christmas is in the air everywhere u go, but it is more so in rudesheim. they have christmas stalls all along the main road and many ppl flock here including tourists from overseas in tourist buses. christmas songs in english and german were playing and all stores are selling christmas things. christmas is really a huge and major and one of the most important celebrations for them. however, there were not many real shoppers, most ppl were browsing and only had food in their hand. well, one had to fill one's hungry tummy despite the bad economic situation.
one of the interesting streets here, very narrow and only 144m long: drosselgasse. cafes and souvenir shops along the way. pic on the right shows a christmas band performance. i wonder if they could really feel their fingers. my hands were freezing and i stared in envy at those ppl with gloves on. have to get aunt to lend me a pair glove now.
kathe wolfahrt's store. it is christmas all year round for this store. all sorts of x-mas deco u want. all hand-made in germany. all expensive :P
their intresting window display.
the buildings all facing the river...day and evening.
view from the hill. u can either walk up, take the car or go on a cable car. we chose cable car. €6.50 return. expensive. if u choose to walk, u will be walking through vineyards...good on a spring day.
the cable car ride. they lent everyone a polyster blanket to use in the gondola. some ppl wrapped themselves in the blanket. it was not that windy but my hands were freezing.
interesting buildings again and christmas decorations. walk slowly and lift your head to catch the unique windows. however, too many ppl along the street will just push u to move ahead following the crowd.
the rhine. there are many river cruises between towns here...from boppard to rudesheim, from koblenz, etc. one will enjoy views of villages along the river and castles on several hills along the way.
vineyards everywhere.
some food found in stores. candies, fruit bread and coated almonds (bottom right). we bought 100g of rum coated almonds €2.50 ...yummy.
roasted chestnut anyone?
Niederwald MonumentThe monument commemorates the re-establishment of the German empire following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. The main figure is "Germania" holding the imperial crown in her raised right hand and the imperial sword in her left hand. There is a marvellous view from the monument far into the Rheinland-Palatinate countryside.
we stopped at a roadside stall selling fruits on the way. bought a packet of pears. those wines are loreley wines...loreley is another town along this stretch of road.
asbach products.
as we drove along...
the cosy restaurant where we had our dinner. the christmas deco was really neat.
one of the interesting streets here, very narrow and only 144m long: drosselgasse. cafes and souvenir shops along the way. pic on the right shows a christmas band performance. i wonder if they could really feel their fingers. my hands were freezing and i stared in envy at those ppl with gloves on. have to get aunt to lend me a pair glove now.
kathe wolfahrt's store. it is christmas all year round for this store. all sorts of x-mas deco u want. all hand-made in germany. all expensive :P
their intresting window display.
the buildings all facing the river...day and evening.
view from the hill. u can either walk up, take the car or go on a cable car. we chose cable car. €6.50 return. expensive. if u choose to walk, u will be walking through vineyards...good on a spring day.
the cable car ride. they lent everyone a polyster blanket to use in the gondola. some ppl wrapped themselves in the blanket. it was not that windy but my hands were freezing.
interesting buildings again and christmas decorations. walk slowly and lift your head to catch the unique windows. however, too many ppl along the street will just push u to move ahead following the crowd.
the rhine. there are many river cruises between towns here...from boppard to rudesheim, from koblenz, etc. one will enjoy views of villages along the river and castles on several hills along the way.
vineyards everywhere.
some food found in stores. candies, fruit bread and coated almonds (bottom right). we bought 100g of rum coated almonds €2.50 ...yummy.
roasted chestnut anyone?
Niederwald MonumentThe monument commemorates the re-establishment of the German empire following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. The main figure is "Germania" holding the imperial crown in her raised right hand and the imperial sword in her left hand. There is a marvellous view from the monument far into the Rheinland-Palatinate countryside.
we stopped at a roadside stall selling fruits on the way. bought a packet of pears. those wines are loreley wines...loreley is another town along this stretch of road.
asbach products.
as we drove along...
the cosy restaurant where we had our dinner. the christmas deco was really neat.
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