Monday, November 29, 2010

Dusseldorf, Germany - Weihnachtsmarkt

I have been so excited for the Christmas season here.  On Saturday we headed to Dusseldorf, Germany for their Weihnachtsmarkt ( Christmas Market).  Can you guess the first thing Carolyn wanted to do when we got there?

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She would have stayed on that Merry go Round all day if we had let her.

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It was very cold that day even started to snow while we were there. So we decided to try out the German way of staying warm, Gluhwein.  Gluhwein is a warm spicy traditional German winter drink made from warmed wine.  It tasted good and definitely warmed me up.

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We decided to stick with hot chocolate for Carolyn though.

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And for Sidney I had her so bundled up that she could hardly move.

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Another section of the market.  There were all kinds of vendors.  We actually didn't buy anything though other than ..

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Food.  We ate and ate.  This by far is my favorite.  I think I could live off of this flat bread pizza with some kind of cream sauce, ham, cheese and onions.  So Yummy!!!

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These are chestnuts... Roasting on an open fire.  I don't know if I have actually ever seen that in person.

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Carolyn was a huge fan of the market.  She got to eat a lot of good food, see another silver man, ride two merry go rounds, drink hot chocolate and see snow.  I think in her little world there is no better day.

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The only bad part of our day was little Sidney lost her spare lamb lovey.  At least it wasn't the original lovey that she has had since she was born but it was still heart breaking to watch her look over the side of the stroller and say lovey, lovey.  I am ordering another spare today.

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