy, outside [...]
Köln (Cologne), Germany
We’re back and exhausted! Three full days of walking and shopping will do that to you, I suppose. ;-) I have a bunch of photos to share, but first things first: Our Thanksgiving Dinner! It was a Herr, not a Fräulein, who brought us our beer. And it was in a glass, not a stein. [...]
Aunt J does Windsor and Eaton
Thursday, Aunt J and I toured Windsor Castle, visited the Christmas Market in Eaton and had lunch in a pub. Wow–this was my first trip to Windsor Castle, too, and I was really blown away. I think this better be a “must do” if you ever visit England. I loved the crown on top of [...]
