Last weekend we spent a day in Birmingham. This was not a long-time-ago-planned-trip (as is our trip to Cornwall one day in the indefinite future...). Anyway, it is always nice to see a bit of England.
Birmingham, in the West Midlands, is the second largest city in England with approximately 2.3 Million people. It has a lot of nice, modern architecture and more canals than Venice. In the City center you would not think that Birmingham was once a model in the Industrial Revolution. Unfortunately, there are no guided walks in winter (so we cannot tell about hidden treasures) and it rained the whole Saturday anyway.
We went to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Very nice and warm, especially nice was the Victorian building itself.
Birmingham, in the West Midlands, is the second largest city in England with approximately 2.3 Million people. It has a lot of nice, modern architecture and more canals than Venice. In the City center you would not think that Birmingham was once a model in the Industrial Revolution. Unfortunately, there are no guided walks in winter (so we cannot tell about hidden treasures) and it rained the whole Saturday anyway.
We went to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Very nice and warm, especially nice was the Victorian building itself.
But: the highlight of the day was Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas market! With more than 90 stalls it is the largest authentic German market outside of Germany and Austria. Truly authentic!! The market has everything a Christmas market needs: Glühwein (mulled wine), Feuerzangenbowle (fire punch), German grilled sausages, Garlic bread, chocolate coated fruit, a lot of wooden crafts, mittens, candles, Glühweinbonbons, herbs, all the things no one needs, ... actually all the stuff you have at the Frankfurt Christmas market as well. Little D. was soo delighted!! It even smelled like the Frankfurt one!!!!
Because of the rain, we didn't take pictures, but here is one of the Frankfurt market:
Because of the rain, we didn't take pictures, but here is one of the Frankfurt market:
Isn't this the right place to visit to get into the Christmas mood? Ideally with a bunch of friends...We are ready for Christmas now. ;-)
2 comments:
What a gorgeous site! Put me in the Christmas mood too.
Bemerkenswert! Wahrscheinlich "deutscher" als im Original, so wie Du es schilderst. Am Wochenende haben wir uns über den Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt schieben lassen. Da wir aber noch auf Geschenke-Suche waren, konnten wir nicht inne halten ... einen Glühwein trinken ... sinnieren und uns einstimmen lassen. Zumal das für die Kinder wahrscheinlich zu langweilig geworden wäre. Glühwein kriegen die nicht ;)
Aber jetzt ist wenigstens der Geschenke-Stress bewältigt. Die Einstimmung kann beginnen.
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