More Glühwein, bitte

Today there was only 5 of us continuing on the rally… and we went down near the German-Austrian border to town called Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Also Zugspitze is also nearby, but the prices to get up to it by cable car were a bit high… especially as there was no visibility up the top!

But we headed for the market anyway… and more Glühwein, of course. The market was good, and had a couple of interesting features. One of which was Cawlchen. Basically, it’s a made up word for this broth/stew thing in a bowl made from bread (and a bread lid complete with a handle, too)! I had the Borsch variety, while Nerys had Gulasch. But they were just amazing. And the Greek and Finnish flags on cocktail sticks were a bit random, but it added some character to them! No words can describe the awesomeness of Cawlchen. I think it would have a good place in the market back home.

And another feature of the market here was the carpet beard. The carpet beard was this extraordinary ‘thing’ attached to this old tramp guy’s face. It looked like a beard, but it was all matted and knotted and yellow. It was the kind of beard, which would probably growl at you if you get too close. It’s difficult to describe this beard… I’d just have to put up a photo of it.