Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Nuernberg Christmas Market

We also went to the Nuernberg Christmas Market this weekend. This one was completely outside and was a bunch of rows of booths together. This is one of the largest Christmas Markets in Germany and thousands of people come to it every year. We were there in the afternoon and it was already so crowded, I can't even imagine what it is like at night! This one wasn't our favorite just because it was so crowded. We were just running into people and it was difficult to be able to stop and look at the booths. The village of Nurenberg is extremely pretty though! It was still a lot of fun, the booths were full of great things, and was an amazing experience!

Walking to market! 

One of the beautiful churches in the village. 

This was another very pretty church. It was huge! 

German tinsel angel! 

Walking to the center of the market. Already so many people! 

Tyler and I eating our delicious Bratwursts. 


Giant German Nativity Scene.

These crepes were delicious! 

Our hot chocolate came in these cute bootie mugs, and we got to keep them! 




SO many booths!! 


The bratwurst booth! 

All of the booths were packed like this one! 






Rothenberg Christmas Market

We LOVED this Christmas Market. This village was absolutely gorgeous, it is one of the oldest villages in Germany and is very preserved and amazing! It is so much fun to walk through this little village. All the houses and buildings are connected with little roads and walkways in between. The market was in the center of the village and there were stores you could walk into and booths in the center of in the village that sold food and drinks and more Christmas decorations and treasures. Magical is a great word to describe this village and market, even though that is super cheesy! We would definitely go back to the village of Rothenberg! I took a bunch of pictures here so even though they don't even come close to doing justice of how beautiful it was, I hope they give you an idea! Enjoy! :)


That is the wall that goes all the way around Rothenberg enclosing it. 

Walking into the village.



All those buildings were different Christmas stores! 
A lot of the top levels were the homes of the people who owned the stores.

This dog sat on the mans shoulder while he played the accordion for hours. People went up to him and pet him and he never barked or moved, it was pretty impressive!  


Giant nutcracker! 

This was a giant church in the center of the village. this is only the end of it, it was massive!



The lady in the window of this building was Italian and she would constantly be yelling stuff in Italian and German. She would throw bags of candy down to people from her window and then ring a bell and yell some more and laugh! She was completely crazy and we had no idea what she was saying, but it was pretty entertaining! 





This is a famous part of what is called the "Romantic Road". 





One of the narrow walkways in between buildings. 



The market booths that were set up in the middle of the village. 

The center of the village at night. 

The Romantic Road lit up at night.