Christmas markets are a wonderful holiday tradition in Germany and my parents joined the festivities in full force! They were here last year with us at the
Ingelheim Christmas market.
Ingelheim is a small town about 20 minutes from
Mainz where Jan works and his sister now lives. Here is an official picture of the Christmas market:
You might have heard of mulled wine (
Gluehwein) - it's hot, red wine with spices which is served during the winter. There is another hot drink though, which in our opinion, is much better:
Feuerzangenbowle!
Feuerzangenbowle is an alcoholic punch consisting of red wine, rum, lemons, oranges, cinnamon sticks, cloves and sugar. You can get it at all the Christmas markets, but we've only found it made the old fashion way seen here in
Ingelheim. It clearly tastes much better than the others and you have your own little torched drink to boot!
The lady is firing up the rum on the sugar cube
Someone is excited - this clearly isn't the diabetic's dream though...
Here you can see the torched drinks
another great Ingelheim Christmas market tradition - the campfire!
The "Konfetti's"
Last year the Konfetti's - a singing group from Ingelheim - serenaded our evening at the Christmas market - this year we made sure to be back for their performance. We had a great evening in Ingelheim, everyone got their favorites: Feuerzangenbowle, bratwurst, Konfetti's and campfire! We'll be back next year, anyone wanna join us?
