Rothenburg's Medevil Festival

After church on Mother's Day, we headed over to Rothenburg ob der Tauber and experienced one of their medevial festivals. I LOVED it! I told James this is what I wanted to do for Mother's Day, and he agreed without hesitation even though he hates big crowds especially on hot days. We watched the famous Shepards Dance, and then watched the parade. They had people represent the different times and wars that Rothenburg has experienced throughout it's history. We were standing across from a cute little store, where the owners would hand out beer, wine, and lilacs to all the people in the parade. So they would all stop and take a drink before they moved on. This is why you'll see a lot of pictures of people drinking beer. It was fun to see this, as it is very typical in Bavaria. Everyone in the parade would adorn their costumes with lilacs. Lilacs are everywhere here in Bavaria. I think May is my favorite time of year in Germany. It is so beautiful with all the different colors of green, mixed with fields of bright yellow flowers, it looks like a quilt of green and yellow. If you ever travel to Germany, come in May, it's gorgeous! I'm really glad I was able to experience one more Spring time in Germany before we leave. Anyhow, I have a slide show of the pictures from the festival. There are several, but I just loved all of the traditional clothing they wore. Enjoy!

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Happy Birthday Mom!

This was taken with our little web-cam, so the quality is horrible. We just wanted to say Happy Birthday MOM!!