Birmingham's German Christmas Market

If you've ever lived in the West Midlands, chances are you'll have heard of the German market that's on every year in Birmingham, in the lead up to Christmas. For those of you who have never been, it's basically a load of wooden chalet type stalls, some selling gifts and christmas decorations, but mostly there are a lot of stalls selling all kinds of delicious things, sweets, baked goods, german sausages (which are huuuge!) and burgers, and lots of tasty drinks such as german beer, mulled wine, winter pimms and hot chocolate.

We decided to take an impromptu trip last night since I only live a 15 minute train journey away from Birmingham, and I wanted to nip to selfridges to get some personalised nutella, seriously everyone I know is getting a jar of nutella for Christmas this year! Hehe!
Whilst walking round at first I must admit I was slightly disappointed, all the stalls were exactly the same as last year, so I'd seen it all before, and there's not a huge amount of items for sale, so you aren't likely to get your christmas shopping done. However, we realised after ordering hot dogs and working our way through a pint each of yummy German beer (see pictures below) that people obviously go for the amazing food and drink! So it's certainly worth a visit, especially if you've never been before.

it looks huge as it is, but notice the sausage is broken in half, it was even bigger than that before!

some proper German beer!

christmas lights selfie!

christmas in Birmingham :)

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Day 23 - Place where you want to live...

My family are originally from Newcastle Upon Tyne, but me and my Mum moved away when I was just 6. We go back quite often and I really miss it, it's always been my plan to go back when I finish school but unfortunately I didn't get in to the university up there. Me and my boyfriend plan to move there for a few years when we finish university though, because I just want an experience of the city life which I love.

However, when I'm ready to settle down, I'd love to move to York, it's such a beautiful place and so green. I go there with my grandparents and cousins at Easter every year and stay in their caravan and I absolutely love it. The city centre is medieval as well and has so much history, there's so much more to explore and learn about it and I find it just so fascinating. Plus there's good shops... priorities :D

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