While countries like Germany and Austria are better known for their markets, don’t let that fool you. Strasbourg, France, was actually voted the #1 Christmas market in 2015, and Paris won’t disappoint either. There are quite a few in the city, but I went to only two: the one on Champs Elysees and the one in Saint Germain des Pres (that one is extremely small though). My friend Winnie and I paid a visit to this market in mid-November, not quite sure what to expect. It turned out to be quite a wacky winter wonderland… Here’s what I recommend doing at the Champs Elysees Christmas market: Grab a sachet of roasted chestnuts In the U.S., I never see chestnuts, but in France, they’re in everything. (Sidenote: I fell in love with the creme de marrons, chestnut spread, so much that I brought three cans home.) The only reason I knew roasted chestnuts were a Christmas thing was from that Nat King Cole song. As you walk along the avenue, you’ll see vendors in tiny booths with large containers roasting chestnuts. You can get a small or large sachet, which they’ll put into a sort of paper cone. You can eat them as you walk–or [...]
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