‘Medieval’ Christmas market in Esslingen-am-Neckar, our local market town with the old town hall in the background. This seems an appropriate image to use to wish my readers a happy Christmas, and to thank you for reading and commenting on the blog. We will be away for a week over new year so posts may be sporadic if I don’t get myself into gear and prepare some updates, but weather permitting I’ll be back with more mutterings in January.
And on the subject of weather, can whoever keeps asking for a white Christmas stop it? The forecast says that 20-50cm of snow will be dumped on us int he next 24 hours, and frankly we’ve enough of the stuff already.
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December 29, 2010 at 1:03 am
Frits B
1420? Is that when the Chinese built the Rathaus?
Sorry, couldn’t resist. Here in Assen we have a train station with minarets, built years before any muslim came to live here, so just a coincidence.
Anyway, guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
December 29, 2010 at 9:59 am
Andy in Germany
Hadn’t thought of that- the pagoda effect isn’t as clear in real life. Mind you the town is on the old silk road, so goodness knows what influences could be in the architecture.
Have a good new year…