{"id":2902,"date":"2012-12-20T23:43:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T22:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2012-12-20T23:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T22:43:23","slug":"more-christmas-market-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/more-christmas-market-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"More Christmas Market Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"x2012mas01\" width=\"385\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2903\" \/>One of the good things about living in the city is that the Christmas Market is a place that I pass by &#8212; or wander through &#8212; on my way to other things. So I get to know the season&#8217;s decorations very well, and the sight usually lifts my spirits just a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, I occasionally remember to bring a camera and take some photos to share!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">The main area of Luxembourg-Ville&#8217;s Christmas Market, at night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Even quiet streets are decorated with lights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Town Hall (<em>H\u00f4tel de Ville<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">On December 7, we had about two inches of snow &#8212; sticky, beautiful snow that flocked all the trees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Anita and I met at the Christmas Market for lunch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">We had gromperekichelcher, of course!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Place Guillaume<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">The plaza in front of the Grand Duke&#8217;s Palace.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Looking down into the Grund, from the caf\u00e9 of the City Museum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">One of the forested valleys leading away from the city.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Place Clairefontaine<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">City employees get cool tools. This is a walk-behind plow. It was followed by a <a href=\"http:\/\/snow-blowers.findthebest.com\/d\/b\/Power-Brush\">walk-behind snow-brush<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Snow was still falling (and blowing) but Anita insisted on the Ferris wheel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">There were covered gondolas, but what&#8217;s the point of that?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">So we braved the wind to bring to you photos like this one &#8230;and the photos that follow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">After that ride, we needed to warm up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Time for gl\u00fchwein in the 2012 commemorative mug!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Will couldn&#8217;t wait to sip his.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">We liked the view in the new section of the Christmas Market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">Anita strikes a pose.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo\">The fortress-remnant on the way home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"   class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/x2012mas11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"x2012mas11\" width=\"320\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2913\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were snowmen all over the city &#8212; something new for us.<\/p>\n<p>I read that <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2012-12-17\/news\/chi-snowstorm-expected-to-hit-midwest-on-thursday-20121217_1_measurable-snowfall-snowless-streak-new-record\">Chicago<\/a> is setting records for its snowless December. I hope that when it falls, it will be as pretty as Luxembourg&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the good things about living in the city is that the Christmas Market is a place that I pass by &#8212; or wander through &#8212; on my way to other things. So I get to know the season&#8217;s decorations very well, and the sight usually lifts my spirits just a little bit. Furthermore, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[620,201],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2935,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions\/2935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}