Germany Christmas Markets

The weekend before Christmas, Gloria and I headed out to Germany for the Christmas Markets. We arrived in Koblenz and boarded a river cruise ship that took off up the Rhine the next morning. We saw castles and lovely old buildings as we went along. Saw the Lorelei rock and statue though I didn't get pictures.








We arrived in Rudesheim and headed off to the drosselgasse and wandered around the markets and shops.




We had tasty treats and decided to take a gondola lift up the hill.





Once we got to the top we wandered around and had races.







On the way down we saw Santa.



And then the market with lights.





The next day we spent in Cologne. Saw the Cathedral first.





Then the markets.




It was a very relaxing and fun weekend.

Novels I Read for My MA

In no particular order:
The Owl Service
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
I am Legend
World War Z
Clockwork Orange
Virgin Suicides
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Wicked
Moll Flanders
Going Postal
The High Way Men
New Moon's Arms
A Pack of Liars
The Warden

This list does not include all the short stories and the non-novel books I had to read (Or the ones I will still have to read-that were on the list for supplemental reading and will be good for my thesis but I never got around to reading this term.)

My favorites were:
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
A Pack of Liars
High Way Men

And I actually liked I am Legend better than the movie. It was slow in the middle but the ending is loads better than the movie. It was surprising that I liked it better. I also liked New Moon's Arms for the most part. There were just a few bits that were hard to handle: the main character's homophobic tendencies which were a reaction to being rejected by her gay best friend who she was totally in love with. I had to set the book down and walk away during those moments when she was flipping out and saying horrible things.

But classes ended Tuesday night and I don't have to go back to Uni until Jan. 9th! Yay! I am heading to Germany this weekend for the Christmas Markets then I am coming back here to spend Christmas with the Lloyds and will post more then!

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