herbiehancock

This past weekend on Sunday afternoon, my husband and I took a trip out to Oregon, Ohio for the German American festival .  We had a good time walking around the festival.  One of the things we saw was the giant Glockenspiel with live actors dancing and singing. It's not elaborate like the one in Munich , of course, but it was fun to see. We enjoyed the German festival food and liked seeing all the folks costumed in traditional German clothing like dirndls and lederhosen.   This was as close as my husband and I got to wearing the traditional German garb. We also enjoyed listening to all the polka music being played at various spots around the festival.  Although, at one point some of the polka music brought tears for me.  My Dad served in the air force when he was a young man, and he was stationed in Germany.  While there, he learned how to play the accordion and loved to play polka music.  He even taught me how to do the polka when I was a young girl....