{"id":15237,"date":"2016-12-10T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T11:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=15237"},"modified":"2016-12-10T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T11:28:03","slug":"christmas-cloudland-landshut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/christmas-cloudland-landshut\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Cloudland – Landshut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bavaria might be sunny and beautiful this morning, but we have spent the past week in one big freezing cloud…<\/p>\n

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Last of the hoar frost yesterday. If you stood close to a tree covered in it you could hear it falling off… #bavaria #hoarfrost #naturephotography<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Emma (@bavariansojourn) on

When fog freezes upon the layers of frozen fog already hanging from the trees, it makes for stunning scenery, and the most perfect backdrop for a Christmas Market in lieu of snow…<\/p>\n

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Making the most of Mr R’s dwindling garden leave (in which he has done little gardening!) we decided to make the most of the atmospheric \u00a0weather conditions, and head to Landshut’s Christmas Market – somewhere I have visited in the past (with the Small Boy on his class trip a few years ago in temperatures of -16!!), but he hasn’t. \u00a0On the banks of the Isar, this medieval town (complete with castle) is full of gothic architecture, and the square between the church of St Jodoc and the cathedral of St Martin is a lovely setting for a Weihnachtsmarkt…<\/p>\n

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You will find that most Christmas Markets<\/a> in Bavaria claim that they are the most beautiful. \u00a0 Advert after advert claim a particular market to be “die schonsten weihnachtsmarkte in Bayern”, and Landshut is no exception. \u00a0And whilst it might not be the most beautiful I have ever been to (the one on Chiemsee’s Fraueninsel <\/a>probably gets my vote in that department), it’s certainly very special…<\/p>\n

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It’s not huge, but it does what it says on that all important Christmas Market tin – helps you feel very festive, has a good helping of seasonal food and drink stalls to warm you up, and (with the latter!) probably make you buy things.<\/p>\n

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Not a sausage – freshly smoked salmon baguette with horseradish cream…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Obligatory Christmas Market Central Heating – a dampfnudel, filled with plum jam and covered in steaming custard – delicious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Landshut also has a few rides for smaller people, plus optional visits to Saint Nicholas in his Advent Calendar house in the centre. \u00a0 Plus it’s relatively easy to find. \u00a0 Just head for the distinctive church\/cathedral spires (when you can see it of course!..).<\/p>\n

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If you time it right, you could make a whole day of it and combine it with the equally lovely Berg Traunitz’s<\/a> Christmas Market, where you can look out upon the whole of Landshut beneath you… \u00a0But do take time to explore the rest of Landshut properly too, I think that really could win a prize for one of Bavaria’s most beautiful towns…<\/p>\n

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Star of Wonder?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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And on the way back to pick the children from school, the sun tried its hardest to make an appearance, but this was the best it could do…
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