Saturday, December 1, 2007

Weihnachtsmarkt

Today I got to visit Magdeburg's Weihnachtsmarkt, woo! Down at Alter Markt, it featured Christmas spirit good times... It had a lot of the typical German festival type stands, lots of candied nuts, alcohol, and of course, wurst! One place in particular featured a 1/2 meter of Bratwurst for 2,80 EUR. See that awesomeness!



Actually, I was surprised as to how it was actually pretty tasty! Next up we found many types of Glühwein (mulled wine) and also Eierpunsch (egg nog). Both were pretty tasty! The egg nog here, I'm pretty sure, had wine in it, which was kind of a weird taste. Between the four of us that went, we tried some Glühwein with apples, Glühwein with raspberries, and the egg nog. My favorite was the Glühwein with apples--reminded me a lot of cider. I could totally go for some cider right about now...



While we were drinking that stuff, we kept hearing this weird voice which we thought was a carnival game person that wouldn't stfu. Turns out it was a talking moose head affixed to the top of the place where we got our drinkage. It was kinda creepy... Also, since I'm on the topic of sounds, they played the most random X-mas music. It ranged anywhere from traditional German folk songs to terrible pop songs, but that just seems to be the theme of the music anywhere you go in Germany, haha.

So yeah, then after hitting up the foods, we went for the crafty stuff. Actually, there wasn't much their in terms of crafts, but there were a good amount of shops with cute Christmassy stuff in the area. The mall there was featuring a bunch of Christmas stuff as well.

So overall, I had a fun experience today! I very much enjoy Christmas, and this was a good way to get even more pumped for my return trip home! I can't wait!

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