Christmas Magic in Regensburg

Today at 1:30 we began a walking tour of Regensburg. The history of the city is amazing and we have written about this place in other blogs but this year the Christmas markets here were magical. After passing through several city Christmas markets on our tour, we wound at the Thurn and Taxis Christmas market on the palace grounds. I felt like I had stepped back into a medieval village. There were wood fires everywhere and stalls had meat and fish roasting on spits over open fires. All of the vendors were dealing in handmade items. The bread was baked in brick ovens. All the stalls were made of wood and decorated just like they would’ve been in medieval Germany. It was a thoroughly enchanting place and I was able to snag two beautiful small nativity scenes. All of our Christmas markets have been beautiful and charming, but the medieval Christmas market on the palace grounds surpassed anything we’ve seen so far. Chuck enjoyed some gluwein from one vendor. On the way back to the ship, we stopped at a place where Chuck and I’ve had sausages before when we were here. The family that owns the sausage grill has been using the same recipe for 600 years. A sausages are roasted over an open fire and truly are gloriousRead more