The Cologne Christmas Market is split into five separate markets throughout the city, each with its own theme. There was the main market, the angel-themed market, the medieval market, a market devoted to selling food (for cooking- every market had food for eating), another market on large barge docked on the river. We took our time and didn't make to each one, but saw most of them. The medieval market is like a renaissance fair, so it's kind of A Very Hippie Christmas, but the food looked great- giant kabobs of meat and "mead." Unfortunately, it was evening by the time we got there and, this being the medieval market, they weren't too big on electricity, which made it kind of hard to see everything. Still, the markets offered many temptations (that's our friend, Paul, ordering some cookies):
While the Christmas decorations are always beautiful, we mostly bought things we can use (i.e. eat) like some delicious German mustard and a handful of things from a booth where every thing for sale had vanilla in it. But, really, shopping is only a small part of why you go to the market. Here, Erika waits in line for (another) gluhwein (with amaretto, of course):
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