Fredericksburg birthday trip, finale

On our way back to San Antonio, we stopped at the National Museum of the Pacific War, saw camels and swam in the river at Blanco State Park.


This is all the locally produced stuff we bought!!!! Wine, jellies, peaches, peach cider, salsa, sweet jalapenos, spicy peanut butter and even a leather-scented candle.
Texas=yum

Fredericksburg birthday trip, part zwei

Saturday we were joined by Gino's brother and sister-in-law, who are a lot of fun and often invite us to their house for bbq'ing and swimming. We toured Main Street, stopping in no fewer than 5 wine tasting rooms. It was a challenge finding a good dry wine but there was no shortage of tasty Rieslings.


We ate lunch at Auslander Restaurant and Biergarten, where I ate the littlest potato pancakes Ive ever seen, then made our way back to the cottage to rest for a while. That evening we stopped at Friedhelm's Bavarian Inn & Restaurant for a round of beers, went to West End Pizza Co for a pasta dinner (not really recommended), then ended the night with live music at Crossroads Saloon.

Fredericksburg birthday trip

For my BDAY I wanted to go to Texas wine country - yes, Texas has a wine country!

Fredericksburg is a quaint little town about 1 hour northwest of San Antonio settled by the Germans back in the 1840s. It's a town full of B&Bs, antique shops, German restaurants/beer gardens and wine tasting rooms, as well as one of the area's wineries.

Our rental cottage - 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, living room and 2 bathrooms for $125 night!
Us with Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach, famous German-Texas pioneer, founder of Frederickburg, TX and initiator of a treaty between German settlers and Comanche indians.


Friday night we went to Wildseed Farms for a chili-pepper and salsa festival. About 40 tasting booths!!

The festival at dusk.