Well it's not long until Christmas and in Germany that means Christmas Markets.
So we booked a weekend and headed to Bremen which is in the north western side of the country. We flew out Friday night and went with a group of 6 other Aussies. It was just a quick 1 hour flight which was great and we arrived in time to grab our first German sausage from a street vendor .
December in Germany is cold and we had to do some serious rugging up to cope with it. We also found the local secret to staying warm was to drink lots of Gluhwein(Hot Mulled wine ) sometimes with rum or hot chocolate with baileys ( apparently a girls drink) . The markets were great, they were quite big and had lots of great food stalls selling big German sausages, steaks , chocolates and pastry delights. A few of our group including myself ate as many as 8 sausages over the weekend including a half meter option offered buy one vendor.
Bremen seems like a nice Little town with a relaxed vibe and we really enjoyed our time there.
We basically just wandered around the markets for hours eating and drinking German delicacies and browsing the stalls selling Christmas decorations , wooden crafts and the like. There were also a few rides and we went for a spin on the small Ferris wheel . It's gets dark over here by about 4 pm now and at night the markets looked great all lite up and buzzing with people.
I would defiantly recommend Germany for the Christmas Markets and we look forward to heading back next year for more sausage.
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