

I miss Germany and the UK, especially during the festive season of Christmas: the falling of the flurry snowflakes; the icy (sometimes bitter) coldness with ever plunging temperatures; the piping hot soup and snacks along the streets littered with Christmas lights; the lingering aroma of the warm brew of mulled wine. The cute piggy toys sold at the stalls of the German Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) are one of the things that I miss the most. In the eyes of the German-speaking lot, these pigs, otherwise known as the Glücksschwein(chen), are THE symbol of luck and prosperity,







I didn’t know about the existence of this trail till he mentioned it to me. Its name,