The Spring Awakening celebration...
...was being held the weekend that we visited...
...and each of the fountains...
...was festooned with brightly decorated...
...'real' egg shells!
During our wanderings about town...
...we saw many festive shop windows.
There were incense smokers of every imaginable design...
...and Scherenschnitte ornaments.
There were beautiful, handmade knives...
...decorated beer steins...
...embroidered sachets and linens...
...and various wooden items....
...which could be personalized with a wood burning tool.
There were bakeries offering traditional rye bread...
...intricately braided pretzels...
...and Schneeballe (snowballs)...
...made from fried dough strips dunked in cinnamon, powdered sugar or cocoa.
Of course, there were also many kinds of wurst!
I especially liked these cunningly packaged ones...
...resembling fancy Cuban cigars!
We ate dinner in a Medieval tavern named "To hell"...
...and the food was devilishly good! ;)
When I found myself coveting their gorgeous stoneware dishes...
I realized that I was guilty that night of both gluttony and greed! ;)
Being springtime, the spargel (white asparagus) was in season...
...and we all chose to try it in one form or another! (Delicious!!)
Next time: a bit of 'wedding felting'!!
