We fully wandered the stalls, and we kept going back to this one place that we went to before. This stall had flowers of many varieties on a metal stick and the petals were enamel coated. There were roses, white poppies, bell shaped ones, daisies, poinsettias, and another type who's name I cannot remember. We kept thinking about them so much, that we ended up getting over 30 of them between the two of us total. Essentially at least 1 of each type in about every color. One of the previous evenings over Skype, my dad asked us to bring him back a rake or something like that for the gift exchange his gardening class was having. After having a good laugh over 'how in the world does he think we can bring a rake back, and never mind they use the same tools here for gardening' we decided to bring back some of these flowers, as they are meant to go into the garden. How about that for a creative gift for a gardening gift exchange?
I also had to get more reibekuchen, this time with applesauce on the side. I waited long enough for this one, and it was well worth it. It was warm and had just the right flavors. In the meantime, Brie finally had her currywurst, followed up by a pretzel. We also tried a white mulled wine, which was better than the red.
We got some Christmas gifts, including some items for Brie's work gift exchange, and then we wandered down the market to get some Bönnsch beer. There are lots of debates started on the difference between this beer and Kölsch, people arguing over which one is better. Nothing like a nice little rivalry between cities. It turns out Brie likes Bönnsch better, good choice. So now, not only did she try a German beer, she also had another type to compare against (in Germany).
What I almost forgot to mention was this day was cold. So cold that there were snow flurries coming down. Brrrr.....
After a bit more wandering around, we did a little grocery shopping, as I was going to make some stuff up that night, and we went back to my apartment to pack up Brie's gifts. I finally caved and bought a luggage scale, and its a good thing, because while her suitcase still had plenty of room, it was at the limit she could bring back (and so I'm bringing the rest back with me on my trip back!). I ended up having a multi-course meal spread over several hours consisting of a cheese tasting plate, salad with mushrooms and red bell pepper on it with a dill and heavy cream dressing, vegetable noodle soup, macarons (saved since the Franzosich market in my freezer). We watched How I Met Your Mother until we could watch no more. Quality sister time, priceless.
- Try a German beer - check
- Drink Glühwein (mulled wine) - check
- See the Aachen cathedral- check
- Have a pretzel (called bretzel's here)- check
- Have bratwurst- check
- Have currywurst- check
- See as many Christmas markets as possible- check
- Visit First Flush - check
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