Aachen

We decided to take a quick trip to Aachen on Wednesday for the last night of their Christmas Market. That was quite the adventure! Our region is not known for heavy snowfall so it has been a challenge learning how to deal with the 6-ish inches we have gotten so far. People in Germany and the Netherlands aren't really adept at driving in this weather and the governments aren't great about clearing the roads! Aachen is about a 45 minute drive from our house. Wednesday's drive was approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes long. The last 20 minutes were spent in a rather tense stand off between my car and an icy/snowy/slushy hill. That's right it took us about 20 minutes to travel the last 100 feet to the parking garage. Josh did very well at staying calm! We walked around the market for about an hour, enjoying the local delicacies and the beautiful snow fall while looking at the different items for sale. After our fill of wandering, we hit up a local pub for dinner. It took about an hour to get back home - by a completely different route than how we got there. It was a great evening!