Glowing in Frankfurt

 

We could not go to to all of these Christmas Markets around Europe but not do the ones right in our home town! So we dragged Madre out on a cold night (could not get the Muggles and Kell to go with us). It was fun to be down and see the transformation of the Romer Altstadt area. Different than any of the other markets, Frankfurt's booths were actual buildings that you could walk into. 

The carousel was 2 stories high! That was something we had never seen before. 

I was excited to see a Hidden Mickey on this Creche toy. 

Going to a Christmas Market always is an opportunity to eat a traditional Bratwurst with mustard!

We found that we liked the side streets better. It was less people and more things to do. The eating stalls had smaller lines and plenty of offerings. 

'City Street Lights...Flashing Bright Red and Green' in Strasbourg

As we made our way back home to Germany we stopped by Strasbourg. Years ago we came to Strasbourg between Christmas and New Years. We loved it. It was decorated cute and had amazing stores to explore. We thought it would be fun to go back.

It was still cute, but after being is Colmar, Mulhouse, and Eguisheim, Strasbourg felt like a HUGE city. Changed the vibe of the experience. Because of security concerns we could not drive into the city. We had to park outside the city center and walk in. We explored all of the streets filled with people out enjoying their night. We went to several of the markets in the city. However, we did not see everything because it was starting to rain and there were SO MANY PEOPLE. Parts of it gave us all PTSD of Mumbai and we opted to not go see those areas! 

We found more roasted Chestnuts. We have learned to look for them. Where there is smoke, there are chestnuts! HAHA 

The Muggles were so excited to see that Invader had done pixel art in Strasbourg too! it gave them something to look for as we walked around the streets. 

Pluba wanted to get cotton candy for the Muggles and Papa. The three of them decided to just wait on the perimeter of the market. They were SO DONE with crowds. It was funny watching Madre walk with the cotton candy about her head through the crowds. In the photos below you can just see the clouds of sugar bobbing along above the heads of the people.

Strasbourg was great. But I think it was our least favorite because of the big city feel and ALL of the people that were there. If we had not just been to the other smaller villages, we would have enjoyed it more. But we are still glad that we went!