Today (Sunday, Jan 6, 2008) we headed to Speyer in the afternoon. Mostly just to get out of the house since we were suffering from jetlag (see previous post). Upon entering Speyer we were amazed by the amount of people there - and were wondering what special event was going on. We found a parking spot and then walked toward the cathedral.
Kimber and kids with the Kaiserdom Cathedral in the background.
Swimming through the SEA of people!
Apparently people were just out enjoying the nice weather - and the final day of the Speyer Christmas Market. All the shops along Maximilian Strasse were open as well and with reduced prices - so most people were shopping...which is usually unheard of on a Sunday (most everything is usually closed on Sunday).
The first time we visited Speyer it was this fall and at night - so we enjoyed being there during daylight this time. We took in a few more churches as well. It is so neat to see the differences in the architecture of each church - depending on when it was built etc....(I'm sure the kids think so too!!!!)
This one is a Gothic style Protestant church. A statue of Martin Luther is in the entry. Several of the stained glass windows also portray Luther.
Swimming through the SEA of people!
Apparently people were just out enjoying the nice weather - and the final day of the Speyer Christmas Market. All the shops along Maximilian Strasse were open as well and with reduced prices - so most people were shopping...which is usually unheard of on a Sunday (most everything is usually closed on Sunday).
The first time we visited Speyer it was this fall and at night - so we enjoyed being there during daylight this time. We took in a few more churches as well. It is so neat to see the differences in the architecture of each church - depending on when it was built etc....(I'm sure the kids think so too!!!!)
This one is a Gothic style Protestant church. A statue of Martin Luther is in the entry. Several of the stained glass windows also portray Luther.
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