I had heard a couple of rumors that Weimar's Weihnachtsmarkt was better than Erfurts. Less comercialized, more classic. As the bipartisan (heh) observer I am, I only thought it fair to give the Weimar Weihnachtsmarkt a chance so I went to Weimar today with a couple of friends to snoop around. End result: Erfurt's Weihnachtsmarkt kicked Weimar's Weihnachtsmarkts butt. Easily. But it was still fun, and worth the trip (whenever you get to pose like Goethe, it is a good day).
Laura, Evelyn and I passing time in the Erfurt Hauptbahnhof
We've arrived! At first glance, it is obvious that Weimar has a lot of catching up to do. Where is the Ferris Wheel?
Ok, one point for Weimar...Erfurt does not have a sweet manual carousel (Cord, Laura, and Evelyn)
Cord and Evelyn posing as Goethe and Schiller, respectively.
Goethe is a pretty big deal in Weimar.
Evelyn and I warming up in a cafe. We had Kartoffelwaldpilze Suppe (potato and forest mushroom soup) which was fairly lecker (delicious) although I think my mom could have made something better :)
Germany loves these things. Anyone know what they are called?
Laura, Cord, and Evelyn at an entrance to part of the Weinachtsmarkt in Weimar. A close-up of Laura's face pretty much says, "Ugh, I can't believe I am being made to take all these American tourist pictures." Well Laura, that's what happens when you travel with American tourists :)
So although Weimar's Weihnachtsmarkt was nice, it paled in comparison to Erfurts. Which is not surprising because Erfurt is pretty much the best. But even though Erfurt is beautiful and full of wonderful things at Christmas time, nothing compares to being home for Christmas. And that is where I will be in eight days! Bis dann!
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I think they are called Pyramids, or Christmas Pyramids. Anyway I think that's even printed (in English) on the boxes of the ones we have from Germany.
6 Days! Hurrah! XO
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