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| Berglangenbach Bauernmarkt |
Today we went up to a Berglangenbach for their annual Bauernmarkt (farmer's market in English). We had read about it in a local paper and it seemed like a small thing but it mentioned pony rides, and given Colin's love of horses, we thought it was a must see. It turned out to be much bigger than we thought it would be and was very, very nice. There were over 100 booths of people selling their handmade goods. Crafts, knitted items, beeswax candles, and other items were for sale. There were lots of food booths selling homemade mustards, jellies, oils, pastas, dried fruits and nuts, schnapps, liqueurs, fresh made goat cheese and meat and other fresh meats and cheeses. There were several tents serving food and there was all kinds of things to choose from for lunch. I was torn between the wildgulasch mit spätzle and the (sorry I'm about to butcher the spelling and google searches turned up nothing) lionnepand. The gulasch is some kind of game meat in sauce over potato noodles and the lionnepand is a regional dish of pan-fried potatoes, onions and wurst. I ended up getting the lionnepand, which was a good choice. Shelby had a pork steak with potatoes and Colin shared with us.
Colin got to ride the pony (and it was free, you just donate what you want in the little bucket near the entrance) and get up close and personal with sheep, goats, chickens, owls and rabbits. Of course he tried to feed everything and his mission was to get the animals to eat the hay he had picked up off the ground. Lucky for him goats will eat anything and he managed to get them to eat. Colin laughed so hard I thought he was going to fall over when the pony leaned its nose over the fence and touched Colin's nose with it, when I told Colin the horse just kissed him he squealed and cracked up laughing. There were also about 40 antique tractors there and Colin was pretty excited about that also. Of course Colin found the playground, he's good at that where ever we go. It turned out to be a great little festival, despite the heat and the crowd. Colin is a little hard to handle in a crowd because he wants to walk by himself but he doesn't stay with us when he does. In a crowd of people he is much harder to keep up with so he has to ride on Daddy's shoulders and that makes him very unhappy. The heat, well it wasn't really hot, but considering we've been in the 50's and low 60's here for a while a day of 68 and sunny made us think we were melting! Maybe I am more ready for fall than I thought :)
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