After visiting the Velvet Caves we visited Gemmentegrot. These caves were more cavernous – we came across these climbing Santas which were activated by sound. If you clap your hands loudly, the santas start to climb up! Once they reach the top, they climb down again. More pictures of scenes and market stalls. To finish […]

I promised more pics – so here are some of the stalls and scenes in the Velvet Caves (Fluhweelengrot). Floral type lights Share this… Facebook Twitter Pinterest

I’ve borrowed this photo as I do not have any external shots of the cave entrance. It was snowing quite hard, I had no umbrella or head gear and couldn’t wait to get inside for some shelter. It certainly wasn’t sunny like this, it’s a shot over the top of the entrance to the caves. […]

We were left to our own devices for one whole day. After a late breakfast, our Tour Manager briefly gave us a familiarisation talk on Liege so that we could explore at our own pace. The picture above shows the more historic part of Liege – we bought a cast iron tea pot from here. […]

More pics to share….The market itself. It was so cold outside, we nipped into Henry Lambert’s for a comfort stop and respite from the cold. Our camcorder actually stopped working because of the cold. We ordered some gluhwein, as you do, whilst in Germany, and they gave you a couple of biscuits to wash it […]

External shots of Aachen Cathedral. It was built by Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, in 805 AD and is one of the oldest churches in Germany containing a wealth of treasures from the early medieval period. This is a view from the Gallery looking down into the heart of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen […]

I am late with Christmas preparations this year as we took a mini break in the first week of December just as the snow descended on us! That we managed to get away at all was a miracle because of the snow, but we managed to get to St Pancras to hop on Eurostar to […]

I didn’t get a chance to upload these the other day and didn’t want to leave them out – this one is from the lovely Vannessa with 2 Ns! This is from the new slimline Chris, who gave me a humoungous box of Thorntons chocs! I won’t be able to squeeze into my Convention outfit […]