Our first Christmas market this year brought us to Burg Hohenzollern. This was the same castle we visited with Carly just a couple weeks ago. We went on opening day which may have been why there was so little crowd (and the fact that it was the first decent snowfall this winter). There is also a 9 Euro charge which may be a turn off for some people but we thought it was worth it since you're paying for the romanticism and ambiance of the castle. Not to mention, this castle hosts a lot of special events for underprivileged children all over the world so when they ask me for 9 Euro entry... I have no problem with it.
Anyways, it seems the quality of gifts and trinkets sold at this Christmas market were of better quality than others but the variety of food wasn't that diverse. We did however stay warm by slurping hot kartoffelsuppe mit speck (potato soup with bacon) and Büffel brot und hausgemachte Weizenbrot mit kurbis-apfel senf (buffalo brot and homemade wheat bread with pumpkin-apple mustard) which was delish! We also had sweet waffles for dessert.
It was a great way to start our Christmas market season....
(I will apologize for the picture quality now... I don't have an external flash and it's quite difficult to take a picture while holding a diaper and camera bag or a baby while it's snowing. I should have just lied and told you I tried really hard to get that blurry, artistic look.)
p.s. The flag that flies on top of the castle means the prince is in the castle. Somewhere.
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