Fredricksburg

My eternal companion surprised me after Christmas with a get away over Martin Luther King Day weekend. We traveled a whole two hours to the historic Fredricksburg, Texas. It was very relaxing.


The hotel we stayed at had a heated pool and jacuzzi, with a fire and television where you could make smores. Main street was only two blocks away so during the day we walked up and down looking at antiques and local goodies.

Since it was settled by Germans there was plenty of authentic restaurants to eat at. One thing about the Germans is they love there pigs and beer. There was probably twenty different schnitzel and sausage dishes on every menu. We sampled the Schnitzel first and were not impressed. It was pretty close to a chicken fried steak, only pork. I told Chris not to worry, just cause his wife is a German doesn't mean he has to like the schnitzel. But I have to say they have mastered the art of pastry making, because the strudel was magnificent. We had apple served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and I could not stop myself from licking the plate.

We also saw some gorgeous old homes. This was one of our favorites and pretty similar to one I would like to own one day.


This next one is now a museum of some WWI coronal, but it so reminded us of the house off of Mary Poppins, were the old soldiers set off the cannon.


Then we went into an art gallery and I saw the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my entire life.



Isn't he absolutely brilliant. He is a solid bronze swine made for a beef company with the slogan "Eat more beef". He cost $33,000. I so want this. I have loved pigs since I was a little girl and he would look great in my yard, don't you think. Now if only he wasn't the price of a car I could actually see myself buying him one day, but unless we take away one of those threes he will probably remain in that gallery. Oh well a girl can dream.

Thanks Sweetheart for the relaxing weekend away from reality it was so much fun. And special thanks to Nona and Grandad for coming down to babysit. They even had to put up with a sick baby. We really appreciate it.