On our three-day trip to the Fränkische Schweiz (Franconian Switzerland), we got to see and do quite a bit of everything. Pottenstein is always worth a visit. There are many shops along the main road, but some were closed during this off-season. We also went to our first Christmas market of the season. This one…
On Friday, 23 November 2018, the city started putting up the Christmas tree in the Aristotelous Square. What looked initially like a single lop-sided tree (with missing branches on one side) turned out to become a little collation of trees to make it into a 20-meter-high Christmas tree. We noticed this on Sunday morning, when…
Tallinn is known to experience its second-wettest month of the year in November (after June). Well, we were in luck. It was a bit rainy in the mornings, but it usually cleared up towards noon. We had flown from Frankfurt via Stockholm to Tallinn. When we arrived at the Tallinn Airport, I learned my suitcase…
The advent calender (German: Adventskalender) counts the days from 01 – 24 December, when we celebrate Christmas in the evening. The tradition of the advent calendar dates back to the 19th century (Lutheran origin) and was originally intended for children to shorten the waiting period till Christmas Eve. This would make an interesting present for…
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