Frankfurt Christmas markets

Frankfurt was a fairytale weekend of snow, food and Christmas. And did I mention food? I (Jane) had an unforgettable time and I think having the family with us made it all the more memorable. Mum was over for a visit and Mark came along with us too.

Another shocking flight landed us in a snowy Frankfurt late Friday night. The snow on the ground stuck around for the remainder of the weekend and it did manage to snow some more on the Sunday. The reason we decided on Frankfurt was for its Christmas markets which are supposed to be one of the best in Europe. There are all these temporary ‘cottage’ style markets set up that sell all sorts of Christmas gifts and decorations. The highlight for us was the food. An incredible array of flavored nuts, gingerbread, German sausages, mulled wine (warm wine and not “mould wine” like Chris thought it was) Kartofelpoofers (surprisingly good given the name) and Green Lemon Becks Beer. We didn’t stop eating the whole weekend. Heaven! We bought some little Christmas gifts and decorations and just enjoyed the atmosphere. It really was beautiful, particularly in the evening with all the fairylights and the great atmosphere. There were surprisingly few tourists so just lots of English-deficient Germans around which we enjoyed.

We stayed in a beautiful hotel but decided not to go for their breakfast option so we thoroughly enjoyed our trips to the German bake houses on Saturday and Sunday morning. We just hung around the markets the whole weekend and only ventured out of the area to go on a very cheap tram ride around the city for €5 which included pretzels and mulled wine and incredibly bad German music. We still enjoyed it with Chris and Mark coming up with some classic German lines that left me in hysterics.

If you ever get the chance to visit a European city for the Christmas markets, do it. They are the stereotypical snow-covered village markets with little hand-made wooden toys and so much atmosphere.
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