The S.O. and I went to a Pferdemarkt today. ( Horse Market). It was up in Leonberg-a very charming old town northwest of Stuttgart. They have a festival-part of which is a Pferde Markt or Horse Market. Today there was a horse show-so the S.O and I went:
We also watched the younger girls ride the ponies:
The horse show was about a 1/4 mile from the town-the walk was pretty, in that it went from the town through the pastures and out to the Reit Zentrum. Leonberg is nestled against hills and makes for a pretty scene. We stayed and watched all the acts, which I gathered from the explanations in German, were from a local riding academy.
We also got to see the Smurfs again-or in German-Die Schlumpfe:
After the show – and a stop by the nearby stand for a Rote Wurst, a Waffel, and a Gluhwein-we trudged back into town. Where in the spirit of Season-the brass bands were As we came back into the Altstadt city square, they were playing the theme from Ghostbusters:
A view of the square:
And of course-the Burgermeister
