More Christmas Markets

We’ve just got back home on the 100 bus and hung up our coats to dry, after a very pleasant evening wandering around the Christmas market at the Rotes Rathaus in Mitte. The market is in the shadow of the Television Tower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stopped for hot Glühwein, which we sipped seated directly under a heater in a marquee full of tables and chairs.

 

A big wheel loomed over the market, and there was a little train ride around scenes of fairy tales, and an ice skating rink. There were the usual stalls selling , amongst other things, carved wooden Christmas decorations, paper lanterns, warm hats, gloves and socks,  Food and drink featured strongly, with roast chestnuts, sweet fruits such as toffee apples and bananas in chocolate, sausages and all sorts of bit meaty things, goulasch, varied pretzels, and even salmon smoked above a wood burner on the stall.We succumbed to freshly-made crisps, still hot from the fryer. Very nice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Glühwein was made of elderberry wine with spices included ginger; just the ticket for a cold night!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later on, it started to snow, and freezing flakes pelted our faces. Fortified with hot Glühwein and crisps, we walked on to a nearby Christmas market at the Opernpalais,  past this building simply decorated for Christmas with white star lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When we got to the next Christmas market had already already closed. It still looked really nice, even though all the stalls were shut as there were hundreds of Christmas trees and pretty lights.