Everywhere you go in Germany this month, you can find Christmas markets: festive fairs teaming with food, crafts, toys, and Christmas decorations to buy, and rides for the kids. This year we went to the market in Wiesbaden and instead of driving, took the bus.
Guess who got on at one of the stops? St. Nikolaus himself. You should have seen Emilie and Rebecca's faces when he walked by us and took a seat. He even gave Emilie a chocolate ball. He knows, of course, how good she has been. Micaela and James did not get anything. Hmmm..... We had fun for the next 45 minutes watching people's reaction to St. Nick when they got on the bus. Most people showed no reaction, a few smiled and one young man greeted him cheerfully.
The square around the Marktkirche (market church) was all lit up.
David has been looking for one of these fire-breathing dragons for years.
Becca is always sad when a merry-go-round ride ends
While we were enjoying big puffy German pancakes with Nutella and applesauce, some people from the Green Party appeared on a church balcony, unfolded this banner and with a bullhorn gave a speech calling for the end of coal-powered power plants in the area. Everyone listened for about 12 minutes, then the speaker ended with "Thank you for listening and now go enjoy the Christmas market," and the crowd applauded politely.
Emilie had been asking all week for a Lebkuchen cookie that you wear around your neck. David threw in some cola-flavored taffy.
Chocolate-covered pears
Our evening ended with a ride on the huge Ferris Wheel and then a train trip home.
Guess who got on at one of the stops? St. Nikolaus himself. You should have seen Emilie and Rebecca's faces when he walked by us and took a seat. He even gave Emilie a chocolate ball. He knows, of course, how good she has been. Micaela and James did not get anything. Hmmm..... We had fun for the next 45 minutes watching people's reaction to St. Nick when they got on the bus. Most people showed no reaction, a few smiled and one young man greeted him cheerfully.
The square around the Marktkirche (market church) was all lit up.
David has been looking for one of these fire-breathing dragons for years.
Becca is always sad when a merry-go-round ride ends
While we were enjoying big puffy German pancakes with Nutella and applesauce, some people from the Green Party appeared on a church balcony, unfolded this banner and with a bullhorn gave a speech calling for the end of coal-powered power plants in the area. Everyone listened for about 12 minutes, then the speaker ended with "Thank you for listening and now go enjoy the Christmas market," and the crowd applauded politely.
Emilie had been asking all week for a Lebkuchen cookie that you wear around your neck. David threw in some cola-flavored taffy.
Chocolate-covered pears
Our evening ended with a ride on the huge Ferris Wheel and then a train trip home.
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