This weekend took us to yet another German Christmas Market, this time in Dresden. Dresden is a beautiful old city in eastern Germany overlooking the Elbe River and the old-town district is absolutely stunning at night. We met some friends who flew in from London and spent two days alternating between freezing our toes off while walking through the market and stopping for Gluhwein or Grog and some of that oh-so-healthy German food. Dresden is nine hours away, which seems like a long way to go for a bratwurst, but the city puts on one of the best markets in the country. This year was the 573rd Dresden Christmas Market. Yeah. And look how huge it is:
This dwarfs the Aachen market and, for those of you who might get this reference, it's about 5 times larger than the Nuremberg Market. Luckily, we had already done most of the heavy shopping in Aachen, so we were able to enjoy the food and company rather than fight the crowd.
And now, the obligatory giant church photo:
This is the Frauenkirche, the giant Lutheran church in the center of the old town that has come to symbolize the rebuilding of Dresden after WWII. And this is the Lego version, which is almost as impressive as the real thing:
We've really enjoyed the markets- Erika was as excited as a kid on Christmas when we stumbled onto a small market wedged into a side-street on the first night in town and her eyes went wide when we found the giant Christmas 'pyramid' above. It's been a great way to get out and enjoy the holiday season while we're away from home. Look for more pics soon in our Flickr link on the right.
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