Last night, Bill came home a little bit early and we went to the weekly market. It was because there were going to be a couple of special vendors there. Also, we didn’t have anything in the house for dinner.

As it turned out, we bought a lot of stuff from the Mediterranean Feinkost, which specializes in delicacies from Turkey. We enjoyed some mulled wine and I got some photos, which I will share now…

I know there are villages and towns in our previous environs that have these kinds of events, but neither of our old villages in Baden-Württemberg had anything like what we have in Breckenheim.

I got a kick out of the young guy working at the Feinkost. He looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he spoke excellent English. He managed to get us to buy 78 euros worth of stuff! Bill bought a cucumber from the vegetable vendor, and we enjoyed the delightful mulled wines– red and white– from a local vintner.

I don’t necessarily enjoy Christmas that much, but I can appreciate the festive environs here in Germany, even though I know that come January, it will be bleak on many levels… starting with the weather and ending with the political climate. But, at least we have the holidays… for now.