Innsbruck, Austria Christmas Market

Saturday, December 20

Preston's work was having a special deal for them to go up to Innsbruck's Christmas Market in Austria. Of course we jumped on that! Since this would also be our first Christmas market while being over here.

The drive took about 4.5 to 5 hours but we had 2 stops along the way. So it didn't seem to bad at all.

Finally, when we got there, we were allowed to go explore wherever until 5:30pm when we had to be back at the bus to leave.

At this market there were a few different market sections you could walk through. Each had all different types of Christmas decorations/ornaments, toys, hand-made items and plenty of other knick knacks for you to purchase. And of course you can't forget all the food, pastries/desserts and of course gluhwein/mulled wine (aka hot wine). Since Austria shares a lot of the same culture with Germany, they had a lot of different sausages/bratwursts to choose from, sauerkraut bread bowls, pretzels and much more. Then for pastries/desserts you had plenty to choose from; candy/chocolate covered apples, roasted chestnuts, croissants, donuts with with chocolate or cream, different types of chocolate and plenty more for the sweet tooth lover!

It's almost tradition to have gluhwein whenever you go to a Christmas market. Plus you get a cute little mug to keep with it.

We decided to get two different types of sausages to share/split with each other or lunch. They were really good and very filling!

)Vendor we got our sausages from)

While walking around there are also plenty of other little shops you can go in and buy souvenirs or clothing to take home with you. Also plenty of gorgeous views of the mountains!

Each group of vendors had similar but different items, so it is definitely worth it to walk around to all of them. There were also plenty of stores to go in to. One familiar name is Swarovski.

(Big Bad Wolf)

(Advent Calendar)

While walking around I found a store that was named after my family.

The day went by pretty fast wandering around. Luckily we started walking back a little early to the bus just in case we did get lost. Which of course we did, but eventually found our way back to the bus.

For this being our first Christmas market it was a little different than we expected but it was still really fun and exciting to go see and walk around it. I can't wait to go to another one! :)