The fun doesn't stop there!

After retrieving my brother, and eating some quality fast food for lunch (DonerKebobs and Bratwurst...the two most popular fast food meals in Germany), we mostly spent the rest of the first day chilling. A small attempt at activity was made when Andy and I took my parents downtown to get a glimpse of the Weihnachtsmarkt, where we spent a short time admiring the decorations and sipping some lovely Glühwein.

We also saw one the biggest attractions: a miniature choo-choo train that parents and kids can ride together:

And an organ grinder too. :)

The next morning, day two arrived, and brought with it it's own adventure. You see, just before coming to the US, my poor Mommy had to have an emergency root canal, and was put on antibiotics. Well, as she found out after flying across the Atlantic, she's allergic to that antibiotic. Which leads us to the next "first-time-for-everyone" experience: visiting a German doctor. Luckily, the doctor in Busnau is very nice and speaks pretty good English, so it was pretty painless. She even let Mom take a picture with her to document it. Sweet.

With our newly purchased prescription in hand (5 drug stores later...), the whole family was ready for a trip to Esslingen to check out the Christmas market there. You may remember that Andy and I previously visited this market with friends earlier in December. Anyway, it's a really cool market with one part traditional and one part medieval. Purely by luck we discovered a really cool new place on this trip. Apparently, Esslingen is home to the oldest Sekt cellar in Germany, called Kessler Sektkellerei. Sekt is the German word for sparkling wine or Champagne. Jesse bought a bottle of their Jägergrün, and it was freakin' awesome. Turns out we can also get it at our local grocery store, so come on over if you wanna sample it!

Anyway, to prove that it was cool, here are some pics of the city and the market.