The One with the Osterbaum / Easter Tree

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Happy Easter 2015!

Chris had Friday off so we took a little day trip to a small German town called Saalfeld to visit the famous tree with 10,000 easter eggs! This is the family's last year doing it because they're getting too old. It was now or never - we chose NOW!
It snowed. Guess the April Fool's Day joke was on us!
Gosh. I just love Germany. Oh so much.
There wasn't any designated parking, but there were lots of people, so we just parked on the road and started walking up and up the hill, passing a light pink house on the way, be still my heart.
There it is!!!
God bless this old couple for setting this up every year for the masses far and wide to enjoy!
Fox's "homework" is to take pictures of him and "Stanley" on our Spring Break adventures.
Speechless.
Everywhere you look - EGGS!
All the colors make my heart so happy :)
Some pics of the eggs up close.

Swoon.
There are a few other little trees in the yard with some eggs.
Evans family on Friday April 3rd 2015 at the Egg Tree in Saaldfeld, Germany.
Isn't the old couple's house adorable?
More shots of the tree, I couldn't get enough.
Was it worth the 4 hour round trip drive? Absolutely. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
On the Eierbaum website he listed daily updates - from March 7th-17th he placed about a thousand eggs a day. CRAZY! AMAZING!
This might be my favorite pic of the tree - eggs galore!
This is the photo I took with my phone and shared on instagram, hence the quality is a little different. 1228 people liked this photo! Blows my mind.
So glad we got to see this phenomenon!
Comments (9)

9 comments

  1. ЕленаApril 5, 2015 at 2:57 AM

    Какая красота у вас)))

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  2. ChrisApril 5, 2015 at 4:11 AM

    That was a pretty impressive sight to behold! Happy Easter!

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  3. Julie Tucker-WolekApril 5, 2015 at 6:17 AM

    Coolest.tree.ever.!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. ElisabethApril 5, 2015 at 8:26 AM

    That is just totally gorgeous! I want one :) I was watching the Amazing Race yesterday, and they went to Germany (Munich and Schliersee). It was just so beautiful and it made me think of you and all of your fun adventures :)

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  5. 3kidmamaApril 5, 2015 at 5:14 PM

    That just takes my breath away! So simple and yet beautiful!

    Paige, can you give your non-German readers a bit more background on the tree/eggs? Were the plastic/real? Painted by the couple? Does the community help at all?

    And...WHERE do they store them in that gorgeously tiny yet beautiful house? :)

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  6. Kirsty.AApril 6, 2015 at 2:06 AM

    Awesome. You got some amazing PHOTOS WHICH WILL SUIT YOUR PATCHWORK SCRAPPY STYLE PERFECTLY

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  7. jbonomoApril 6, 2015 at 5:07 PM

    Just stunning,Paige! Glad you were able to see the magic for the final year. Love your adventures....thank you for that.

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  8. Cindy - FLApril 6, 2015 at 6:45 PM

    This is amazing and looks like LOTS of work!!

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  9. *reyanna*April 6, 2015 at 8:02 PM

    This is so cool! :) And each one looks so beautiful and ornate and unique! LOVE it!

    Also... in the family photo... Jane's hand is resting on Chris's hand JUST SO, that Jane looks like she has a GIANT hand, and it's hilarious. LOL. :-p

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