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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9 comments:
That's cool! Looks fun. They all look like they could be in the movies or something. You are one talented girl with you're camera. Lovin' it!
that made me so homesick for Bavaria!! We totally miss it sometimes! And you guys too-when do you get here??
Wow - that sounds SO COOL. You know I would love to experience all that. You've had many great adventures and seen all of Europe!
I left you a comment on my blog, oh and I wich we lived closer too! Maybe when you move back to the states we can work something out and get together!
I visited your blog like a million times today because I am copying the traffic feed you have-so smart I love it!!
Dang, girl! You have so much talent! I love ALL your photos! And how do you make those incredible slideshows? Miss you guys!
thanks for the heads up on the stalker possibility - ugh, i just hate how scary everything is (i watched a scary dateline last night!). i am going to make my blog protected so people have to sign in with their email. so let me know which email you use for blogger so i can put you on the list (unless you already did sorry, i still need to compile the addresses from my comments).
yeah, Rowan is my #1 favorite name I am really pushing for -- cuz we'd call him Row which would fit in perfect with Will and Sam. I'm thinking Jack Jenson is a bit too much now that Jack Johnson is popular. Bummer. Jed really wants to name him Charlie. im still trying to gently push him toward Rowan without making it annoying :) Tell me if you have any cute names!
looks like the parade was a lot of fun! I love Rothenburg, such a fun place to visit! It was great being with you last month.
I wish that we could have seen the parade while we were there. Oh well, I still like Rothenburg. I will e-mail you a picture of my framed picture from there.
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