PIG FESTIVAL

that's me with pink chuck taylors sitting next to the handsome, very scared , little boy, my son!

these two guys had more duties after their parade duties! haha... I didn't have the nerve to run up in front and take their pictures! :)

So this is one of the many things I've been doin over last week , and why I've not really been Blogging. Let me explain just a little ... the quaint little town we live in here in Germany celebrate a festival where they grill up 100 pigs for everyone to enjoy.... heres the LEGEND

The Säubrenner Legend
It was the time of Friedrich von Ehrenburg

When the town was surrounded by the enemy

And only the walls and towers

Prevented it from being destroyed.

But one important evening

The guard of the Himmerod Gate

Was unable to find the bolt

And replaced it with a carrot.

Then came the terrible night

When a starving pig approached the gate

And ate the forbidden vegetable

Which opened the door to the enemy.

After several days had passed

And the foe had left the placeIn the city burned and robbed

All the pigs were driven to the market place

To roast them on the grill.

Since that time Wittlich is known

As the town of the Säubrenner,

The most famous "Pig Roasters".

J. Mehs

you can also go here... http://www.saeubrenner.de/ to learn more... it's so fun... we've gone every year so far... I'm just gonna show a few pics .... there are some from the parade and then some from rides and costumes etc etc.... oh and the pork is just wonderfull.... :)