Strasbourg, France Christmas Market

The only Christmas market open the week AFTER Christmas is in Strasbourg, France – just an hour and a half from our house. We decided to meet the Chuggs there on Emily’s birthday. Pretty fun to say you ice skated in France on your birthday. Lucky girl.

We parked in our usual parking lot by the train station and this time walked over to a quaint part of town with lots of canals and bridges.

Megan – age 6

Strasbourg really decorates for the season. Every shop has unique decorations out.

We kept wandering in the direction of the Notre Dame… the large Cathedral in the center of town.

We met our friends, the Chuggs and the Pattersons, at the Carrousel and let the little kids: Megan, Luke and Matt have a ride. Then we wandered down the Christmas market booths right in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral in the center of town. My girlfriends, Emma and Geneva.

We picked up crepes and delicious French bread pizza’s to eat. {Katie lost her big puffy warm coat at school and we went back to search the school with no luck – that’s why she’s sporting her white jean jacket. Luckily the weather wasn’t as horribly cold as it was last year.

The kids were SOOOO excited to go Ice Skating. Ryan and Katie came ice skating here when we came to the Christmas Market last year. Emily and Megan were excited to give it a try too and they all loved it.

It’s hard to really capture how gorgeous all the lights were. Every street had a different theme of twinkling lights and décor and when it started getting dark the town turned even more magical. Oh, how I wanted to stay and wander, but the kids were getting cold.