CHRISTMAS TIME!!!

Christmas time in Germany is an awesome time. Almost every major city has their Christmas market where shop owners set up booths to sell whatever it is they think people will buy. Mostly people will come for the food and hot wine served in numerous locations. These are the stands where people will be huddled up next to while trying to avoid the sub zero temperatures, a great time.

This week we had our first snow. Then our first snow storm the next day. Then we had a day of 3 degree (fahrenheit) weather, so it's been an interesting week. I was only here for half of last years winter so I didn't see any snow, add that to the three years living in the south of Japan and this is the most i've seen in about half a decade. Nobody wanted to have a snow ball fight with me though :(

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!



AUGUSTASTRASSE AFTER THE SNOW

THE CAROUSSEL


THE CAROUSSEL


HOW THEY GOT THIS THING ERECTED DOWN TOWN I'LL NEVER KNOW


FERRIS WHEEL DOWNTOWN


LIFE SIZE NATIVITY SCENE


AND AGAIN FROM THE OTHER SIDE


THE BIG CHRISTMAS TREE AFTER THE SNOW


MY STREET LOOKING NORTH THROUGH OUR SNOWSTORM


IT GOT KIND OF THICK FOR A WHILE, YOU CAN USUALLY SEE THE WHOLE TOWN FORM THIS HILL


HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS? MY CAMERA WAS IN MY CAR SO I DECIDED TO SNAP ONE OF THE SNOW


VIEW FROM MY KITCHEN


VIEW FROM MY BALCONY


FIRST NIGHT OF THE CHRISTMAS MARKET


NO MATTER HOW COLD IT WAS THE STREETS WERE PACKED


BIG TREE IN CENTER OF THE MARKET


I KEPT GOING BACK BECAUSE OF THE FOOD, THE COVERED THESE ALMONDS WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING


CLOSE UP OF THE HUGE PYRAMID


THE LIFE SIZE CHRISTMAS PYRAMID