Marc's grandma grew up on a farm. And his mom's cousin's family still owns and runs the farm. The dad and his two sons have potatoes, chickens, apples, pigs. They work very, very hard and have to combat with the nature and its' consequences. Being a city girl through and through, I find the farm and life on the farm fascinating.
Today, Marc's cousin (one of the sons), who has the potato part of the farm, organized a potato festival. He invited several of the local clubs to prepare the food, serve the beer, wash the dishes, play music, even hold a church service. The food contained, of course, potatoes - potato soup (which was delicious!!), potato salad, potato bread and potato filled pasta (maultaschen). And there was freshly pressed apple juice (we watched them press it), freshly made potato chips (Marc's cousin's son fried them himself - he's going into 5th grade!) and much more. A tour of the chicken stall, rides on the tractor and a kid's area with goats, rabbits and crafts. It was well organized, well decorated and a lot of fun.They also have their own store, with their products and many other products from the region (oil, cheese, bread). They were also selling pumpkins and mums - I can't believe it's fall already!
It was a beautiful day. This past week, it rained about every day, if not actually every day. And it hasn't been very warm. And today looked like it might be the same - we awoke to a cloudy sky and a chilly temperature. But by about 11 the sun was out, the clouds were gone and it ended up being simply perfect!
A lovely way to spend a Sunday...
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That is so cool! Sounds like it was a very nice fest and hopefully they had a good turnout! I always love the small town things that go on here in Germany. I mean, we have them in the US sometimes also, but they just seem to feel a bit more quaint here somehow :)
They're saying we're going to get an "Indian Summer" at the end of the week. I'm holding out for it cause I'm just not ready to admit that fall is really here. Went into Lidl the other day and they are already selling CHRISTMAS candy. I wanted to hurl. And I thought it was bad in the US! I'm just not ready for the fall to be here yet!!!
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