Bad Laasphe Pt 3 (Small Walks and Christmas Market)

Our second day in Bad Laasphe started with some free time which we used to have a short wander around the centre of the old town which consists of some really old timber framed buildings dating back to the 1200's.

When the time came to be met we were invited on a “Small Walk”, this sounded great however our hosts idea of a short walk was not quiet the small walk I was expecting. We were taken to a small park up a small hill which housed the local war memorial, and what a fantastic view of the town there was from there, you really got a sense of the wooded hills surrounding Bad Laasphe.

Right walk over and off to open the Christmas market, this was a small market in the old town which had a real Christmas feel to it and as far as I could see only sold take away food, beer and mulled wine which was fantastic. Once again I found myself going through the motions of guessing what to do as I had no idea what was being said. I stood on stage as their mayor thanked people for coming and thanked those who had sponsored the event. This was done with parcels wrapped under a tree one with each sponsors name on which were read out in tern.

Later that evening before dinner we had the opportunity to return to the market which was packed, there were loads of people eating drinking an milling around it was a fantastic atmosphere really welcoming.