Christmas Market

We met up with friends the other night at the Christmas market. Jory is also from the US and is on a 2 year stint working in the treasury group. He was with his girlfriend, Jana, who he met in Bratislava. The Yeagers, Charles, Geneva, and their children, Alexa and Dylan, arrived from Austin right around the same time we did. We've become close friends as we went through the expatriation process together and we spend a lot of time together here in Bratislava.

The market runs for about a month and is filled with booths either selling locally made goods or Slovak street food. Rachel was a veteran of Christmas markets. She had been to several during her travels when she was living in London. She thought she was really cool. We had a good time and I imagine we'll be wandering over there often for dinner. On this night, we both ate ciganska, which is basically chicken or pork with onions on a hot bun. It's really good when it's cold outside.

We thought the market was great. We've heard it's better than the ones in bigger cities because they are more commercial and aren't selling as much locally made stuff. I guess we'll see.