The best xmas market in Berlin

So far it's the Neukölln one, for sure. Spandau, one of the biggest xmas markets in Europe, tonight wasn't bad at all, but Rixdorf market at Richardplatz yesterday evening was lovely and romantic and topped it all, with hundreds of market stalls underneath oldfashioned street lamps and windows and balconies decorated with thousands of lamps, mistletoes, xmas trees and branches, red ribbons, the lot. All of the stalls were done by charity organisations, schools, churches, and congregations. The decorations and goodies they sold were handmade, cheap, and the money went to people in need. I left with ten books for 2 Euro, one of which was a mistery and crime story about my neighbourhood (!). So it was a nice long evening on the couch with a book and Emil, after all.
No mulled wine, though, the doctors had told me I had to cure my heartburn. I wonder what I'm gonna have for xmas dinner, without coffee, wine, cookies, chocolates, oranges, roast meat, well, anything roasted or grilled.
It was a bit hard to find something delicious on the xmas markets that followed the diet, but I managed, and had a wonderful pumpkin soup. Soup and oats is what I'm gonna live on these days, until the heartburn stops. Hopefully before New Years Eve. No champagne then? What a boring way of starting 2008!