On our way up country to see family before getting the Hull-Rotterdam ferry, we stopped off at a lovely country pub near Bristol: The Crown Inn at Winford. If you have an idea of what a proper English pub should be like, then this must come close. It's down a long narrow lane, but has a large car park.
All these shots, apart where indicated other wise, were taken with a Lumix GH1 and 14-140 zoom lens.
The Crown Inn at Winford
Off the ferry in Rotterdam, we moved swiftly through Holland, over the Arnhem bridge, and into Germany and our first stop: Xanten.
Lumix TZ7, through the windscreen
Pitched up in Xanten
Sue surveys the magic at Xanten's market
At Oberhausen they build the Christmas village alongside a canal by a vast shopping and leisure complex – it looks a bit naff in the daylight what with the multi-story carpark and the gasometer, but when it gets dark and the lights come on...
The crowds pour in – even the gasometer gets lit up!
The bratwursts sell non-stop
The lights along the canal are fantastic. GH1
The stall displays are wonderful too...
Then we moved on to the ancient city of Munster – a different flavour again: small markets dotted around the town. Drift from one to another, grazing on Gluhwein and bratwurst...
Is it a bishop or Santa Claus – either way he's on a trike with lots of lights and toys!
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