We made a return trip to the Kerzenziehen at Bürkliplatz on Saturday to show Travis how it is done. It was very crowded but fun to see all the families working together on their candles. Some girls near us were working on a variety of different shaped candles; twisted, wrapped, and dotted. A few of them even weighed over 1 kg! We made 10 "small" taper candles and it took us over an hour. It was hot in our section so the candles were taking longer to cool between dips. As they got thicker, Hanna and Leif started taking theirs outside to cool and that seemed to produce the best result. Elisabet was a overwhelmed by all the people and spent most of the time playing outside with Travis.
The candles finished, we headed up along the Bahnhofstrasse to take in the Christmas lights and decorations. Each street is decorated a little differently, the Bahnhofstrasse with large hanging LED tube lights, the smaller side streets with hanging stars or bulbs. The holiday season is definitely in full swing here!
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