Ladee's Travels

Our group now gathered, we walk through the shop area on our way back to the bus.  These are views of the shops and how they were decorated.  An explosive from war time.  Tiled ground artwork.  I thought that the line of the chimneys and windows was interesting.

Here are some of the items in the booths surrounding Cathédrale Notre Dame. Glass Ornaments, certainly beautiful but too fragile for me to consider bringing back with me.  Porcelain houses.  Candleholders  Glass globes.  Christmas trees.  More houses.  Hot wine.  Linens  Wooden decorations for a table or bookshelf.  More hot wine.  Snowball treats.  Pretzels, plain with salt and some with cheese.  Fresh and warm.  Warm waffles.

This is a vertical panorama of one of the minor doors on the front side of the cathédrale.

Cathedral of our Lady of Strasbourg is a Roman Catholic Cathedral.  Parts are in Romanesque architecture but it is considered to be among the best examples of high or late Gothic architecture. We did not have a chance to go inside.  I found a nice seat on the south side and zoomed in on the details among the flying buttresses.

The markets caught my eye and I decided that I would visit them first before photographing the Cathédrale.  I did see a stork nested (fake) on top of one of the booths. Strasbourg is the home to the very first market in 1570, then called Christkindelmärek (market of the infant Jesus).  Since this time Strasbourg has continued the tradition of a traditional, authentic, warm and generous Alsatian market and these are all the reasons why "Strasbourg, the Capital of Christmas" continues to enjoy repeated success.  (Source: http://noel.strasbourg.eu/en ) There are 300 stalls spread across the city center.  The markets are open from November 25 through Christmas Eve December 24 6:00 PM.  The markets stay open until 8:00 PM during the week and 9:00 PM on the weekends.  They open at 11:00 AM.  Candle holders  Nick nacks  Cookies and bulbs  Children's toys  Ceramics  Children's toys  More candle holders. ...