Today was our last full day here, so we packed it with all the things we couldn’t get done in the rain the other day. First we headed to The Amish Village. It was wonderful! We started out with a very informative, guided tour through a farmhouse:
Got to meet some lovely farm animals:
And then the highlight for the girls…the one-room schoolhouse. They were enchanted! First they played being students. Then they took turns being the teacher. Anna read all the numbers on the number line on the desks. Carolyn read all the school rules and the lesson plans. Then they wanted me to be the teacher. Even better? There was a bell to ring! (Thankfully the rope ended at adult height. Someone planned that well.)
There were lots of buggies outside to take pictures in. And they were selling bonnets in the gift shop, obviously. Really, it was a fabulous way to spend the morning, and I’d highly recommend it!
We had a nice lunch and went on a buggy ride. It was really more of a horse-drawn wagon with a roof, but it went through some incredibly beautiful countryside. And the girls got to sit up front with the driver and kept everyone entertained with their commentary on all the little white butterflies and the cows in the fields.
Unfortunately, the buggy ride went longer than we expected – the horses were tired and couldn’t be coaxed into going very quickly – so we didn’t make it to the pretzel factory tour. We still stopped there to get some pretzels to eat, though. We had a wonderful day, and truly enjoyed spending time in this beautiful, peaceful part of the world!