The Baird Family Adventures in Europe
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Germany:Nuremburg
We spent a day in Nuremburg at their Christmas Market. We all agreed that this market was a lot better than Munich since it had more vareity and had special Children's Market for children.
At the children's Chirstmas Market, there was a ferris wheel, two steam carosels, a steam train, puppet show, display of a country seen with a train.
It went around on a track, sand art, gingerbread cookie decorating, candle making, and heated playmobil house where they could play with playmobil. The kids really enjoyed this market.
In addition to the markets, we went on a horse drawn carriage around Nuremburg. The kids really enjoyed seeing the sights from inside a covered carriage. On the carriage ride there was a man playing the french horn.
Since we had eaten great German food all weekend, we decided to try a Mexican resturant. This resturant was excellent. I would say it was like a On the Border with similar food choices, but better and fresher ingrediants!
We ended the night by getting Starbucks coffee for the ride back to the hotel. :-)
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Germany:Munich
We arrived in Munich in time to be at the opening celebration for their Christmas Market! It was neat to hear the mayor talk in German and her the brass band play. The musciians had wore traditonal german outfits.
We ate our first dinner at the Ratskellar for dinner. The food was great and it even had a playroom for hte kids to play in. We
ate most of our meals at this resturant since it everyone enjoyed it and had something to eat for everyone!
The experienced their first ice skating at an outdoor rink near the Christmas Markets. Sarah enjoyed it more the second time they skated! It was great that they had polar bears for the kids to push in orde to learn how to skate.
We found a smaller Christmas market that had a small carasel and a children's orchestra playing Christmas music. Sarah especially enjoyed watching and hearing the children play their insturments, since she is learning to play the piano. You can see in the picture that Sarah was almost too big for that Carosel, but they had fun!
Overall, the market was great with it's Christmas music, Christmas Decorations, and items to buy. What a great experience for all of us!
We ate our first dinner at the Ratskellar for dinner. The food was great and it even had a playroom for hte kids to play in. We
ate most of our meals at this resturant since it everyone enjoyed it and had something to eat for everyone!
The experienced their first ice skating at an outdoor rink near the Christmas Markets. Sarah enjoyed it more the second time they skated! It was great that they had polar bears for the kids to push in orde to learn how to skate.
We found a smaller Christmas market that had a small carasel and a children's orchestra playing Christmas music. Sarah especially enjoyed watching and hearing the children play their insturments, since she is learning to play the piano. You can see in the picture that Sarah was almost too big for that Carosel, but they had fun!
Overall, the market was great with it's Christmas music, Christmas Decorations, and items to buy. What a great experience for all of us!
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