Thursday, November 21, 2024

High Cost of Xmas in Germany

 A cup of mulled wine/Gluhwein will run at the Christmas market at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz.....7.50 Euro this year. Reason?  Both operational and food costs have gone up.

Yeah, it's crazy....two folks sitting for a brief cup of heated sweet-wine....paying 15 Euro.

A decade ago.....in Wiesbaden....I would have stopped off daily and had a cup.  Economically-speaking....I'm probably going to limit myself.

Now....if you bring up that a bottle (enough for four cups) is 4 Euro.....then the frugal guy would buy the bottle...get some heating element (2 Euro)....and skip the Christmas market experience.   

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