Invasion of the Easter Chocolate!

yes, I gathered them all for a group photo

Racks of Lindt in front of racks of Milka

Maybe it is just a "Christmas wanna be" but regardless of the reasoning, I have never in my life seen so many Easter eggs and Easter bunnies in one place. To give you an idea of what Easter shopping looks like, and the variety of goodies there is to choose from, I turned into a tourist (and a slightly embarrassed one at that) and walked around the Easter section of the store taking pictures....so maybe I did wait until no one was looking but considering I've lived here for over seven months, things like the grocery store shouldn't be quite so exciting. :-)

Then we got an advertisement for a one day special in which all Lindt chocolate would be 20% off. If I was 10, maybe that would be a suitable reason to get excited...but last I checked, I'm a little older. So, call me crazy if you will, but I looked forward to it all week and Wednesday after school, I rode my bike to the store and sorted through Easter eggs and bunnies of all flavors and sizes. I finally decided on one, just one, bag of eggs that are white chocolate truffle things...the picture looks good anyway ;-)

Okay, so apart from the chocolate that is overtaking Germany, Easter does seem to be a larger celebration here. As the one week countdown begins, the baking is already underway which pretty much means the house is going to smell like heaven for an entire week. The final details of who is baking what and when and where everyone is going for which meal have finally been sorted out and the conclusion I've come to is that, when all is said and done, I'm going to be so incredibly stuffed so many delicious Easter specialties that I probably won't have to eat for a week or so :-)

A few of the cake forms I saw at the Easter market

I honestly can't believe Easter is only a week away. I'm now on my two week Easter school break (yaaaaaayyyyy!!!!) but I feel like just last week I was in Switzerland! All of the decorations are slowly transforming into spring colors of green, yellow, and sky blue, and the sun has even decided to show its face on multiple occasions lately. Easter is in the air and after an unforgettable Christmas full of new experiences and traditions, I'm excited to see what the next week has in store as I celebrate Easter in Germany!