Sunday, October 31, 2010

Zwiebelfest, Sept 19, 2010

Onion Fest!  This festival was right in the center of Bamberg in a secret location. There really wasn't a lot to it. Just a cute fest with music and one of our four local breweries: Mahrs Brau.




 What the pictures sort-of show you is that there is this
gigantic field right in the middle of downtown 
and you would never even know it's there!










 Here are some shots of the neighborhood
right outside of the entrance

 That's the entrance to the left

Korb (Basket) Fest in Lichtenfels, Sept 18, 2010

 We were some of the first there on a Saturday morning and we had a great time looking around in a charming town.









 Korb kaffebecher
(coffee mug)
 Caning



 We watched several artists at work that day.
 What German brats look like.  They're not fat.
They sort-of look like foot-long hot dogs.
You get 2 on a small, crusty roll with Dijon.
(this roll is a little larger than usual)
 And my personal fav:
The basket top hat.
 Purchase #1:
I know it's not a basket,
but we used to have
a really large macrame owl when I was little,
so I couldn't pass it up!
 Purchase #2
It was a wooden bottom which I really like

Dresden Sept 11, 2010

This was my second trip to Dresden on a beautiful fall day.  We came out into a platz with a huge fall market going on and had a good time shopping around before viewing the rest of the city.


 Brats & Bier
Deutschland Staples

 Apfel Krappfla
My new favorite dessert:
Fried apple slices and topped with
cinnamon sugar and vanilla eis!
 Polish Pottery Stand

 Apfel Saft (Juice) Press
 I like this as much as I do cider!


Ampelmännchen:
 Little Traffic Light Man
These pedestrian crossing street lights are left over
from the days of former East Germany



 Part of the original wall of the Frauenkirche
 Dresdener Frauenkirche:
Church of our Lady
It was basically leveled
during the firebombing of Dresden.
The black stones are original and they can be seen throughout the building.


 FĂĽrstenzug 
Procession of the Princes of Saxony

The Next 3 pictures are of Zwinger Palace:

Rampart Pavillion
built for Augutus' (16th/17th century)
fruit trees & parties
 Glockenspiel pavillon
 Crown Gate
 Theater Platz
 Hofkirche
Church of the Royal Household