The biggest highlight of 2015 for me, was visiting Germany with my wife, daughter and one of our best friends. For years my wife and I had talked about visiting the Christmas markets and soaking up some of the country’s rich culture. It was such an amazing trip, I decided to share my journey through some of the pictures that I took and shared on Instagram.
First, you have to get a good flight— and Lufthansa has some of the best routes available to and from Germany. We took the new nonstop from Tampa to Frankfurt, and it was near perfection.
We took a train from Frankfurt to Heidelberg so that we could be there for the opening of their Christmas Market. Heidelberg has an old world charm that is simply beautiful.
We also visited the top rated restaurant in the city, Schnitzelbank. It’s been there since 1882. It’s friendly, warm and like a piece of old world Germany captured in time.
We then traveled to Munich for the opening of their market. The Christkindlmarkt is held in front of Munich Town Hall in a prime location for the three million visitors in the heart of the city. Locals say that the roots of the market go back into the 14th century, although it has only been in its present location since the 1970s.
That morning was a chilly, so I started drinking gluhwein a little early.
We the made our way to the Frankfurt Christmas Market. It has one of the more interesting histories of all of the markets in Germany. The historic houses on the Römerberg were destroyed during World War II. It was held at several locations in Frankfurt during the post-war period. In the 1970s it moved back to its traditional home at the Römerberg and has been there ever since. Parts of the beautiful half-timbered houses have been rebuilt to reflect how it looked before the war. Since then the Frankfurt Christmas market has become an attraction for locals and international tourists alike.
One of the things that we were looking forward to the most, was sampling the food of the Christmas markets. We quickly realized that we were drawn to eating one thing in particular… Sausage!
Sausage!
And more sausage!
Our trip was everything we had hoped for and then some. Germany was more beautiful than we imagined. The people were kind and friendly. The food was amazing and we realized that we might have started a new family tradition. On the flight home, we decided that visiting Germany and their Christmas markets was going to be our new Thanksgiving tradition. That nonstop flight from Tampa to Frankfurt on Lufthansa is going to come in handy over the next few years. You can read about our experience flying on Lufthansa here.
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I partnered with Lufthansa on this post. All opinions are my own.
