After recuperating for an hour or so in our hotel room, we set off to visit our first Christmas market. Actually, it's 3 markets that kind of run into each other. The main one is the Christkindle Markt in Maienplatz. On the outskirts is the Rindermarkt. The name of the third one escapes me at the moment. But the divisions are really rather arbritrary.
It's exceptionally difficult to get a picture that shows the size of this Markt. Maybe if I was up in one of those towers? There are 4 or 5 rows of huts that run the entire length of the square, plus more stalls lining the streets off to the sides until they reach another square with another concentration of vendors.
I didn't take a lot of photos because of the weather. Having lost a camera at Niagara Falls due to the spray, I was a little leary about exposing another one to the weather.
I've seen these oversized candle towers in other markets, but I'd never seen one used as a hut (this one selling sausages in the Rindermarkt).
Of course our eyes were also wandering over the fabulous architecture. I spotted this dragon immediately after taking one of the street scenes above. Aaargh... water on the lens is more scary than dragons!
Tucked between and behind stalls was this pillar. Although not so visible in the photo, the cherubs at the base are wrestling with snakes and the like... probably demons?
And a random building just because I liked it and could get a good angle. And more water on the lens!!!!!!
Linda isn't exactly a German name, but there seems to be "one in every town".
And we spotted this charming animated Kinder Window at the Galleria Kaufhaus.
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