Kaiserslautern Christmas Market

Jer was able to get off early the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We decided that sitting around the rest of the day would be pretty boring, so we ventured out to the Kaiserslautern Christmas market. I left my camera right here near the computer, but thankfully Jer has a camera on his cell phone. So, sorry these pictures aren't the best quality, and some I couldn't get without a flash (the pictures of us did not turn out at all), but at least I have some.
We were quite impressed with the K-Town Christmas market. The first one we went to (see previous post) was SO small, when we got to this one we were there for a couple of hours! There are MANY food and drink booths at these markets. More than I would have expected.
There is something called Glühwein that is very popular during this time of year. It is a hot, mulled, red wine with spices in it. At one booth, they sold Kinderglühwein (for kids, aka, without alcohol). Jer ordered that and I got a steamed milk with honey. Both drinks were really yummy. Something that is different in Germany (and has held true at all the Christmas markets we've visited so far) is that any time you order a drink, it's given to you in a real mug. You have to pay a deposit (around €2) for the mug and you get the money back when you turn it in. They are very environmentally friendly here (well, except for the fact that nearly everyone smokes, but I'll save that for another post).
They had live music too. There is a program with different musicians performing each day. One of the days the American schools were going to perform. I think we missed it.
It was a beautifully decorated Christmas market. We have not been impressed with the town to this point (too busy, higher petty crimes, and you must have a GPS to navigate to anything there), but their Christmas market has redeemed itself.
It only started to rain the last 10 minutes we were there. On our way back to the car, we stopped at a yummy confectionary booth and bought a strawberry (flavored) chocolate-covered banana. It was a perfect evening out with Jer.