My aunt, uncle, mom, sister and I went to Frankenmueth, Michigan this past weekend. It is a small town that houses the biggest Christmas store in the world, so naturally, that was our first stop. The store is called Bronner's and it has every ornament for any hobby you can imagine. It also has a kid's zone with toys, nutcrackers, precious moments and other figurines, stockings, trees, and probably more Christmas decorations that I cannot think of. The store is huge, but my little sister and I were done with it in about half an hour because right now we don't have our own houses and trees to decorate. My aunt and mom spent forever looking through everything though to decorate and give ornaments to people according to their hobby. Luckily for me and Tiffany, there were kids activities on the back of the store map, so we had a race to see who could finish the word find the quickest.
Next, we went to "downtown" Frankenmueth where all the shops are. It kind of reminded me of walking the streets of Amish country with little shops with crafts and locally made sweets. The theme of this town, besides being decorated like it was Christmas, was German. The people that worked in the shops and restaurants were dressed in traditional German clothes, things like those little overall shorts and dresses embroidered with foliage. It was a really nice day so we were able to walk up and down the street to look in all the shops. They had a lot of hand made fabrics made from sheep's wool and a lot of the pastry shops had employees making fudge right in front of us. The best thing about the shops was that a lot of them had free samples of the things they made. I got to try taffy, apple butter, different salsas, breads, and other treats.
Finally, we went to eat, and all the restaurants had German food. It was really good and they had good desserts. It seemed like such a short time there, but it was a lot of fun.
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