Ronneberg Christmas Market

After hitting up the Heidelberg market Nick and I decided to drive up to Ronneberg, which is just 20 minutes past Frankfurt.

It was by the cutest little tradition town with the most gorgeous view.

It was a very cold day and towards the end it started raining but luckily we spent most of the time inside the castle.

It wasn't a castle like Heidelberg, this one was used for soldiers and not for royalty to live in.

To get up to the top of the tower you had to make five full rotations up the staircase then climb up two sets of these steep stairs. I have to say, going down carrying Kaelyn was one of the starriest things I have ever done, I was so worried I would slip and fall.

The Christmas market from the tower

 

This kids had a blast playing with of the old fashioned toys and tools, especially the swing which was a battle to get them away from.

A few from atop the castle

After we explored the castle it had gotten much colder so we started to make our way back out to glance through the booths outside then head on home. Nick found these really cool candle holders, and this is the one I picked out.

On our way our I spotted St. Nicholas so I grabbed William and we ran up to say hi. He got a piece of candy then I stepped back to get a picture and he thought I was leaving him. The guy was nice enough to stoop down to get into the picture but it has to be the saddest picture with St Nicholas every recorded.

In the square there were some musicians playing period instruments, I thought they were very talented.