I was there last night.....the grand opening of the Christmas Market. Four observations:
1. If you count gift cabins and food booths.....it's 50-percent of what existed in 2019 era. Pretty sad in a way.
2. I'd say fewer than 2-percent of the crowd was masked-up. You could hear a cough or two.....here and there. Covid was not a concern of those who attended.
3. Police and security personnel were in abundance. About every 20 minutes, you'd see a crew walk through.
4. Everything costs more. If you use the 2019 scale of things....I'd say most everything is a minimum of 50 cents higher....some even a 1.5 Euro higher.
Recovering from the Covid era? It'll take a minimum of a decade for things....I think....to get back to the way it was in 2019.
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