Wednesday, September 15, 2010

September 11th, Viehscheid (Sorting the Cows), Bad Hindelang

Every year, in Bavaria, on this weekend, the cows come home from their high mountain pastures. The herders bring the cows down, sort them out, and hand them over to their owners who bring them back to their own farms. This has turned into a huge festival, further proof that anything in Germany can turn into a festival. This one was great. The town is adorable and people really go all out for this one!


Cows.

Grammie and Nolan.

The sorting of the cows.

This might be my favorite picture of all time. Nolan jumped over the fence, went right out to one of the herders and walked right along with him as if he was herding too. The guy looked at him, looked at his friend, then patted Nolan on the back and walked along with him for a while.



Souvenirs

We stopped in Ulm on the way home so my parents could see the tallest church in the world, I snapped this as we were waiting, love it.


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