Far East Cynic

More Fasching Fun

The S.O. and I went to a Pferdemarkt today. ( Horse Market). It was up in Leonberg-a very charming old town northwest of Stuttgart. They have a four-day festival-part of which is a Pferde Markt or Horse Market. Today there was a horse show-so the S.O and I went:

We also watched the younger girls ride the ponies:

The horse show was about a 1/4 mile from the town-the walk was pretty, in that it went from the town through the pastures and out to the Reit Zentrum. Leonberg is nestled against hills and makes for a pretty scene. We stayed and watched all the acts, which I gathered from the explanations in German, were from a local riding academy.

We also got to see the Smurfs again-or in German-Die Schlumpfe:

After the show – and a stop by the nearby stand for a Rote Wurst, a Waffel, and a Gluhwein-we trudged back into town. Where in the spirit of Fasching Season-the brass bands were playing. As we came back into the Altstadt city square, they were playing the theme from Ghostbusters:

A view of the square:

And of course-the Burgermeister

  1. Skippy,
    Finally finished with the home remodeling and will be back in Germany Feb 25 🙂
    Hopefully we can meet up sometime and have a few beers.
     
    stork
     
     

  2. P.S., thanks for posting all the pics of your outings in Germany. Looking forward to doing the same when I return. Deirdre is heading to Madrid next weekend with her gal pals. One of my favorite cities in Europe.

  4. Plaza de Mayor is the place to go for Tapa hopping. Seems to have hundreds of little Tapa bars all around with great food and good beer / sangria. Though it doesn't really get going till 9 PM they stay open till the sun comes up.