England is quite nice shocker!
Nov 28th 2007, 12:47 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
Me too, the gluhwein, ham hocks, pea soup, crepes with Grand Marnier, roasted chestnuts, wooden Christmas ornaments-loved the Christkindl Markt.
Nov 28th 2007, 12:47 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
Who mentioned Grand Marnier? 
Nov 28th 2007, 12:48 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
i think germany does the very best xmas decorations ever!
Nov 28th 2007, 12:52 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
When we lived in the NL, they used to have a Christmas Market in the Caves at Valkenburg-now THAT was different, but neat.
"The most fascinating feature of this pretty town is the maze of underground corridors both under the town itself and the surrounding area. From Roman times, the soft yellow marlstone has been mined resulting in over 250km of passageways and caves. During World War Two, the caves sheltered such Dutch masterpieces as Rembrandt’s The Night Watch and other treasures that were hidden away from the Nazis."
Nov 28th 2007, 12:59 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
I still have my little candle pyramid...(see pic link)...its lasted 7 yrs and still going strong...
http://www.germany-christmas-market.org.uk/shoppi5.jpg
does Berlin have its own ice-rink in the Alt Stat...Dusseldorf's Alt Stat was amazing and they would put light in all the trees (there must of been about 100 trees) all the way down Konigs Allie...it felt like walking through a fairytale....sorry but I adore Christmas and germany's the one place that celebrates it 110% and makes me feel like a kid again.
Nov 28th 2007, 1:03 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
Yeah - they have a big wheel and a continental market in Belfast now too - they're all the rage apparently
Glad to hear you're having a good trip.
Enjoy the weekend.
Nov 28th 2007, 1:04 pm
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Well, been back in Blighty for 2 weeks now and have gone from thinking "ooh everything's tiny" to slotting right back in to life at home with my family.
Don't listen to the media, the streets aren't full of chavs, dogshit and peodophiles, the food is absolutely to die for and watching telly without advert's every 5 seconds is a refreshing change.
Seeing my old bezzie mate again has nearly moved me to tears and reminded me what life is like with a dear friend in it on a regular basis.
It almost makes me want to move back.
Who'd have thunk it?
Don't listen to the media, the streets aren't full of chavs, dogshit and peodophiles, the food is absolutely to die for and watching telly without advert's every 5 seconds is a refreshing change.
Seeing my old bezzie mate again has nearly moved me to tears and reminded me what life is like with a dear friend in it on a regular basis.
It almost makes me want to move back.
Who'd have thunk it?
Nov 28th 2007, 1:09 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
you just love making me cry don't you....
I still have my little candle pyramid...(see pic link)...its lasted 7 yrs and still going strong...
http://www.germany-christmas-market.org.uk/shoppi5.jpg
does Berlin have its own ice-rink in the Alt Stat ...Dusseldorf's Alt Stat was amazing and they would put light in all the trees (there must of been about 100 trees) all the way down Konigs Allie...it felt like walking through a fairytale....sorry but I adore Christmas and germany's the one place that celebrates it 110% and makes me feel like a kid again.
I still have my little candle pyramid...(see pic link)...its lasted 7 yrs and still going strong...
http://www.germany-christmas-market.org.uk/shoppi5.jpg
does Berlin have its own ice-rink in the Alt Stat ...Dusseldorf's Alt Stat was amazing and they would put light in all the trees (there must of been about 100 trees) all the way down Konigs Allie...it felt like walking through a fairytale....sorry but I adore Christmas and germany's the one place that celebrates it 110% and makes me feel like a kid again.
Nov 28th 2007, 1:34 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
hmmm not sure about that one...berlin has many xmas markets with the largest one at Alexanderstrasse complete with ferris wheel and carousels and that is where we usually end up. we've been skating at Potsdamer Platz before now but not sure if we will this year as my girlfriend i'm going with had knee surgery this fall.
Anyway your going to have a great time shopping and drinking......you do realise that you'll have to carry your friend home if she gets too drunk (just to make sure she doesn't hurt her knee again)...
just remember us poor souls that are stuck here where there's no gluhwein, or beautiful architecture....
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Nov 28th 2007, 1:43 pm
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and that is something i miss here big time! btw will think of you and hope you make it back to a german market one of these days ...btw check out cologne if you get to visit germany again, it's my fav market of all ~
http://www.koeln.de/en/whatson/christmas/markets.html
Nov 28th 2007, 1:50 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
and that is something i miss here big time! btw will think of you and hope you make it back to a german market one of these days ...btw check out cologne if you get to visit germany again, it's my fav market of all ~
http://www.koeln.de/en/whatson/christmas/markets.html
http://www.koeln.de/en/whatson/christmas/markets.html
have a lovely trip ...(sniff) and think of us when your stood in front of a beautiful cathedral (sniff, sniff) and getting drunk on the Alt beer..(bawling now)..
Nov 28th 2007, 4:58 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
Well, been back in Blighty for 2 weeks now and have gone from thinking "ooh everything's tiny" to slotting right back in to life at home with my family.
Don't listen to the media, the streets aren't full of chavs, dogshit and peodophiles, the food is absolutely to die for and watching telly without advert's every 5 seconds is a refreshing change.
Seeing my old bezzie mate again has nearly moved me to tears and reminded me what life is like with a dear friend in it on a regular basis.
It almost makes me want to move back.
Who'd have thunk it?
Don't listen to the media, the streets aren't full of chavs, dogshit and peodophiles, the food is absolutely to die for and watching telly without advert's every 5 seconds is a refreshing change.
Seeing my old bezzie mate again has nearly moved me to tears and reminded me what life is like with a dear friend in it on a regular basis.
It almost makes me want to move back.
Who'd have thunk it?
Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Reg. Frank R.
Nov 28th 2007, 10:00 pm
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Re: England is quite nice shocker!
The Christmas markets have spread! They're in St Annes square and now selling their bratwursts all down the side of Marks and Sparks now too, the big wheel thingy is in front of M&S and they have an outdoor ice skating rink in Picadilly Gardens!! They've gone all cosmopolitan this year have th'northerners.
