Merry Go Barf

Blogaggers:

Christmas Markets in Germany are all the rage.  Leipzig is no stranger to this tradition.  The entire downtown is turned into a Christmas wonderland of ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, holiday food, Glühwein (if you don't know you better axe somebody), craft shops, and happy people.  It runs for a full month and we have been heading down there as much as possible.  As a special aside, German people do not feel the effects of cold weather.  Fewer than 1% of folks walking outside are wearing hats.  Most are not wearing enough layers, and we walk around like Leipzig is smack dab in the middle of Antarctica.  L Rizzy is always blazing in his Cookie Monster get up and his parents are outfitted in hats and gloves routinely.  Perhaps our blood increased in temperature during our 2 years in the City of Angels.  Whatever this reason, we require more covering than most.

So the other day we were quite hungry and instead of my 4th consecutive day eating a peanut butter and blueberry jelly sandwich, we decided to head to the Christmas Market to eat.  After gorging on bratwurst and some weird kinda bread thingy with cheese and ham in it, we spied the Merry-Go-Round and figured L Rizzy might enjoy a spin.  So we purchased some tokens and I was the one selected to carry him onto the lighted steed.  However, we quickly found out that those under 3 need to be held by a parent in order to ride.  As previously reported, L Riz could have mounted one of these wooden colts without a problem.  Nonetheless, being as it was a Christmas Market and no one would understand my arguments, I decided not to make a fuss.  I eyed a nice, cozy little pod on the second tier of the contraption that would suit our purposes.  So when the ride stopped there was a mad dash for open seat.  Some 7 year old girl put up quite a fight but in the end I think she was more happy on the floor where I put her.  Eventually I felt bad, and her father was giving me the stink eye, so I let her ride with us.  The ride started and when we got around to the other side, out of view of her dad, I promptly coerced 5 Euro from her as payment for my kindness.   The ride went around and around and the lights were flickering.  I was on the edge of seizing and nearly ralphed.  Thankfully the ride eventually came to a halt and we got off.  To be honest, I dunno if L Rizzy had a good time or not... but who cares, I got 5 Euros out of it.

We proceeded off to get some dessert when L Mama wanted to take one last picture.  L Rizzy was on my shoulders so we posed in front of the luminous monstrosity and smiled big.  After the picture was taken L Mama exclaimed "Oh my god!"  Sure enough, L Rizzy had a bit of the bubble guts as well and had proceeded to yuke onto himself and my head.  This was yellow, greasy, smelly stomach acid that was all over the place.  A full on cleaning effort ensued and when we realized this kind of liquid scream could not be fixed with baby wipes.  Our day was done, and with heavy hearts and burning nostrils, we headed back to the apartment.

There's lot of lights on that Merry-Go-Round

Feeling a bit ambivalent

Assuring kisses are not working

We're up and on it

She starts to rotate and spin

Round and round

Still going...

Is this ride gonna end??  er...

Feeling a bit queasy

30 seconds after this picture... barf city

Quotankerous:

"The depth and strength of human character are defined by its moral reserves.  People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves."

- Leonardo da Vinci