We went to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria last weekend. Rothenburg is a really old city, sitting on two really important line of trade from the medieval times (Scandanavia- Rome, and from the east of Europe to Paris) It is a well preserved and ancient walled city. It is also known as the land of perpetual Christmas and i figured that was as good a place as any to start my Christmas Market visits here in Germany. Rothenburg has stores that sell Christmas decorations and Christmas-y type things all year round. It is also the home of a Christmas Museum that is open year round (it also, kind of randomly, has a museum dedicated to the history of crime and punishment in Germany).
Elise, Meg, and I all wandered down to the city by train. Except, I had not had enough time to look up either the name or the address before we left Meg's place, so it was on blind faith and vague memories that I lead us to the hostel. We immediately started in on the Christmas revelry and started checking out the market.
The Christmas Market by night
Meg in front of "Zur Hoell"- one of the oldest buildings in Rothenburg. Its foundation is almost a thousand years old
The Christmas Museum
Elise and I drinking hot chocolate at the Market
The main Christmas tree in the town square
2 comments:
Wow... so beautiful!! I'd love to see that in real life sometime!!! I'll have to add Germany to my growing list of places to visit in my lifetime!
Thanks Emmy! I love to see what and how you are doing
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