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Day 2
Left at 7:45 today to head to Germany. Crossed the border around 9am and stopped for morning tea at H... Arrived at Cologne at around 11:30am. Visited Cologne cathedral where a mass was being held. Just amazing. Largest church in Europe. Roamed the streets but all shops were shut as it was a public holiday. Mum & I bought vintage tin signs of …
Christmas Countdown
... no tim tams?
On Thursday was Nikolaus Tag which is a day where a man dressed as Santa Claus comes with his sack and golden book with the Christkind. He reads out each child's name and the naughty and nice things that they've done over the year and awards them with a present. There were a lot of people that came over for dinner and everyone got a small gift. Its a pity I didn't grow up in Germany, I could have ...
Extreme Randomness
... br> Then I got busy getting my package organised for Australia by buying a few German things to send home. Go visit Rainer in 2 weeks and you might be able to read a German newspaper. Season 1 of Dr House has been entertaining me in the afternoons as well, but with an upcoming trip to Stuttgart this Sunday, I've been trying to organise that and Christmas cards as well. It isn't too late if you want one, just let me know.
The seasons ...
European Girls
... beginning of a Christmas market and sampled some of the traditional Christmas treats like a mohrenkopf (a chocolate marshmellow desert). When we returned back to Winnenden, Evann and I dressed up fancy and had a night on the town and checked out some different restaurants. Throughout Evann's visit we also went to the Fernsehrturm in Stuttgart, which is a lookout tower similar to the space ...
Philosophizing over Glühwein
... a good work out to get there. We didn't take the extended walk along the very top, but instead headed along the ridge and down the switchbacks back to the Alte Brucke. It was quite windy along the bridge and there were masses of people in the Alt Stadt. This is the first weekend that the Christmas Markets have been in operation and there are several different ones set up in Marktplatz, Bismarckplatz and ...