Fredericksburg report (Austin, Llano: hotel, neighborhoods, wedding)

[atxcio]

Originally Posted by TexasGirl@Heart

I can't wait to attend! I hope my house sells by then and I am living down there at that time!! This sounds like a whole lot of fun!

You should definitely check it out -- a visit to Wurstfest in New Braunfels is, IMO, far superior to Fredericksburg for a German culture/food experience. It's absolutely huge, and it blows away Fredericksburg's Octoberfest.. too bad it's only 1 week a year. The biergarten and dance hall seem like they should be used year-round!

I've stopped in Fredericksburg on a couple of West-Coast or Big Bend trips (usually on the way back home), and it's a nice place to stop for dinner and maybe some music. As far as a destination trip to that area, the wineries on 290 or Enchanted Rock are more interesting to me.

[texdav]

I always enjoyed fredericksburg myslef;its a very forindly ;clean small town with alot of interesting things IMO. new braufels is more a crowded summer place with tons of kids and drinking. really depends on what you like.

[hound 109]

Originally Posted by atxcio

You should definitely check it out -- a visit to Wurstfest in New Braunfels is, IMO, far superior to Fredericksburg for a German culture/food experience. It's absolutely huge, and it blows away Fredericksburg's Octoberfest.. too bad it's only 1 week a year. The biergarten and dance hall seem like they should be used year-round!

I've stopped in Fredericksburg on a couple of West-Coast or Big Bend trips (usually on the way back home), and it's a nice place to stop for dinner and maybe some music. As far as a destination trip to that area, the wineries on 290 or Enchanted Rock are more interesting to me.

fwiw atxcio....wurstfest (in NB) runs for two weeks (3 weekends). But you're right, it would be great if they'd have small version of it one weekend a month.

Sometimes it's good to eat some sausage & pastries & listen to oompah music....& more than once a year.

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The New Braunfels Smokehouse sells sausage on a stick all year long!

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by hound 109

fwiw atxcio....wurstfest (in NB) runs for two weeks (3 weekends). But you're right, it would be great if they'd have small version of it one weekend a month.

Sometimes it's good to eat some sausage & pastries & listen to oompah music....& more than once a year.

So go to Walburg to the Walburg Restaurant and hear the Walburg Boys. Open year round (though sometimes the Walburg Boys are not there as they're on tour in Germany).

[lonestar2007]

Have you been out there? I am wondering if they still have his amphibious car. He use to get a big kick out of driving guests around his ranch, then 'accidently' driving off into the water and seeing the looks on their faces.

Originally Posted by TexasNick

Your mom will love the LBJ ranch in Stonewall. It's now open to public cars, so you can actually drive on his ranch, around his airstrip, check out the cattle barns, the old school where he grew up, his pioneer family homes, and now, since August 2008, the "Texas White House". After Lady Bird died, they opened the white house to the public. It's worth it! Park Rangers give interpretations. So pretty out there.

[atxcio]

Originally Posted by hound 109

fwiw atxcio....wurstfest (in NB) runs for two weeks (3 weekends). But you're right, it would be great if they'd have small version of it one weekend a month.

Let's meet halfway! How about 10 days-- Welcome to Wurstfest

Sometimes it's good to eat some sausage & pastries & listen to oompah music....& more than once a year.

Absolutely! Dunno how many times per year I can handle the Chicken Dance, though.

[TexasNick]

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

Have you been out there? I am wondering if they still have his amphibious car. He use to get a big kick out of driving guests around his ranch, then 'accidently' driving off into the water and seeing the looks on their faces.

Yea they got his car collection there for folks to see. The amphibious car is there, too.

[case44]

I was just down there briefly in February and hope to make it back soon. I need to get back to that German place I had dinner at a few years back. The name escapes me and I should have written it down as I passed by it a few months back, but I'll remember the location. (It's probably the Biergarten, but don't hold me to that.)

[TexasNick]

Originally Posted by case44

I was just down there briefly in February and hope to make it back soon. I need to get back to that German place I had dinner at a few years back. The name escapes me and I should have written it down as I passed by it a few months back, but I'll remember the location. (It's probably the Biergarten, but don't hold me to that.)

Wie Geht Dir? Bueno? Bueno! Oh, uh, my 'Gernish' slipped through.

Wheeler's, Bavarian Inn, ahh....Altdorf Biergarten...there you go. But there's also Auslander Biergarten . There's also Fredericksburg Brewing Company...mmm...