Saturday 7 August 2021

Christmas Holidays in Europe December 2019~January 2020/Berlin, Nuremberg, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, Frankfurt, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Strasbourg, Colmar, Ribeauville, Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, Basel, Bern, Luxembourg, Brussels, Bruges, Paris, Krakow

21 December 2019     Berlin, Germany

22 December 2019     Berlin, Germany

22 December 2019     Nuremberg, Germany

24 December 2019     Prague, Czech Republic

25 December 2019     Vienna, Austria

26 December 2019     Zagreb, Croatia

28 December 2019     Frankfurt, Germany

28 December 2019     Cologne, Germany

29 December 2019     Dusseldorf, Germany

29 December 2019     Colmar, France

30 December 2019     Strasbourg, France

31 December 2019     Ribeauville, France

31 December 2019     Riquewihr, France

31 December 2019     Kaysersberg, France

01 January 2020         Basel, Switzerland

01 January 2020         Bern, Switzerland

02 January 2020         Metz, France

02 January 2020         Luxembourg

02 January 2020         Brussel, Belgium

03 January 2020         Bruges, Belgium

04 January 2020         Paris, France

05 January 2020         Paris, France

06 January 2020         Krakow, Poland



Hauptbahnhof (Central Station)
Berlin, Germany

Who could have been the better buddy (ies) to travel other than your family?  A Family who travels together, stays together..  After almost a year of preparation, we finally got to spend the 2019 holiday season 

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East Side Gallery
Berlin, Germany


The second day of our tour, second and last day in Berlin.  We were off to Nuremberg at 3pm by ICE train.  I and our eldest woke up early to avoid the crowd at the East Side Gallery to have a good capture (with me of 


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Nuremberg,
Germany


Christmas is coming, covid go away!  We cannot go to places as most do during this season.  I am happy though to blog our last year's trip to  Europe, visited the best Christmas Markets and Cathedrals in Germany, Czech Republic,

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Christmas Markets and the
Giant Christmas Tree at the
Old Town Square in Prague


Christmas Eve!  In Prague! With my family!!!

My second visit to this beautiful city.  I was with my husband in May 2018.  You may want to check the post here.  This time, with our two girls.  The famous Astronomical Clock was under maintenance the


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2019 Christmas in Vienna
with the Pabustan family


Spent the 2019 Christmas in the city where you could still feel that we are still in the 17th century with the Baroque buildings and the Imperial Palaces.  It was our third visit to this amazing city,  the second


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Zagreb,
Czech Republic


We have heard much of Christmas Markets in Zagreb, the very best of the best, ranked #1 for the last three years.  We could not miss it even Croatia is not yet a member of the Shengen.  

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Römerberg
(Rome Mountain)
Frankfurt, Germany

 

Most of the buildings in the Altstadt (Old Town),  Frankfurt were just restored and was fully opened for visitors in 2019.  Around 2,000 half-timbered houses and the Römerberg were wiped out on the night


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Cologne, Germany


We thought we only had to visit the Cologne Cathedral.  We knew Christmas Markets in Germany are opened only till Christmas Eve.  

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Dusseldorf, Germany


For the night goers who love beer and music, Düsseldorf is known as the city with the longest bar in the world.  There are more than 300 bars and disco house next to each other at the city's Old town (Altstadt).  

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Petite Venise
Colmar, France

Colmar is a city in the northeastern France, situated on the Alsatian Wine Route.  The picturesque  narrow cobblestone streets of the city have remained unchanged and are lined with well preserved  half-timbered houses in traditional architectural style. 












Petite France, Strasbourg, France
Strasbourg is the capital of the Alsace Region in the northeast  France, border with Germany formed by the River Rhine  The city is not the capital of France though, but it is the official seat of the European







View of the castle from the distance
from the street of Grand'Rue, Ribeauvillé 
in the Alsace Region, France


Ribeauvillé (Rappoltsweiler in German) is within the Alsace Wine Route located between the Vosges mountain and the vineyards.  The town was the seat of the Lordship of the 











Riquewihr, Alsace, France


Riquewihr is one of the picturesque villages in the Route des Vins (Alsace Wine Road).  The town's appearance is almost the same as it was  in the 16th century, 










Weiss River, Kaysersberg,
Alsace, France


Kaysersberg is in the Route des Vins d'Alsace (Alsace "Wine Route") between Riquewihr and Colmar.  It was formerly the town of the Holy  Roman Empire and was named Kaysersberg,
























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