Sunday Stroll

Kelly: This week's Sunday stroll was a bit different. All of the stores in Kaiserslautern were open on Sunday for a few hours (happens once a year). So, with my birthday money buring a hole in my pocket, we made our way to the pedestrian shopping area and the Christmas market in K-town. The shops line a pedestrian zone that streches half a mile in each direction. The Christmas markets (located in the plazas in the midst of the pedestrian zones) were much like the ones that we visited in Heidelberg on Saturday...a stand with cheesey mugs, gluwein (spiced wine), beer (of course), pretzel/doughie baked-good, repeat, repeat, repeat. I did enjoy the music and the Christmas spirit until the downpour began.

Finding clothes is harder than it was in the states. The two varieties seem to be: 1)Expensive, well-made clothes and 2)Cheap, will-shrink-or-fall-apart-after-washing clothes. I'm used to buying the well-made clothes at cheap prices at consignment stores, outlets, or discount stores....I'll just have to keep looking...wearing my boots, of course!