Tidbits : Flickr Favourites

The best of Xmas in Germany is................ Lebkuchen !!!

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. Lebkuchen - Panpepato tedesco, 2. Lebkuchen - Gingerbread, 3. Grand-Marnier-Lebkuchen, 4. Lebkuchen

Tidbits : Snow & Weihnachtsmarkt

Finally it looks like winter here ! We got a lot of snow yesterday and it's still very dark in the air, so I expect more snow today. It looks gorgeous !

And it's freezing, so maybe when it keeps on freezing, I'll have a chance to see the fjord frozen ????? They all tell me here how they were skating on the fjord when they were kids....

And we had last weekend a Xmas fair or Weihnachtsmarkt in Kappeln; quite cozy and I sold some items too !

Tidbits : "Weihnachtsmarkt"

I attended last weekend for the first time the Xmas market here in the neighbourhood (Weihnachtsmarkt Süderbrarup); it was in the former cattle exhibition hall. In the past this region had a lot of breeders from the beautiful Angler cattle and those breeders held their shows in this hall. An old brick & wood building, with lots of open air ventilation. So pretty romantic but very cold.... It was quite dark in there too, so my husband had to go home again to get me a lamp. Next year we have to plan that better; I need much more light on my table !

There were about 20 market stands, from wooden toys to aquarells, and of course lots of punch and food. I was surprised to see so much artists and the market had lots of visitors. There were musical events with child choirs, bands, Santa Claus, clowns, ets. too. It was nice to see those kids enjoying themselves.

At the moment I am quite exhausted from this happening; my legs hurt, I got a cold and could not speak any good German anymore at the end of these 2 days (I am Dutch myself). But I sold quite some hats, especially of the black winter ones, and my button jewelry did it well too. So, maybe next year again ???