Ok, here is Schloss Charlottenburg. Wikipedia: Charlottenburg Palace (German: Schloss Charlottenburg) is the largest palace in Berlin[1] and the only building in the city dating back to the time of the Hohenzollern family.[2] It is located in the Charlottenburg district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf area.
The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century. It includes much exotic internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles. A large formal garden surrounded by woodland was constructed behind the palace. In the grounds of the palace various buildings were erected, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre and a pavilion. During the Second World War the palace was badly damaged but has since been reconstructed. The palace, its gardens and the buildings in the grounds are major visitor attractions.
The Christmas huts full of Christmas goodies, i.e. jewelry, sweetened/roasted almonds, fruit cake, sausages/dried meats, cheeses, things to eat, etc.
Yummy times....I had a skewer with chocolate-covered strawberries on it.
Berliners talk about these as coming from the Erzgebirge region of Saxony. They call them 'pyramids'. This is a MEGA-pyramid. Usually they are smaller, fit on a coffee table, you light candles underneat the 'blades' up top and then it spins the 'characters in the middle/bottom' around. Cool thing, I like it....
The Russians were also in town, along with other huts filled with Polish candy and foods.
I had Ukrainian Bortscht (as they spelled it). It was good, but a lot less 'red-beety' than I imagined.
The Schloss, the pyramid, the people and the huts = fun times. I enjoyed this Christmas market....
Au revoir, Schloss Charlottenburg!
Danke schoen!
