Bavaria Christmas Markets - Day 3 Nuremburg

I got to Nuremburg without issues and had a about a 15 minute walk to my hotel.  I got to walk by, then through the old town, which is still surrounded by a wall with round towers.  

It was very picturesque.  I did find my hotel, which was very German and not at all a chain.  It is attached to a restaurant and it seems that there is a table adjacent to the lobby so that you can hang out with your beer. 

I arrived in my room to find that I had no pillows.  I dumped my stuff in my room and let the nice lady at the front desk know that I needed a pillow on my way out the door.  She asked if I wanted one or two.  Replied that two would be nice.  Remember this.

I wandered around just absorbing the atmosphere of the place.  I noticed something festive in the distance and came upon a small Christmas Market.  It was not one on my map or one I had read about, so it was a nice surprise. 

It ended up that this happens a lot in Nuremburg.  Random Christmas market stalls everywhere and, if there is a cluster of them...a mini Christmas Market.

This one had an interesting fountain in the middle of it.  

Not very festive...but interesting...lol

This market was mostly food and drink with some rides for the kiddies

It was likely a neighborhood kind of thing because it didn't feel very touristy with the usual stalls of ornaments and souvenirs 

But lots to drink and a temporary party area.

I had noodles with parmesan and mushrooms before, when in Vienna.  However, those were more egg noodles with JUST cheese.  This had a bunch of cream added to it before they dumped it in the giant bowl of parmesan that was made of a wheel of the stuff.  It was so very rich that I could barely eat half of it. 

My first gluhwein of the season.  This is actually a mug, but the handle is to the back so that you can see the design.  This is also my first mug of the trip.

It started to get prettier as the sun went down

All brightly lit up

I also wandered outside of the market a bit to get a feel of the neighborhood

This church was on the edge of the market

I made my way back to my hotel after my noodles and gluhwein.  This place had a lot of character, I'll give it that. You actually had a physical key, attached to a GIANT fob, so you had to drop it off and pick it up at the front desk whenever you went out.  My bathroom was as big as the room.  However, I arrived to one very flat pillow.  I decided to suffer with it.  The mattress was very comfortable and not wrapped in plastic, thank goodness, but the room was pretty warm.   I actually had to open a window.