Christmas Market at Schloss Oelber

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Back in March when I told you about Schloss Oelber, I also told you that it was most famous for its lovely Christkindlmarkt or Christmas Market taking place on the castle's grounds and the buildings surrounding it each year. I visited again last weekend and thought to share a handful of pictures with you...
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Royal nerd alert: I think I was possibly about the only person in the room to recognise the gentlemen on a painting hanging in the stables was... Indeed, it looks like King George IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover. You know that you own a seriously old castle if you have a painting of a King hanging in your stables, I guess.

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