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9 10, 2017

Travel Missteps: Winter Fashion Failure

By Lili|October 9th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2005, 2011, All in the family Italy 2005/2006, Bavaria, Christmas in Germany 2011, cold, Europe, fashion, Germany, hat, Italy, jacket, lagoon, New Years Eve, night watchman, rain, Rothenburg, rothenburg ob der tauber, scarf, snow, snowing, Trafalger, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Venice, Venice Lagoon, walking tour, weather|0 Comments

Today is the first snow in Colorado. I prefer to be warm over fashionable in winter. That means lots of layers and completely bundled up. The above photo was my look for Germany in 2011. But the further back I go I see more examples. For example, I sported this stunning blue look in Venice 2005. To be fair it was running and snowing on NYE, and so it was especially cold. However, my mother is always fabulously dressed, so I wonder where I get this... Oh yeah from Dad! He looked even more intimidating at night with his hood on. Also

Souvenir Saturday: Ulbricht Night Watchman Nutcracker

By Lili|November 28th, 2015|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: 2011, Christmas, Christmas in Germany 2011, Christmas Market, Christmas Museum, decoration, Europe, Germany, Käthe Wohlfahrt, night watchman, Nutcracker, Rothenburg, rothenburg ob der tauber, Ulbricht|0 Comments

As I've written before, I really enjoyed the "Night Watchman" tour in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. On my last day in Rothenburg I stopped by the large Christmas store Käthe Wohlfahrt to get some souvenirs. This location is their head office, and actually spans multiple buildings and has its own Christmas Museum on site. One item that caught my eye was a wooden and leather mini Night Watchman Nutcracker made by Ulbricht. It stands a little less than 5 inches tall, but is beautifully crafted. He carries with him a traditional symbols of his job: the halberd and a lantern. I'm glad

Travel Missteps: Go to Hell!

By Lili|July 8th, 2013|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2011, bar, Bavaria, Christmas in Germany 2011, Europe, Germany, hell, history, Medieval, night watchman, Rothenburg, rothenburg ob der tauber, snow, snowing, walking tour|0 Comments

We'll continue our Travel Missteps series in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, one of the best preserved Medieval towns in Germany. While this town is primarily touristy, it was beautiful decorated and thankfully deserted for the holidays when I was there in December 2011. Me posing with the Night Watchman. One of the key attractions is taking a "Night Watchman Tour" ( 7 EUR) to learn this history of the town. We had planned on doing this on the first night we got there, but as what commonly happens, we were too tired and so kept putting this tour off until the