Another day, another Christmas market...

I was looking for a nearby place to go for Christmas Eve service with Sieglinde, and lo and behold (note the Biblical tone!) a ten minute walk from my apartment is a three hundred year old baroque cathedral, Karlskirche, complete with a huge Christmas market in front. http://www.karlskirche.at/

These were taken just as the market was opening on Sunday morning, so not many people yet, and the stands around the mulled wine (Gluwein) booth are empty. These are jammed later in the day, and they're all over town. Terribly civilized. The roast potato and chestnut guy was just firing up his stand.