adventures with mayer and grayson: fests, fests and more fests

i love fall - by far my most favorite time of year. i love the food, the weather, the holidays, the leaves falling. i'm not too fond of the frost on the car at 7am when i have to take mayer to the bus stop but beyond that, there is not too much that can get me grumpy in the fall. and now i love it all even more. why you ask, well because there's the volksfest/oktoberfest, kurbisfest, wurstmarkt (wine festival) and all the christmas markets start up around thanksgiving. i think there is also a onion festival and a cabbage festival but we haven't checked those out yet...and i'm thinking we may not, but you never know. so in september is the bad durkheim wurstmarkt, which is the wine and sausage festival. you may vaguely remember a picture of me holding probably the biggest glass of wine ever - this is where i was and of course we went again this year. it's like volksfest but wine instead of beer...yay for me! it has a ton of carnival rides and games and of course wine and yummy food.

right after wurstmarkt, volksfest/oktoberfest kicks up. this year we did what you are suppose to do - went to the tents and got drunk with all of troy's co-workers. his office bought a table in one of the tents and so we got a babysitter and went and got our chicken and beer on. so wurstmarkt is clearly for me since troy is not a huge wine drinker and volksfest all for troy since it's all beer. our table was right in the middle of the tent, right in front of the stage so it was just crazy from the beginning. i think the only time we sat down was to eat, other than that, we stood on the benches the entire night singing and drinking. it was good times but we learned some valuable lessons for next year. the biggest lesson is that jenn cannot consume 3 liters of beer - i tried and drank 2 but my limit really is 1...very valuable lesson.

before anyone drank anything

not the angle of the camera, the beer really is bigger than my head

troy's security system - can't misplace the beer tickets

and finally october brings kurbisfest in ludwigsburg, translated to pumpkin festival. last year was an ocean theme, this year was a dinosaur theme. mayer was in heaven! this year we went with some friends and saw even more of the castle grounds than last year. we also ate lunch there - the menu is all pumpkin, all the time. quite possibly the best spaghetti i have ever had, i would totally pay another 8euros to go through the gate to buy another bowl or two. they also have pumpkin champagne - i did not have high expectations for this. it sounds weird and like it would be a pumpkin mess. it is super yummy! almost tastes like peaches. and now we are only a few weeks away from all the christmas markets opening. so excited!!