Bernkastle is along the Mosel river and there is an actual castle at the top of a hill next to the river. It's a gorgeous town and lots of quaint little shops. For this trip I actually brought Blitz with me since he had just gotten over his vaccination scare and I didn't want to leave him home alone. I put his little blue jacket on and he looked so cute. :)
It was a little rainy at first but it stopped (thank goodness) and we had a good time looking at all the booths, getting hot chocolate, walking the cobblestones streets (it hurts to walk on those after awhile by the way), stopping at a pub for a break, and finally meeting up with other friends to have dinner at an Indian restaurant there in town. Yes, I ate Indian food, go figure. It was good. Here are some pics.
This is a living Christmas calendar, like the ones where you open the doors to find chocolate.
This depicts the German Christmas tradition where Santa comes to bring gifts for the good kids, but the guy on the left comes and takes the bad kids away, if you look close you can see the legs of a child hanging from the sack.
The thing to get are Nativity sets and you will find displays everywhere. Want to buy one? Take your pick of the thousands of different styles you can find at the Christmas markets.
That's all for now, next stop....Rome, Italy.
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