Herbst Markt

Ignore the date above. Correct date: October 11, 2009.

We had a very full and very fun weekend! Saturday night we had a band come to Enzensteiner, the guys had set up a stage in the barn for them to perform on. “In the Doghouse” played covers of tons of rock classics from The Stones to The Police to Eric Clapton. It was great to hear some familiar music. Tons of people came out for the event so we were busy working for a while but later on we got to hang out in the barn and enjoy the music.
Sunday, we had the day off. Herbsmarkt was going on in Schnaittach, which basically translates to Fall Festival. They close down a bunch of streets and have booths set up all up and down the streets. Basically the whole town comes out for this, there were a ton of people there, which was kind of surprising considering the size of Schnaittach. So, we headed out around lunch time and made our way through the crowds to find some good festival food. We started with a crepe. They of course have the traditional crepes which are filled with sweet stuff, cinnamon and sugar, or lemon, or strawberry, and of course the ever popular Nutella crepe, but they also had savory crepes, so we got a Mediterranean crepe with tomato, feta, olives, and peperoncini. It was delicious. This was at one end of the festival so we made our way towards the other. As we were finishing our crepe, the band which is in the picture above, gathered and started marching down the street playing traditional German music. There were several bands set up a different points around the festival. Some were playing German music but a lot were just doing covers of popular American music. One of our friends from the brewery got up with one of the bands and did a soulful cover of a song which unfortunately I do not know the name of. Something about Chicago. But he blew me away, he was awesome! After that we made our way to some steak and sausage sandwiches. Not in the same sandwich, but we shared :) We found a great little stand that was selling books, and got several for a steal! I found a traditional German cookbook for 1 euro, so now I really can come back and make a German feast. I have to admit that looking through the book, a lot of the stuff looks kind of disgusting, but there are a lot of keepers in there too. So, by this time we were craving something sweet so we found a waffle stand and got one with chocolate sauce and powdered sugar. While they went a little light an the sauce, it was quite good. We also passed a fruit stand that was selling fresh coconuts with a hole poked in the top so you could drink the milk. Brandon wanted one so I figured I would try it. EWWW! Not what I was expecting at all. I’m not a huge fan of coconut as it is but I did not like this at all. So, we stopped at a few more stands along the way home. There were all kind of things for sale, handspun yarn, beeswax candles, trinkets, and knicknacks. All in all, a very fun way to spend an afternoon.
-Cindy