getting christmassy here...

[openidwouldwork]

Whee! We had five minutes of snowing yesterday!

The mailman finally brought the copy of 'Swift and Bold, the 60th Rifles during the Peninsular War' I ordered this summer... one has to admire life's timing.

And I went to the Weihnachtsmarkt in Heidelberg!


Weihnachtsmarkt and Schloss Heidelberg in the background




Heiliggeistkirche


with historic market stalls... notice the Antiquariat!

Pyramide!



Then there was Thai food. And cocktails.


(no, that's not me)

Comments

[latin-cat.livejournal.com]

I love German Christmas markets! :) They always look so beautiful, and though I have never been to one, I have always wanted to go.

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

You would be welcome here! Glühwein! Lebkuchen!

[latin-cat.livejournal.com]

Soft Lebkuchen? The sort that doesn't break your teeth?

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

yes! But even Spekulatius is edible when dunked in hot chocolate! (unless my mother baked it...)

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

I enoy the look, and would happily drink Gluhwein and Lebkuchen - but a couple of hours Christmas shopping in Newcastle set off my crowd-alarms ....

But I love the way they put up stalls round the cathedral - they did that in Aachen and Freiburg too.... Zwei Wurste, einer ohne Zwiebeln, bitte

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

and books and flowers! ... but I'm afraid Heidelberg's stalls have been taken over by tourist traps...