The Off Topic Topic

[CountDeMoney]

Fuck it.  I'm white and already here.

[derspiess]

You may be on a list or two, though

[CountDeMoney]

You may be on a list or two, though

Wait until I convert to Islam.  Ooooooh, please come register me.

[merithyn]

Christmas season has started, and with it, countless Christmas markets. After our office relocation the one at St. Charles Churchnext to the subway, which is one of the larger and nicer ones, is conveniently on our way after leaving work.

I went with colleagues today - I had a Glühwein, half a cheese bratwurst with bread, bread with Styrian bacon and hot raclette cheese ( ) and a fatty, freshly made pastry, all from different stands and for the low price of EUR 20.-

And I'm still hungry.

Christmas is so much cooler in Europe.

[Eddie Teach]

Christmas is so much cooler in Europe.

Yeah, we only get lumps of coal while they get visited by the devil.

[Syt]

Christmas is so much cooler in Europe.

Had Raclette bread again tonight

Looks something like this:



(there's slices of bacon under the cheese)

[CountDeMoney]

I fapped.

[derspiess]

Christmas season has started, and with it, countless Christmas markets. After our office relocation the one at St. Charles Churchnext to the subway, which is one of the larger and nicer ones, is conveniently on our way after leaving work.

I went with colleagues today - I had a Glühwein, half a cheese bratwurst with bread, bread with Styrian bacon and hot raclette cheese ( ) and a fatty, freshly made pastry, all from different stands and for the low price of EUR 20.-

And I'm still hungry.

Christmas is so much cooler in Europe.

Yep.  We are starting to have multiple Christmas markets in our area, but they fall short of what I've seen and heard of the real Kraut ones.

[Syt]

Yep.  We are starting to have multiple Christmas markets in our area, but they fall short of what I've seen and heard of the real Kraut ones.

We're admittedly a bit spoiled. The major markets in Vienna are:



Rathausmarkt



Karlsplatz



Castle Schönbrunn



Belvedere Castle



Freyung



Maria-Theresien-Platz between Kunstihistorisches and Naturhistorisches Museum



Spittelberg with its small alleys between 18th/19th century houses



The park inside the Altes AKH, or old 18th century General hospital (few tourists)



Museumsquartier tends to be a bit more avant garde.


Plus a couple of others. Christmas lights are on many streets and buildings in the city. Several of the markets stay open till New Year's as winter markets.

And then there's of course oodles of more markets throughout the countryside.

[frunk]

So nice it was posted thrice.

[Syt]

So nice it was posted thrice.

It kept timing out. 

[derspiess]

We're admittedly a bit spoiled. The major markets in Vienna are:

And there's also Krampusnacht :jelly:

[Syt]

And there's also Krampusnacht :jelly:

More of a rural/mountains thing. Civilized people don't partake in that.

(seriously, people get hurt when some drunk Krampuses start wailing on them durching Perchtenlauf)

[derspiess]

I've seen the videos on Youtube.  Pretty awesome. 

[Malthus]

Only a Germanic imagination could have added Krampus to Christmas.