On Tuesday night after work I went with A. to Sofia's Christmas Market. The market is located between Sofia University and parliament in the little park that separates the two.

It's really cute but very small but I think that's to be expected. The park isn't really very big and this is the first year of the market.

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The Weihnachtsmarkt has all of the necessary staples: hot wine, pretzels and wurst as well as little houses with Christmas things for sale. The night I was there, there was also a big group of German speaking men there making the whole thing feel extra-authentic.

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All of the signage is in both Bulgarian and German. <em>Super cute</em>. I love details like that.

I would have loved my own Sofia Christmas Market mug of wine rather than a styrofoam cup but that's a pretty small thing. I had the best intentions of making A. take my photo with my styrofoam cup of hot wine but the rain ruined this plan as well as our plan to eat German wurst. We ended up at a nearby pizza restaurant instead.

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Rain aside, December in Sofia is really the prefect time to drink hot wine outside with friends.