Medieval Festival!!

Last weekend we headed out to a Medieval Festival.  It's in a beautiful town called Horb am Neckar.  A pretty drive, and the town itself is absolutely beautiful, built right along the Neckar River.  The festival itself was VERY cool.  Lots of people dressed up in medieval costumes, lots of neat booths for shopping, and they even had jousting!  Little R was very excited about the jousting...but it was super crowded over there, and we were only able to watch from the bridge, so he didn't get to see much of it.  It was a super hot day (and we haven't had many of those so far), but it was sunny!!  R & T had some homamade potato chips, and big 'ol meat on a stick.  After much inspecting...we never did figure out what kind of MEAT it was...but they both agreed it was yummy! : )  A and I played it safe and ate fruit kebabs...YUMMY!  And little R decided to wait for a peanut butter sandwich in the van on the way home! : )

GREAT way to spend a Saturday!!!

Gettin' lubed up with sunscreen!

Stayin' in the shade...

This arch was one of the entryways into the town square...very neat!

The town is built on a hillside...lots of stairs going up to another level of houses.

Knights

Traditional German house...



The doorway was a little short for R...

Little R was amazed by these swords...he couldn't understand why we wouldn't buy one for him!!

Gettin' his tattoo...

All 3 showing off their new ink!  Do you see how it immediately made Little R "Mr. Tough Guy"??

These people don't have yards, but this is their view from their balcony...pretty!

LOTS of people ventured into the river to cool off.

Cool tents set up...and at the end of the tents were the tournaments...VERY crowded!

Pretty church at the top of the hill..

Little R on the carousel...being very serious.

Finally, he loosened up and enjoyed himself!

T conquering her "meat on a stick"!!