After lots of encouragement from others I am going to start posting our little trips again. So here goes.
Two weekends ago my brother and sister-in-law decided to get away from home and come see us for the long weekend. This was a great excuse to go to the annual pumpkin festival in Ludwigsburg which is only about 20 minutes from our house. The palace is sadly surrounded by scaffolding this year due to renovations but it is still pretty.
The palace and grounds were a ducal residence and is sometimes compared to Versailles. If you are interested here is a link for a little history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigsburg_Palace. Needless to say, it is an incredibly beautiful place to enjoy a day.
This year's theme was music so the larger than life sculptures all had something to do with music.
There were some exceptions.
There are pumpkin varieties galore to choose from. Some we had no idea how you would use them. Check out those bumpy green ones!
Jett was not excited to have is picture taken this year but we did it anyway.
They have a contest for the largest pumpkins of course. These are two of the gigantic specimens.
This one was carved into a fun face. Can you imagine how long that must take?
Another great thing that you see at this fest are scenes depicted with pumpkins.
We finally got a picture of Jett with some pumpkins but not his best this year.
The palace grounds even have a Asian garden that is lovely where Dave and Jett decided they needed to rest their feet.
We then found a giant tree to hug.
The palace grounds also has an incredible antique carousel.
Needless to say there was plenty to keep us busy and entertained for the better part of the day. We are so grateful this fest was not cancelled due to COVID-19. Masks were worn when necessary otherwise we distanced. Let's hope for less virus and fun times in the future.
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