Christmas Markets in Europe...Day 3

We woke up with plans to take a day trip but decided to stay in Munich instead. It turned out to be a wonderful day and it was not until I was putting this post together that I realized we did a lot in this one day!

We woke up and had breakfast at our hotel. We had slept in a little later than we planned and caught the tail end of breakfast. We decided to forgo running and went for a long walk around Munich. 

We left our hotel and made our way to Englisch Garten Park.

We got to enjoy the snow from the snowstorm a few days prior.

It was so gorgeous

Englischer Garten Park is so goreous in the snow.

I was so happy!

Winter Wonderland

I bet the water is freezing!

We wanted to stop for drinks and found a cute little place outside of the park. It was fun watching locals come in and exchange Christmas presents. We enjoyed our drinks before heading back to the park and back towards the Marienplatz.

We did stop for one of my favorite views in all of Munich.

The Hofgarten in the snow and the Theatine Church, my favorite in all of Munich

We were enjoying our morning together

I had planned for us to only walk about three miles, but we ended up walking around seven around the park! We decided to stop at the Residenz Christkindlmarkt for a bit. It was on our walk back to the hotel and we needed to eat lunch. This market has some great food options.

The Residenz Christkindlmarkt's Chistmas Pyramid

We enjoyed a little white gluhwein

The snow made it feel festive

The Residenz Christkindlmarkt

A few of the stahls. It is such a beautiful setting.

We stayed at the Residenz for quite some time, enjoying multiple rounds of gluhwein and shopping at the different stahls.

We walked home via the Viktualienmarkt and stopped to buy some stuffed peppers. I absolutely love eating cream cheese-stuffed sweet peppers!

After relaxing at our hotel for a while, we decided that we would walk to one of the local markets that we visited in 2019, the Haidhausen Christkindlmarkt. This market is extremely local and has quickly become one of our favorites. 

The very charming Haidhausen Christkindlmarkt

Behind me is the stahl that graciously served us a few rounds of gluhwein. I have a gluhwein mug for here from our trip in 2019.

It is definitely set up for people to hang around with friends

Gluhwein stahl at the Haidhausen Christkindlmarkt 

Haidhausen Christkindlmarkt, complete with Santa riding back and forth!

White and Red Gluhwein, it was delicious!

Buying chocolate-covered strawberries on a stick. I had multiple chocolate-covered strawberries on this trip and this stahl by far so the best!

We left Haidhausen and decided to walk to the Medieval Market near the Odeonsplatz. We have been here before but never had the Feuerzangenbowle that this market is known for in the specialty mug. I ended up finding some soap at this market too that I brought home for us to enjoy. It smelled amazing!

Feuerzangenbowle

Ken was so happy to try the Feuerzangenbowle.  He liked it so much that he got a refill. We also brought home one of these mugs since it is so unique.

My Feuerzangenbowle. I honestly did not care for it. It was so sweet with the extra sugar. It was so busy around the stahl that I was afraid I was going to catch someone on fire!

Ken with his delicious kase spaetzle.

We left the Medieval Market and enjoyed a final gluhwein near our hotel before calling it a day. It was such a wonderful day all over Munich!