The holidays are behind us and a new year has begun. December flew by in a flurry of activity and the plans for keeping our blog updated failed miserably! Rather than stress myself out trying to keep on top of this, too, I let it go and just enjoyed the time our family had to spend together. For the past two years we've been hearing about the Weinachtsmarkt at Hexennager, a small village with an intact castle complex 40 minutes west of us.
The market is only open on the 3 weekends preceding Christmas, which has always posed a scheduling problem for us, but this year we finally made it and discovered for ourselves what all the fuss was about. It was really wet and cold the night we went, but it was wonderful! If we're able to be here next year, Matt and I will go alone and enjoy a romantic Christmas light dinner there. :) The medieval castle setting of the market is perfect for strolling and browsing through the artisan stalls by torchlight. Open fires in the common areas provided a welcome opportunity for the kids to thaw their frozen fingers.
We found a stall selling raclette bread, which was a delicious first-time treat for us! Big blocks of Swiss cheese are slowly melted under the raclette heaters, then the top gooey layer is scraped onto slices of rustic bread and sprinkled with herbs and garlic powder. Heaven!!
This guy makes and sells twig brooms. I almost took one home as a decoration. He was great to volunteer to pose with the kids.
So, come see us in December and we'll take you to one of Germany's most beautiful, historic Weinachtsmarkts. We'll even spring for the raclette bread!! ;)
The market is only open on the 3 weekends preceding Christmas, which has always posed a scheduling problem for us, but this year we finally made it and discovered for ourselves what all the fuss was about. It was really wet and cold the night we went, but it was wonderful! If we're able to be here next year, Matt and I will go alone and enjoy a romantic Christmas light dinner there. :) The medieval castle setting of the market is perfect for strolling and browsing through the artisan stalls by torchlight. Open fires in the common areas provided a welcome opportunity for the kids to thaw their frozen fingers.
We found a stall selling raclette bread, which was a delicious first-time treat for us! Big blocks of Swiss cheese are slowly melted under the raclette heaters, then the top gooey layer is scraped onto slices of rustic bread and sprinkled with herbs and garlic powder. Heaven!!
This guy makes and sells twig brooms. I almost took one home as a decoration. He was great to volunteer to pose with the kids.
So, come see us in December and we'll take you to one of Germany's most beautiful, historic Weinachtsmarkts. We'll even spring for the raclette bread!! ;)
1 comment:
Matt totally looks like a cute German man!! I love it!!!
What awesome pictures and what a fun adventure.
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