More Christmas Markets in Cologne..

It took just a little over an hour  the next day to get to Cologne to check out their many Christmas Markets.

I preferred the markets in Cologne to those in Dusseldorf. They were especially lovely at night. I was happy to find a sterling silver ring made out of an antique spoon.

On a cold winter’s day, it was nice that there were many options of warm drinks. Each market had its own mug; we paid a deposit that was refunded when we returned the mug. At one, we had warm egg nog, which was very strange. This burning drink was wine, rum and sugar, which was pretty, but not as tasty as mulled wine itself. The strangest thing we saw was definitely this manger scene.