December 22nd

Well today was much much better than yesterday. Being well-rested can do wonders for one's sense of adventure and overall sense of well-being. Not to mention that having a female that is tired, cranky, hungry, cold, and in unfamiliar surroundings can make one's mood go south in a damned hurry...
Little did Lisa know that i nearly put her in her own backpack and mailed her home... Just kidding honey. :)

Anyways, we decided that we wouldn't eat at the hostel and would rather snarf down some of the seasonal food at the Christkindlmarkt (Christkindlmarkt). Me being slightly hung-over from all the previous night's Augustiner beers made for a bit of a deficient appetite, but surely not Lisa!
She was up skipping around and looking forward to exotic food and drink. After a couple aspirin, I was ready for food as well.
Lisa started with a traditional sausage-on-bread type thing that she doused with mustard and wolfed down. I found some potato patties that reminded me of hasbrowns and ate those. They were greasy, salty, and amazing. Washed them down with some gluwein and felt like a new man.

It is a bit difficult to really explain just how "Christmas-y" this city is. This Christmas market could easily pass for the North Pole itself.
Needless to say, Lisa is definitely in her element here.. We had to stop and look at every ornament, ceramic Santa, wooden christmas angel, and/or everything else related (or even semi-related) to Christmas. We'll have to become independently wealthy so we can visit here every holiday season I suppose. :)

We have been in "irritating tourist" mode for pretty much the entire day. We have taken lots of pictures of every random building, statue, christmas tree, christmas paraphernalia, etc etc etc.
Some of the buildings we did know their purpose, others we did not.

We are now back at the hostel, I believe I might have a new blister on my foot.. I'll write more tomorrow if we do anything exciting.


-P