Christmas Eve. One of my favorite days of the year. It is even better in my favorite city surrounded by all of the Christkindlmarkts. Poor Ken was not feeling his best. We had breakfast at our hotel and then went to the Marienplatz for a little last-minute gluhwein and Christmas Marketing.
We arrived at the Marienplatz in time to watch the Glockenspiel!
Christmas Carols in the Marienplatz
Such a gorgeous setting
Merry Christmas Eve! Poor Ken was not feeling 100%
We made our way to our beloved Rindermarkt for gluhwein and lunch. Of course, we stopped at my favorite Christmas Pyramid.
What I thought was my final gluhwein
After our lunch, we went back to the hotel for a bit to pack our bags for our flight home the next day. In 2019, we were in the Rindermarkt as it closed and watching the Christmas Pyramid get broken down by a crane was just too much for me to handle, so we wanted to avoid that scene at all costs.
After packing and relaxing, we went out for a nice walk through Englischer Garten Park. It was such a beautiful day and I thought we might walk three miles or so? Wrong. We ended up walking 7! It was crazy busy too with lots of families out for a walk.
We had noticed this little hut when we were out walking our first full morning in Munich. Much to my surprise and delight, it was open! They were selling gluhwein! Of course, we stopped for a cup. It was such an unexpected highlight of the day.
Surprise gluhwein makes me smile!
We ended up walking to the end of the park and found a biergarten to take note of for our next summer trip. Much to my surprise, the gluhwein hut was still open when we went by to go back to our hotel. We of course stopped for our final gluhwein of the night. It was such a sweet treat and makes me smile thinking about it.
Happy to buy our final gluhweins of the trip. Such a wonderful surprise in Englischer Garten Park!
The darling little gluhwein hut. A lot of people were out enjoying the evening.
The Chinesischer Turm was under construction this year and just had a modified smaller alley for a market. Much to our surprise, they had a few stahls open on Christmas Eve!
My favorite church in all of Munich
We ended our night with dinner sold out of to go window of pizza and wine from our hotel. It was the perfect Christmas Eve.
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