In Dresden

December 6, 2008 · Posted in Christmas, Eurail, sightseeing, train travel 

You may have heard of this German Christmas cake before: Stollen. It’s a heavy cake with fruits and spices and powdered in sugar. It’s not unlike a fruitcake, but I find Stollen more appealing: more hearty and dense. It dates back from the Middle Ages and originates from Dresden. http://www.stollenfest.com/stollen.php

For the past 15 years, the city of Dresden has held a Stollen Festival at the beginning of December to celebrate the new batches of Stollen filling the city’s (and country’s) Christmas Markets. A parade winds through the Old Town streets, and the Stollen Maiden slices some of the city’s best Stollen.

Benjamin Thomas

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