{"id":4779,"date":"2024-12-27T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T09:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2024-12-29T10:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T09:52:12","slug":"weihnachtsmarkt-2024-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/27\/weihnachtsmarkt-2024-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Weihnachtsmarkt 2024: Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yup. Just one this week. We went out in a cold rain to the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landshuter Christkindlmarkt <\/a>(city, on-going)<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Nice view of Burg Trausnitz<\/a>.
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and it was pretty much the same as 2022<\/a>, with the addition of a new Weihnachtspyramid<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I might not have put the animals on the second floor, over the Magi, but what do I know.
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(If you are wondering, no, we were not worried about a car-ramming attack, because it’s in a parking lot surrounded by a parking lot with no markings. Visitors built their own “rows”. No one is getting through that, not even with a rented SUV. Heh.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the usual stuff. We had some white Gl\u00fchwein and some bratwurst, which are a different length and girth in Niederbayern, for some reason (no picture; my hands were cold and covered in mustard).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nice mugs.
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There was a nice program of traditional music played on Alphorn<\/em>, which you recognize as a symbol of Switzerland<\/a> but were also used in the Bavarian and Tirolian Alps. The More You Know.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We saw these men perform in Nandlstadt last year; the music speaks to me.
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I could have hung out longer to watch the people, but the cold rain became increasingly unpleasant, so after two rounds we left. Maybe next year will be better.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Reason for the Season.
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