In Switzerland, les Marchés de Noël are extremely popular, and are EVERYWHERE. Basically, they're Christmas markets... little farmers' market type fairs with booths of candy, ornaments, hot drinks, etc. The really big, fancy ones have le Père Noël (Father Christmas) visiting, and rides or games. Just about every town has a Marché de Noël at some point... Montreux (a town near Lausanne) hosts Switzerland's biggest and most famous Marché de Noël, and on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, after celebrating the holiday again with some American friends from my dad's work, we visited the Montreux market.
It was crazy cool. It was set up like some tiny, adorable Christmas town. Each of the booths looked like a little log cabin, and there were Christmas lights everywhere. There were ornaments, clothes, a broad range of gift items, and lots of food! ... including the best churros I've ever eaten (who woulda guessed you'd find them in Switzerland?) and hot mulled wine.
We ended the night by riding on a spectacular ferris wheel that provided us with a stunning view of Lake Geneva's shore.
Lake Geneva from the ferris wheel in Montreux
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