European Winter Escapade 2019 - Part Three - Getting To The Real Market

One of the things that makes Strasbourg's Holiday Market a bit different from those in other European cities is that there is not just a single market but a dozen markets! They tend to specialize in various things. But somehow, we managed in our first two days to miss the main market. We rectified that today.

Although it was drizzly and rainy all day that did not stop intrepid photographers

Ahh, now we are really talking Christmas Market

I was watching this young woman cutting nougat 

It did not look like an easy task

Veritable Armies of Christmas Figures

And Christmas Lights

And sweets

And crafts

And food

Vive le Fete de Noel!

Celebrated with Pizza

After three hours we went back to the hotel to rest and wait for dark

On the way to the hotel

That evening we headed to a section of the canal going around the center city that was noted for being lit up.

We were not disappointed

Although it was raining, it was not raining so hard that we couldn't take pictures, albeit with some difficulty while balancing our umbrellas

The rain by this time had started to pick up

We were at the far end of the center city

Although hungry we didn't want to deal with our wet things so we went back to the hotel, got changed and everything laid out to dry then had a light meal and drink and the hotel wine bar

SIGNS OF THE WORLD!

Parents with children and Sheep may not enter