Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Dec 2013: Stuffing myself at the Dusseldorf Christmas Market

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Besides the walk, there was a visit to the Christmas Market..

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If you wanna pee

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I will be back here soon…

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these shops are so nice and bright and red and warm, just welcome you in

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the mighty Rhine flows…...

 

 

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bloody hell, these shops will kill me! so cute…

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I move into the town square

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lovely looking shops.

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I get myself a nice little Gluhwein…spiced wine, very yummy.

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I have a bratwurst with mustard on crusty bread…mmmm,….and then have another one.

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kids having fun…

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I have to say, the town hall square is a bit gloomy…

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the old man of the river…of is it the king of the silver river?

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how cute…

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sighs…

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a big crowd has gathered…

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amazing stuff…

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somebody had a great time :)

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its getting dark so I am now heading back to the market

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I get myself a Kartoffelpuffer.

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and then some fries

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and start walking back

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looks beautiful….and now England also has started to do Christmas Markets…love it.