December Magic

It’s wierd, right? In this warm weather, walking through the Christmas market with a steaming hot glühwein feels a bit odd, since the sun is out and the sky is blue. Nevertheless the temptations of the market remain, take a walk through the Gendarmenmarkt Weihnachtszauber – magic indeed!

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Huge slabs of Raclette cheese getting melty

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Freshly roasted chestnuts

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Preparing dough for the…

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..Rahmbrot with sour cream, leaks and bacon

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Pretzels

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Quarkbällchen – made with the inimitable German curd

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A chocolate-covered apple a day…

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Baumkuchen in the making – tree rings!

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Austrain cheese and sausage, lots of it

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Vegans get to eat at the market too!

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Spätzle in the making

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Once a mighty beast, looks over the market

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Grillen

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Glühwein whatever the weather

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Or, Farmer’s Schnapps!

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Thank you everyone for reading, listening and eating along with Berlin Belly this year. Can’t wait for lots of exciting plans to come to fruition in 2016. Guten Rutscht!

These photos were originally contributed in a post for The Kind -> here. All photos © Elizabeth Rushe

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