Coburg

On Tuesday, October 26th, 2010, my parents took me on a daytrip to Coburg. We parked in a Parkhaus in the center of town and made our way through narrow streets

 across a Marktplatz

 and after a bit of shopping (no yarn!) we had lunch in a Gasthaus.

After lunch, we hiked up to the Fortress Coburg. If you are not into historical buildings or fortresses built over several centuries, which were destroyed, restored, renovated, made accessible to the public and that house numerous historical artifacts and an art collection, don't bother reading on. ;)

one of two courtyards

my mom in a watch tower

view of the valley below

an airfield across from the castle

chapel and building which houses historical artifacts

portrait of Martin Luther, who lived here for a short while

capturing a dramatic parting shot as clouds moved in

interlude

spilled wine

embers

just peachy

silver lining

memories of summer

sophisticated

Lest you think I only jet around the world all the time, I have been busy dyeing the new watercolors sock yarn (75% superwash merino, 25% nylon, 460 yds/100g). Today I managed to style and photograph a few, put them up on etsy, label them, and later will go to The Spinning Room to make a delivery. Trumpet Hill is getting theirs on Friday morning, Rochester's Yarn Boutique the beginning of December. I have several more colors such as greens and teal and past midnight...I must ask you to check back here to see them!

I will also be at the Troy Farmers Market every Saturday until Christmas, and on November 21st, I will be at my friend Ricky's Annual Holiday Open House in Delmar (deets to come).

For the Tight Knit/Farmers Market I will bring a selection of all of my yarns, including a colorful sale bin! I hope to see all my local fans there starting this Saturday at 9 am!

a special day

The morning of Saturday, October 23 looked like this:

 By Sunday morning, the sun was trying to come out. We went to church service in a new building I hadn't seen, the Martin Luther Haus.

My parents after the service. The pastor thanked God for their enduring marriage in a special prayer.

both of them 72 years young!

 Then we were off to a restaurant to meet with relatives and have a proper celebration. The hot meal is served at lunchtime in Germany, followed by dessert. The meal may have involved some of this:

My cousin and I got a kick out of this item on the dessert menu

which looked like this cute little thing - it's creamy sweet yogurt with lots of cream and strawberries.

The afternoon brings the coffee hour, always around 3 pm. This restaurant served all the tea and coffee and cream and sugar etc, but we brought our own cakes (my mom and I both have celiac so bringing our own cake was a good thing). This one is a carrot cake (different from the American kind - it is filled with red currant jam and topped with dark chocolate glaze) made by my mother. Decorations are in marzipan...yum.

My sister's mother-in-law made this one. Papaya cream cake as far as I recall. It went fast.

Of course there was more wine later on, too. :) It was good to see everyone in one place, celebrating. One of the gifts my parents received was a gift certificate to ride in a hot air balloon - I may just have to go back there to witness it!!