Seiffen at Night

We had to stick around because we had dinner reservations. We were cold and grumpy. Some of the stores were still open, as were the food and drink stands (lines still extremely long). We wandered around. We went into some stores. Took some pictures. The village was pretty at night.

We had our dinner. Again, I chose what they said was a typical DDR dish: pork neck with pork ragout on top. I was expecting more of a minced pork, but it was good. For some reason Herr went with mushroom goulash. No liquor, as he was driving, and I had hot cherry juice. We were beat. The portions seemed big, and our planned dessert didn't happen.

We hiked up to the view point, which was not my best idea. It was snowy and icy in places, but we made it. Took a few more pictures, then headed back to the car and our pension.

When we got there, we decided to pack up the gifts. Disaster. They wouldn't fit. Our plan had been to pack them in the big suitcase, and shove a lot of stuff into the large backpack, checking both. Not a chance. There was no way this stuff was all going to fit, because the Schwiboggen were in rectangular boxes, and though fairly flat, they took up a lot of room. The pyramid-- well that was just bulky in its box. Then we had our collection of cups from the various markets.

Sigh. Well the next day's plan was now off. I had to find a store that was open on Sunday-- remember in Germany stores are closed on Sundays with a few exceptions around train stations. Thankfully, since it was Advent, in the bigger cities and towns a few were open. We decided to look for a Woolworth (yes they have them there), or a TK Maxx or something like that-- Found one. In Chemnitz. So that was the plan after breakfast for our last day in the Erzgebirge. No mine tour for me.Read more