in the christmas mood.

a week before christmas i had 3 days off to visit my parents again and to partake at a family birthday party. here are some outcomings of this weekend that contained meeting up with my brother & girlfriend in erfurt; also meeting up with my cousin, his child & his wife. and additionally a few pictures from the birthday party village.

erfurt christmas market.

a very sophisticated tranny mannequin.

erfurt's city hall arches.

a very perverted food menu on the medieval market. such things as knight's schlongs & goblet's dicks ( which are in fact sausages).

booze menu. you could buy abbots on heat ( mulled wine out of black heart cherries ), lewd maidservants ( mulled wine with rum, cherry, vanilla ), apocalyptic cavaliers ( hot c. morgan rum with apple ) & spinster's terror ( original bombardino ). i thought it was very original :D

kraemerbruecke by night.

christmas pyramid & st. severus church.

my brother & me.

erfurt cathedral.

big wheel lights. this year we didn't ride it. it got more expensive than ever and it kind of put us off. i'm sad now, because our annual big wheel ride tradition was interrupted.

christmas star.

old city streets.

weimar christmas market.

mulled wine booth.

sign of the elephant's cellar ( elefantenkeller ) - a well known restaurant in weimar.

another pyramid - this time on the weimar christmas market.

loebichau.

castle loebichau front.

one of the many different castle buildings.

transition from ice to flowing water.

a winding tower. the area near loebichau was known for bismuth mining in the past.

winter sun.

icy lake.

copied roman architecture.

and i indulged in masses of tasty little cakes and tortes! my personal heaven.

and two selfportraits.

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