I love Christmas and Germany celebrates Christmas the entire month of December so it was pure glee for me. Besides the intense shopping is the tradition of outdoor Christmas markets in Germany. Starting the first week of December and ending right after New Years in the center of almost every city is a Christmas market where one can buy anything from socks to tree ornaments to
glühwein. These markets, called Weinachtsmärkte, are absolutely gorgeous to go to day or night. Simply walking around the little booths drinking a warm mug of glühwein alone or with friends makes Christmas revert back to how it was a hundred years ago without the large red discount signs.
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| Working hard & Shopping hard |
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| Karlsruhe Markplatz Christmas Market |
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| Wooden, hand carved gifts |
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| Café in Heidelberg with German friends from my gym class |
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It's extremely difficult to post pictures here, so I apologize for them being so large.
Ok, so honestly, I did almost all my Christmas shopping online this year. But wow, what beautiful markets! What a cool experience! You took some great photos and it looks like you are having a blast!
ReplyDelete~ Jen