Top Wiesbaden

I've taken to creating a personal "Top 10" list when I travel somewhere, even if it's just for a weekend. I've been in Wiesbaden since September, so choosing only ten things was difficult and my "Top 10" quickly became my "Top 12". Anyway, here they are, in no particular order:

• hiking along the Rhine River

• year round outdoor swimming at Thermalbad Aukammtal
• Museum Wiesbaden, particularly the current special exhibition Das Geistige in der Kunst, from the Blue Rider to Abstract Expressionism (FABULOUS!)
• grocery shopping at the farmers' market

• the abundance of saunas
• spending time at the Christmas market

• DM drugstores: they have a house brand, organic, natural beauty product line
• the Neroberg park: fabulous views of Wiesbaden, a neat Russian Orthodox church, and Kletterwald!
• German classes at inlingua
• walking in the Warmer Damm and Kurhaus parks
• concerts and organ recitals in the Marktkirche

Number twelve is the weather, or rather the attitude of acceptance towards the weather: Restaurants have year-round patios equipped with heaters and fleece blankets, everyone has an umbrella and a good pair of rain boots, and when it's sunny the parks fill up with people.