Tuesday, December 4, 2012

December 2nd -- If you move to Germany don't rent a house on the corner!

December 2nd

We awoke on Sunday to the scraping sounds of shovels.  Overnight it had snowed 3 inches.  It looked beautiful and MacIntosh thoroughly enjoyed it.




Now the reason why you do not rent a house on the corner is that you are responsible for shoveling and salting your sidewalk.  Let's just say, it is like having a driveway.  If you fail to keep the sidewalk clean -- that is from 7 am to 7 pm -- you are liable if someone slips and falls and gets hurt.  C did it Sunday.  It snowed again Monday so I got to shovel.

Later in the day, we went to the Oberursel Christmas Market.  After Frankfurt and Köln, it was not as exciting.  I did, however, have a good snack at the market.  It is called Raclette.  The Swiss take a big hunk of cheese and heat under a broiler.  Then they take an implement that scrapes the melted cheese and place it on bread.  Basically, it is like having cheese fondue on bread.  I took a picture of the cheese melting at the stand and scared the woman.  She had looked away and when she saw the flash, she thought the cheese had caught on fire.



Here are a few pictures of the market in downtown Oberursel.







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