Christmas Markets

After Myles' work party, we had a chance to walk through a Christmas market downtown.

The quality of this pic. isn't real great, but you can see the traditional clothes some of the vendors are wearing.  At this stand, they are selling fresh candied nuts.  They smell and taste so good!

The girls in front of a fountain all lit up.

Part of a little fairy tale land they had.  Notice the mushrooms and hedgehogs on the bottom--very German.

 

A department store with a circus theme this year.  I remember thinking it was fun to see windows like this downtown Chicago as a kid.

A lot of the stuffed animals moved and were really cute. 

I was sorry I didn't have our camera with us when we went to 2 other markets.  They often have rides like carousels.  Last night, Robyn went ice skating at a one with some friends.  Whenever you buy food or drinks, you pay a deposit and use "real" dishes.  It's quite the experience to just walk around and take it all in.