Wittlich Pig Fest!

Matt and I went with friends to the Wittlich Pig Fest this weekend. We definitely had a better time this year, going with a group, and later in the evening! The main highlight this year was the delicious roast pig. By far THE BEST pork I have ever had and look forward to it next year!!!


Mmmm so delicious!



Getting all set up for the band

Stalls sold food, beer, wine, and souvenirs

Wine!

Matt enjoying his roast pig sandwich

Our friends the Maldas.. Jon works with Matt and Buechel

Another one of the Os enjoying rides with his son

Jon and another Capt being merciless on the bumper cars

View from the top of the ferris wheel

Beautiful hot air balloons in the distance

View of the fest from above

Summertime in the City.. Ocean City that is! :)

Sorry for the inactivity lately.. but I was home in the states visiting my family! I didn't take too many pictures so look back soon for our upcoming events.. Wittlich Pigfest.. Prague, Czech Republic! :)

Chocolate, Waffles, and French Fries.. OH MY!

After a day to relax at home, Mom and I took an ITT trip to Brussels Belgium. It had been on my list of places to visit, but being 4 hours away, we hadn't made it there yet. Luckily I had my adventurous traveling partner so off we went in search for Brussels..home to Chocolate, Waffles, Beer, French fries and mussels! We enjoyed a short tour on the bus of Brussels then we had ample time to explore on our own!

First stop on our bus tour was the Atomium. It was a sculpture built for the World's Fair that was held in Belgium in the 1950s. It is now used as an observation deck and individual art exhibits. It was a building marvel of the time period as in the "beams" connecting the spheres are escalators!

Belgium is still run by a royal family and this is evident in some of the interesting buildings around the city. One of the Kings wanted Belgium to be known as an international city so he had two oriental buildings built, one a chinese pagoda house and the other a japanese tower. This is the pagoda.

Entrance to one of the Royal palaces.

The senate building

The main royal residency

Another cathedral

Small fair/market

The town square

Many people mistake this for a church..SURPRISE! It is the TOWN HALL!

Museum

Manneken pis is a famous statue in Belgium. We saw replicas everywhere.. this was a "chocolate" one advertising a waffle stand

The original Manneken Pis is in a museum as it was stolen too many times..this is a replica. He is usually naked but does have many costumes. The costume of the day was the yellow shirt (leader shirt) of the Tour De France as the 1st day of this race was starting in Belgium!

Funny story from our guide. The statue has hundreds of costumes, but from time to time he gets a new one. When he does they have a festival to commemorate the new costume.. and the statue begins to "pee" beer that is free to the public to drink!

Amazing... I loved this view so much I got a watercolor of it! This is also the home of the "flower carpet" of brussels every August.