During Christmastime in Candelara, visitors can attend the Candle Festival, Candele a Candelara, where all the lights are turned off and you are surrounded only by the soft glow of a candlelight procession.

Christmas magic awaits in the Black Forest at Bischenberg’s 100 percent gluten-free Christmas market.

Enjoy light sculptures all around the city, a wooden train and the atmosphere of one of the oldest Christmas markets, the Stuttgart Christmas market.

Plan ahead for one of the oldest and most famous Christmas markets in Germany! Nuremberg Christmas market has so much to offer including the largest Feuerzangenbowle in the world!

Check out illuminated lilies towering above the Christmas market stalls and a Christmas tree made out of red poinsettias at the Shooting Star Market in Wiesbaden!

The “sausage market” is the world’s largest wine fest, held in the spa town of Bad Dürkheim on the German Wine Route.

I thought to myself, the time has come. It’s Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) season! I cannot fully explain the love for the PSL. For me, it’s the combination of tradition, nostalgia and good feelings.

There are still a handful of Klosterbrauereien (monastery breweries) you can visit in Germany that still have monks and nuns overseeing the brewing operations.

We visited a small Mosel village wine festival to find out how Bacchus arrives to celebrate the local vineyards.

There are so many drink options in German grocery stores, here is a guide on the varieties.