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november: revisiting limburg / early christmas markets in rüdesheim & wiesbaden.

i've been to limburg a few times already and revisit again ever so often, it's just a beautiful town with its medieval core. my parents visited me at the end of november so they could catch some early christmas markets in my region. so the reason for making the trip to limburg was just this, visit the local christmas market. unfortunately it wasn't that much of a burner, but it was still great to wander the narrow and crooked streets of the city.

i adore those tiny alleyways.

christmas decorations.

the hattstein fountain, commonly known as the drunkard fountain ;)

through wisdom a house is built & with reason it's maintained.

a glimpse of the cathedral.

more beautiful timberframed houses.

someday i want to live in such a house.

castle & cathedral.

tiny branch-off of the river lahn.

 
sneaking up on herons.

the cathedral from afar,

six of seven sins.

this beautiful house had painted timber frames.

metal birds tweeting their love to each other.

tiny faces on a church bell attachment.

behind the cathedral the castle is situated. here we are in the courtyard.

figurines on my most favourite house in limburg.


in the evening we drove to rüdesheim to visit the christmas market.

rüdesheim always beats itself with its decorations every year.

i especially loved this wine bottle case christmas tree!

huge glowing snowman on the roof a house.

twinkling lights everywhere.

the brömserhof estate always has a merry-go-round in the courtyard at christmas time.

next to the brömserhof is the mang'sches haus.


mang'sches haus in full glory.

bingen by night. bingen is right on the other side of the rhine.

my mother looking gangster in a passage underway. i really like this photo.

on my parent's last day we were taking a stroll over the christmas market of wiesbaden. i didn't take a lot of pictures, but i still wanted to show these anyways.

friedrich schiller looking sophisticated in front of the hessian state theatre... and an mountain alp. talk about cultural clashes.

this father christmas was bedecked in jewels and galore and i liked it pretty much.

another window decoration. fox and snowflake tree <3 p="">

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