Bretten, a small town of 28,000, is 45" due east from Karlsruhe (by train). It officially became a city in 1254 and is renowned for its annual Peter und Paul festival, which began in 1805. We headed there today (Sunday, 1 July) to see the parade. Fabulous!
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| Of course, we started the day with a lunch of brats and beer. Here is Art and our friend, John Sundquist, who was Art's HR Manager in Perry, and is visiting us for a week. |
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| So, the parade begins. |
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| This parade had a enormous variety of participants, including these wonderful horses. |
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| Loved this wagon because of the fabulous decorations, namely carrots. |
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| The festival really focused on the medieval ages, and I thought this really captured the essence of this era. |
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| It takes a lot of patience to herd goats in a parade! |
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| If you like men in uniform, this parade was for you! |
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| More medieval elements in the parade. |
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| We are now half way through the hour long parade; I took over 100 pictures. It was hard to choose which ones to upload to my blog. |
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| Just loved these horses. |
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| This horse too! |
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| After the parade, we headed to the marktplatz, which is where this picture is taken. |
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| In the marktplatz, some wonderful half-timbered houses from the 1800's. |
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| Example of candle making in the medieval ages. |
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| Here is how books were made. |
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| This is not how we make BBQ in GA. |
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