A Georgia Girl in Germany

To celebrate my birthday, I decided to take the kids to one of the largest parties in the world: the Bad Cannstatt Volksfest. How fortunate that my birthday fell on the final day of the 16-day party!

I had a blast simply watching the kids have fun on the rides at this huge fair of fairs.

Of course, we had to go on the log ride. Even Benjamin enjoyed the ride, and (fortunately) none of us got tremendously wet from the culminating freefall.

After getting a quick bite of pizza (the kids didn’t opt for wurst this night), we made our way to the ferris wheel. I can’t recall the last time I’ve been on a ferris wheel, so it was a nice treat to get an aerial view of the fest below.

We were even fortunate enough to watch the moon rise over the city while atop the ferris wheel. Benjamin loved that since he’s always pointing out the moon to me when he sees it. It was the night after a full moon, so it was a beautiful site--big and orange as it climbed into the sky. We were all in a good mood after the soothing ride.

After riding through the Haunted House, Zachary and MacKenzie wanted to ride this outrageously wild ride with three simultaneous spinning actions combined with vertical movement and fog. Benjamin and I safely watched from the sidelines.

After his experience in the Haunted House, Benjamin decided it was safer for him to drive a school bus for his final ride of the evening.

Our last adventure before heading home was walking through the House of Mirrors. Unfortunately, toward the end of the maze, MacKenzie thought she had found the way out and plowed face-first into a mirror. Oooops. Other than that, we all had a very enjoyable evening. Next year we’ll have to head out to the fest grounds before the final evening though.

Labels: Benjamin, Germany, MacKenzie, Travel, Zachary