There are so many wonderful things to see and to do in Germany at Christmas. The tradition of decorating Christmas trees began in Germany in the 16th century. German Christmas market is a great way to get into the Germany Christmas spirit. For Germans Christmas is a family holiday with an abundance of decorations and gifts hitting the cities buildings are lit up, shop windows are decorated with German Christmas displays , and even german office walls are adorned with pictures of snowy landscapes. The merry spirit of Christmas market in Germany is further enhanced by the fried almonds (Gebrannte Mandeln), Maronen (roasted chestnuts) and grilled sausages aromas. German Christmas markets date back to the 14th century. Nowadays almost every town in Germany has a Germany Christmas market and many vie to be unique. Some German markets last only a few days, but many begin in late November and close down right after Germany Christmas Eve on December 24th. You can visit them from 10 or 11 a.m. until 9 or 10 p.m. at night. While you're visiting, you might enjoy some great German Christmas market foods, such as hot fruit punch, "Stollen" traditional German Christmas bread with dried fruits, nuts, spices, and sugar icing, "Glühwein" hot spiced wine, hot chocolate, "Lebkuchen" gingerbread biscuits, sauteed mushrooms with sauces, baked potatoes (loaded), and more. Special items to look for include: glass ornaments, wooden ornaments, wooden toys, and German Christmas Pyramids.
Here is an overview of the best Christmas Markets in Germany.

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If you are leaving for Berlin holiday and checking the forecast, it seems that you may have rain a majority of the time during our week's stay. And first question Berlin what to do. We have Berlin info for Berlin kids things to do.

There are a lot of Berlin things to do.

First of all we recommend you the "LEGOLAND Discovery Center" at the Potsdamer Platz (Berlin Center), close to the tube station Potsdamer Platz (U2, S1, S2, S25). The Legoland Berlin is more of an indoor playground than an educational experience. Dreams of your children has come true in LEGO world.

Do you know that there are more lego bricks in the world than there are people. There is a fantastic Lego city, Berlin in miniature here Berlin what to see in the middle of the park which made from nearly 1.5 million LEGO bricks.

Here you'll enjoy a day in the life of the city and its inhabitants all made of legos. Our favorite spots are build and test centre and soft play area. For example, our son spent hours in the race car attraction. The factory is also very intresting. There you can see the production process of the lego blocks. Also we enjoyed the Bob the builder adventure film, full of 3D special effects in amazing 4D that keep you on the edge of your seat. Legoland is not extremely crowded. It was impressive to us all. Legoland Germany is truly a special place for anyone interested in buildings, history, art or just plain fun.Around every corner was something creative and fun that would have kept our son attention for half an afternoon, we could have easily spent 2 days here! I thought it would just be lego-themed versions of "regular" theme park rides, but they had really unique, interesting, and kid-powered rides.

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Riga, as a Liv Village, exists since the 11th. century, but only in 1201 Bishop Albert, lord of the Bremen's Town Hall, founded Riga as a medieval town. Now Riga is a almost open-air museum with it's gothic churches and ancient buildings. But not only. Riga dining reminds you of the Middle Ages. Enjoy your stay in Riga with heavy Latvian style food and variety of local beer. Home style Latvian cuisine style usually is in inexpensive or moderate prices if you like dishes of big size. In Riga restaurants try piradzini (small rolls filled with the bacon), pelekie zirni (grey peas with fried bacon dices and onion), maize zupa (layered rye bread dessert and forestberry jam and whipped cream).

Here you find information Riga guide restaurants.

First of all don't miss Riga restaurant Lido Atputas Center (Lido Recreation Center)only in a 10 min drive from the cener of Riga(also you can take a tram 3,7,9 to the 'Lido' stop or Bus 12 ). It's a favourite places of family recreation in Latvia.It is Latvian environment, home-brewed Lido beer, various tasty dishes in coutry-style and of courses LIDO cakes and desserts. Latvian bands play live every evening .But not only. It's also amusement park for all ages with 5-hectares of gardens, amusement rides and open-air skating rink during winter months.

Alus Seta which just off the Dome square, country-style Riga cafe Dzirnavas in the Center of Riga City or ethnic style Vermanitis and Staburags are also LIDO Group, and are a great place as for business lunch, as for family events ans as for other parties.

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If you are just looking for shopping, casinos, wedding with Elvis, or go show stay in LV. But not only it is also surprisingly family-friendly city.

If you want the Miracle Mile/Rodeo Drive, stay in LA. In L.A. the weekends are a bit more fun anyway, whereas in Vegas it's always fun, but during the week it's not jam-packed.

People often ask about how they can get from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. This is a roundup of the ways you can do it. Prices are current as of August 2009.

Los Angeles Road Trip:

Distance to drive from lasvegas to losangeles is about 270 miles.If you don't want to fly then renting a car and driving is by far the best option. The total drive will be anywhere from 4 to 5 hours. Remember, Los Angeles traffic is bad between 3 PM and 7 PM, so avoid those hours. Also, there is nothing worth seeing, so just drive straight to Vegas from Los Angeles but if you like desert on road you will be passing thru the beautiful California high desert. So the drive is hot in August. Be sure to bring plenty of liquids with you. Fill up the gas tank in Vegas.

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