Christmas Markets

[SteveGrondin]

Are you in Dortmund? Not far from my friends!

[ArthurItas]

Yes. In Dortmund today only. Will head to Duesseldorf tomorrow AM

[The_Polymath]

Are you driving or taking the trains?

They had a whole pile of snow land on them recently in Germany plus train strikes, so its getting a bit tricky to move around the various cities.

[SteveGrondin]

I think snow was in the s/se. Dortmund and Duesseldorf are in the NW.

[ArthurItas]

Taking trains, no problems. The strike was last week, and the unions have promised no strikes for the rest of the year.

Snow was indeed in Bavaria, and we won’t be there this trip
.

[ArthurItas]

Duesseldorf

[PatientZombie]

did a lot last year, was in search of the best wurst and collected a lot of gluh wine cups

[ArthurItas]

Night scenes last night. It was packed

[The_Polymath]

German markets look really nice. Will take a few snaps of Tallinn Christmas market when we land. Heading out on the 26th.

[ArthurItas]

Christmas market in Jűlich

[ArthurItas]

Maastricht

[ArthurItas]

I recommend Maastricht as a city to visit. It’s quite charming.

[ArthurItas]

I also took this pic at the Maastricht Christmas market: a canadian specialties stand with poutine, beaver tails,… they had a separate stand with maple syrup and other items.

[ArthurItas]

Last Christmas market of the trip is Frankfurt

[dr_t_non-fan]

@ArthurItas

“Last Christmas” market…

I thought you said you got whammegeddoned at the airport??

[1695814]

:rimshot:

[PatientZombie]

We finally overlapped

[The_Polymath]

We are in Tallinn now and the Christmas market is even better than I expected. The old town in Tallinn is very beautiful under a thin film of snow.

[The_Polymath]

We’re heading out to Helsinki via the ferry today but here is another snap that my wife took of the markets.