Cologne Christmas
Market!
I am a bit behind on posting some suitcase memories - so bear with me :) A group of us (Casey, Louan, Noel, and myself) decided to
drive down to Cologne to experience an European Christmas market… We drove from Amsterdam to Cologne for the
day and had an AMAZING time! There were
6 Christmas markets set-up throughout Cologne…
There were sooo many people, it was totally insane! Difficult to walk easily, but I guess this
was all part of the experienceJ We visited four of the six Christmas markets… Everything was full of colour, flavours and
you could really FEEL the Christmas Spirit!
The biggest market was set up next to the Dom Church… Really amazing walking through a Christmas
market, and then looking up, you see the most beautiful church! There were gluwhein (warm Red Christmas wine
basically), bratwursts (German Hot dogs), pretzels, coffee, beautiful Christmas
ornaments!, signing, Christmas trees, the works!
I attach some pictures, as I think the pictures speaks more
than a thousand words!
It was EXTREMELY cold!
The evening, after we left Cologne, it started snowing! Halfway through the day we seeked some warmth
from the cold outside and met up with some of our other friends – Sue, Eugenie,
Matilda and Louri and went to one of the Beerhalls, Germany are known for… We had a good afternoon, catching up with
friends, and just relaxing! As it gets
dark so much earlier in the Winter, we were privileged enough to see the
Christmas market by night as well! Was
spectacular! I attach some photos… I bought some Christmas decorations, for my
Christmas tree, for when I return to SA J Was the highlight of my day!
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