Paderborn

We made a special stop to visit our old AuPair Petra. #4 was less than a year old when she lived with us. We visited with her and her partner Sébastien during our last tour of Germany two summers ago but it was nice to see them again in their new house and talk soccer with S who is a GK coach for the youth development program for Dortmund.

Every German town seems to have a Christmas market and Paderborn is no exception. It was bigger than Trier's but smaller than Nurnberg. It was busy but not overcrowded so it was nice to walk around together and have a Petra translate the different items for sale. They had one of my favorite food items we experienced at the Christmas market: fire cooked pork steak. It made for an excellent sandwich!