1200 Years!
11 July 2004 22:06 germany, holidays & special occasionsToday, in the cold and rain, along with our neighbor lady, A. and I went to a parade that opened week-long festivites celebrating the 1200th (yes, one thousand two hundred!) anniversary of our little village.
The parade was fun. I got to see all sorts of townspeople dressed up in traditional Bavarian clothing. Many of the floats highlighted the things in the town’s history. For example: There was a float celebrating the first school house and one celebrating the church. There were also lots people celebrating different jobs: the farmers, the fishermen, the peat workers, and the seamstresses.
I took loads of pictures and will be uploading them into my photo gallery eventually.
During a small break because of the rain, the float that had the seamstresses on it stopped right in front of me, so I got a pretty good picture of a little old lady sitting at an old-fashioned pedal sewing machine. I love those old-fashioned sewing machines. I wish I had one!
