The One with Erbendorf, Germany

On Sunday we went for an evening stroll through Erbendorf - the city where they first wanted us to live. 

I was trying to take a picture of the pretty landscape and held my camera out the window blindly - instead this is what I captured:

 It looks like the Toy Story wallpaper! I should snap pictures blindly more often :)

Lush green pastures.

This is the skinny minnie road that one could hardly call two lanes that they wanted Chris to drive on at all hours of the night in the scary snow and ice 8 months of the year... yeah, not so much. 

 Looks easy breezy but come a couple weeks from now and it'll look much more daunting!

I'll never tire of these views!

I think I read somewhere that we're the same longitude (or is it latitude? I swear sometimes I need to go back to elementary school...) as Vancouver, Canada. I can definitely see that in all the trees!

 Quaint little towns nestled here and there - one thing's for sure, they all have a church at the center.

Wheat fields.

 When we saw this we found somewhere to park because we knew we must be in the center of the city. I didn't know what it was at the time, but I like that there's a Christmas tree on top! Later we found out after a quick google search it's a Maypole.

Wikipedia: A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, particularly on May Day, or Pentecost (Whitsun) although in some countries it is instead erected at Midsummer. In some cases the maypole is a permanent feature that is only utilised during the festival, although in other cases it is erected specifically for the purpose before being taken down again. Primarily found within the nations of Germanic Europe and the neighbouring areas which they have influenced, its origins remain unknown, although it has been speculated that it originally had some importance in the Germanic paganism of Iron Age and early Medieval cultures, and that the tradition survived Christianisation, albeit losing any original meaning that it had. It has been a recorded practice in many parts of Europe throughout the Medieval and Early Modern periods, although became less popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, the tradition is still observed in some parts of Europe and among European communities in North America.
There's your history lesson of the day!

The scenic streets of Erbendorf.

Where to go, where to go? 

I spy windmills in the distance!

Fox window shopping - or rather, window desiring. 

Why do I love vine-covered buildings so much?

One of many churches in Erbendorf.

Cool buildings x 3

Note to self: buy flowers for our windowsills. They add so much character and life and a fun punch of color!

Reminder of our old home - even the graffiti is appropriate.

This black cat followed us around for a bit.

Hey Evans family!

Driving home through the forest.

And through more cute towns.

 Thanks for venturing out with us!

PS - random but pretty exciting for me:

My blog reached over 1,000,000 views!! Wow!!