A little cultural treat

speaking of "getting ready for christmas" ...
in dec. 2004 we went on a hawaii cruise from san diego .

on dec. 12 we were enjoying a "christmas cocktail " (red for poinsettas - white for snow) at the HULA GRILL on honululu beach .

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8391/hulaiv9.jpg

on dec. 20 we arrived back home in eastern ontario just ahead of a massive snowstorm . we had to change planes in detroit and there was some doubt about making the connection - we could have enjoyed christmas in detroit Shocked

hbg

ps. during the rest of the year the cocktail is known as LAVA FLOW ! Wink

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@hamburger,

Glad that I caught you and the Mrs., hbg. I dedicated this to you both on the radio thread, and how about one of those lava flows for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdcMYRhUeA&feature=related

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@Letty,

thanks much , letty !

1967 - wasn't that when we were all "young AND beautiful" ? (now just "beautiful" Wink

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mrs h has borrowed ebeth's skates for a pirouette on frozen lake ontario .

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6026/1967af4.jpg

i feel like archie bunker , ready to sing : "those were the days ... ... "

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/643/medium/80abpthanksgivingepisode.jpg

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@CalamityJane,

The view to that café from another café Wink

(Just a tiny bit of the famous 'Frauenkirche' is to be seen on the left side)

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Last year, the medieval Christmas Market in the court yard of the Sachsen kings' palace was named as the most picturesque, most beautiful etc Christmas Market in Germany .... and shortly afterwards it burnt down.

They had to change the stalls, some details and a lot more until it was allowed to built it up again.

And again, it's a pretty alternative to the "traditional" Christmas Market (since than 560 years in Dresden!)

Bratwurst stall, but the sausage here made of game

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@Walter Hinteler,

The traditional Christmas pyramid - here the "medieval version"

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@Walter Hinteler,

And what I found most interesting was the urinal and the toilet ...

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@Walter Hinteler,

Wow, that's a bit overwhelming.

I'm not really a fan of sweets but I'm sure I could find something tempting there. Now, The Empress would probably want to go there two or three times a day til she'd worked through their offerings.

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@Walter Hinteler,

walter :

can you explain what the brush the attentand is holding is used for ? Wink

hbg

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Beautiful pictures everyone!
I just ate two Elisen Lebkuchen along with my tea - mmmhh so good.
All our candles and Christmas tree lights are burning and it feels quite
festive here.

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http://www.ecardking.com/images/en/ecards/advent/a_nice_advent_season.gif

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http://www.myczechrepublic.com/images/photos/jeffshanberg/christmas-market.jpg

one of Prague's Christmas markets

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http://www.bath360.co.uk/whats-on/images/christmas-market-bath.jpg

Christmas market in Bath

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http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/page_attachments/0000/1968/jack_and_the_beanstalk.jpg

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@ehBeth,

and locally, on the panto scene

http://www.rosspetty.com/img/curtainUp_cinderella_poster.jpg

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@ehBeth,

I've seen so mayn Christmas markets this season as before in all my (together with visiting [A2K] friends alone 10 during the last three days).

The world's largest Christmas pyramid at Dresden's 'Striezelmarkt' (= "Stollen market = Christmas market since 1434)

Detail

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The Christmas market in Dortmund is only 100 years (+) old - but claims to have the highest Christmas tree in the world

40,000 lamps, 45 m high .... and made out of 1.400 fir trees.

Years ago, the Christmas market had the largest "light roof". And we were one of the first places to have an advent calendar in the windows (in the historic town hall). When we were there yesterday evening, our mayor was on the ice ring, too.

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Happy 3rd Advent to everyone!

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/2930/img5479sw1.jpg

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@CalamityJane,

Feel like being a Santa..

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@Francis,

Hehe, that figures, Francis Wink

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