Wednesday in the Hill Country

We spent Wednesday afternoon in Fredricksburg (population 10,782). Not exactly what I had expected, but certainly a lovely place and a fun place to shop! I was expecting that their historic district would be done up in a Bavarian style -- with the painted murals and loads of "fach werk", or gingerbread fret work -- like you see in southern Germany. Instead it was more like what you would see in northern Germany, way less fancy. Nonetheless, it was still beautiful.

We came here to start getting our fill of good German food. We have one German restaurant in Wichita, and frankly, it is lousy.

So we had lunch here.......

Not the best German food we've ever had, but still good.... And WAY better than the place at home! Schnitzel, brats, German potato salad, red cabbage, and sauerkraut. YUMMY!

The town square is all dolled up for Christmas. They have this beautiful (and huge!) Christmas pyramid. I've seen smaller versions of this, where the fan is driven by candles, but never one this big.

They also have an outdoor skating rink setup in the square. Think about that folks..... This is Texas and it was 70 degrees today! Yikes.

And of course, there was the shopping. More quaint shops that Max had the patience for. Grin. But I did manage to get into many of them.

Wednesday evening was spent doing laundry. Nice facilities here at the rv park, but still a laundromat. I'm spoiled. I haven't had to use a laundromat in years.... And I don't miss it!

More fun in the Hill Country tomorrow.

Cheers!

Dr J