Easter Markets

I briefly mentioned the Easter Markets in one of my Budapest posts.  Easter is very popular here, although it's definitely the secular traditions and not the religious holiday.  Easter Markets here in Prague are larger and more numerous than the ones we saw in Budapest.  Trees are decorated with ribbons and eggs and there are wooden stalls in all of the major squares with vendors selling both traditional crafts, but also traditional food.  

One of the foods we've sampled and fallen in love with is Trdelnik.  This is a traditional Czech sweet dough that is wrapped around a cylinder and cooked over hot coals as it rotates.  It's then dipped in a cinnamon and sugar mixture.  Trdelnik loosely translates to "Chimney Cake."   Depending on your tastes, you can get a Trdelnik slathered with Nutella or filled with ice cream.  

We've taken to just eating them as they are -- pulling apart the sweet dough and savoring the cinnamon-y goodness.  I've not seen these in the States, but I have no doubt they would be just as popular.  

Freshly made potato chips are also a popular treat.  Potatoes are connected to a drill and then rapidly spun over a blade that cuts them into very thin slices.  It was fun to watch the vendors appear to be drilling with a potato.  Needless to say, I've sampled the chips also and can attest to their popularity as well.

It's a good thing this is our last day here, or else I might come home 10 pounds heavier just from eating chips and Trdelnik.