Another weekend, another festival!

Thursday September 27, 2007

This past weekend I took the kids (Hannah and Mitchell) to the annual weinfest in a small village in the neighboring city of Radebeul. We went with Clint, Carole and Lena on the local train, which was a big hit with the kids. Clint discovered that the coin slot for operating the multi-train model railroad setup was jammed and figured out how to let the kids operate the trains. They had fun making them stop and go and adjusting the speed. It certainly made the wait for our own train easier.

The train ride was relatively short and our final stop put us within only a couple of short blocks of the entrance to the festival. As usual, it’s all about the food and drink, but this time we saw actors on stilts walking about and joking with visitors, lots of street performers and some locals dressed in period costume. The kids begged for food as soon as we arrived and Hannah immediately tore into a Langos – basically, fried bread with various toppings like cheese, ham, herbs, fruit, sugar or cinnamon. Mitchell had an Icee that tasted like a liquid SweeTart.

Carole, as is often the case, ran into friends and separated from us for a while so Clint and I tried out a couple of wines while waiting for her to catch up and the kids found an abandoned counter to “sell” food and drink from. It was hilarious when Mitchell attracted a young man over and proceeded to try to sell him some very pricey beer and bratwurst! It still amazes me that my kids can converse fluently in a foreign language and no one suspects that they aren’t native.

Soon, we found the carnival area for the kids and they all rode the swings then Hannah and Clint rode the “Break Dance” – a ride that looked like it could easily cause me to lose my most recent meal.

We found some really nice wines and a couple that I’d prefer never to taste again, had some great bockwurst and bratwurst and had some fun with living statues. Not a bad day out.

Let us know what you’ve been up to!

Tschüss!

Comment

  1. What an interesting blog you have and the photos are stunning. Loved reading this (although it made me homesick for Europe)

    — Lynn Grieveson · Sep 27, 09:30 PM · #

  2. Looks like fun!! Miss you guys,
    Jamie

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