One thing I love most in Germany are the Christmas Markets. The Germans really know how to do Christmas right. You go around to all these booths that are filled with arts & crafts, wonderful foods and the best booths have Gluhwein (which is a hot spiced red wine). My favorite food that they had were roasted chestnuts. I am starting to gather that this is the country where all Christmas carols were born – “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…”
We went to the Rathaus area (which is German for “Town Square”) first. As you can see from the pictures, the crowds were all there to enjoy the treats.
One of the honors bestowed from this market is the “Snow Queen”. This is the 2007 Snow Queen riding in her snow cloud above the crowds. (How’s that for Miss America??)
From there we went to the waterfront and watched the new ice skating rink and other booths.
We could not pass up the opportunity to ride the Ferris wheel!
Last, but not least, we ran into a grocery store and happened to find an American food aisle! I don’t know who was more excited… me finding Mac & Cheese (though it’s not Kraft) or Alex finding Reese’s peanut butter cups!
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