A Santa Croce Christmas!

So every year in Firenze right about this time a German Christmas market rolls into town and the roommates and I couldn't be more excited! Because of the lack of Thanksgiving in Italy, the city is full of lights and all things Christmas! Our countdown to Christmas began this weekend at the Santa Croce Christmas market!

This German festival is from the town of Heidelberg, which I saw and fell in love with about six years ago. The market offers tons of holiday items from candy to spices to handmade ornaments!

The market is filled with bright colors and is exactly what we all needed as the temperature finally began to drop! Although the Market offers tons of handmade goods it is most renowned for its German food of course! We started our day with traditional bratwurst with sauerkraut, which was delicious!

We walked along the stalls and grabbed some vin brule, a red wine served hot with tons of spices, that'll warm you right up! They also had hot cider with amaretto, which was by far the best! The market was the perfect way to warm up and get in the holiday spirit!