We are closing in on the end of our journey here in Frankfurt, Germany. It has been quite the experience, with ups and downs. Hopefully, the downs (e.g., hospital visits) are over; although our regular dry cleaner did "fire" us as customers due to Jaeger's dog hair, but that's more of a funny thing than a "down". Indeed, I think we are ending on a huge "up": Christmas in Germany.
As many of you know, Germany is famous for its Christmas Markets. People literally go on Christmas Market tours - visiting the markets in numerous Germany cities. Although I have only seen Frankfurt and Cologne's Christmas markets, they primarily consist of adorable booths offering food (e.g., brats), drink (e.g., beer and apfelwein), sweets (e.g., crepes, chocolate covered pretzels and fruit, and candy), and gift items (e.g., ornaments).
So far, we have visited the Christmas market in Frankfurt twice, and I think we will probably go a few more times before we leave. It's pretty fun, but highly caloric (if you choose to really jump into the experience). Also, if you are touring the markets, I think you can find some of the same items elsewhere for less money than they cost at the markets. That being said, it is nice to pick up some souvenirs from the actual market.
I should note that the boys had their very first ride on a carousel at the Frankfurt Christmas market! Pretty cool!
And, here I am finishing this post in March 2013:
We also made it to Munich's Christmas markets. We went to the main one and the "old" one. I really enjoyed the old-fashioned one. I thought there were more and neater gift items and I liked that it was smaller.
Now I need to post about our Christmas celebration in Frankfurt. Hopefully, I can get this blog caught up!
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