At the Leuven Christmas market with friends

Once Sinterklaas had returned to Spain, we worked hard to add some Christmas atmosphere in our home.  We also cleaned up well since we had our American friends from Maastricht visiting us for the weekend.  Together we chilled and waited until the rain would calm down and then we hit the Christmas market in Leuven together. 

A visit to Santa could not be missed. 

After snooping around the many stands, we found our spot at the hot coctail bar by the local Rotary and we really enjoyed the Hot Aperol. 

While I had some appointments to do with Beertje, Jan Kabouter and our guests explored some of the light installations in town for the (un)Holy Light festival. 

After a great dinner reunited together, we explored the fabulous Christmas decorations in the city centre.  As always our big market square looks spectacular.  And we returned for another hot aperol to close off the evening of a lovely day together.