A picture I took a few weeks ago…the city installing the tree. This platz is now home to the Christmas market and has been completely transformed. I’m back in town this weekend, so I’m doing what I do best: frantically running around on Saturday to shop and run errands before the city shuts down on […]
winter
Christmas at the hauptbahnhof
Santa. A fellow German rail traveler. No joke, a full band greeted me this week. Free wine and champagne! If you don’t believe me that Christmas is big here, just check out some recent pics from my daily commute. I now keep my phone out and ready at all times. You never know what you’re […]
Advent
This is the first installment in Things Germans are obsessed with in winter. The list includes (but is not limited to): -Christmas markets -Christmas in general -Advent -Advent calendars -Opening windows in freezing cold weather Let’s talk about Advent first, and specifically, Advent calendars. These guys can’t get enough of them. I had a friend […]