Fall Scenes from der Oberpfalz, Germany

Some (ahem, my husband) say that fall is not as beautiful here in Germany as it is in our beloved New England.  That wouldn't be totally inaccurate, but beauty can still be found all across the Oberpfalz.

Coming down B85, there's a beautiful stretch of changing trees and vast farmland near the town of Königstein.  I've dubbed these "my favorite trees" so I stopped to take a picture of them on my way home one day when it wasn't cloudy or raining.

My favorite part of the changing leaves of fall is when part of the tree is already a striking orange and yellow, while the other part is still green.

If you are visiting or live in Germany, you can NOT use your cell phone and drive.  If you see something beautiful, it's totally fine to pull over and snag a picture of it.  If people pull over to use the bathroom on the side of the road, it's fine for you to stop and take a picture, as I did here.

I'm frequently taking pictures of sunsets here in Germany, but on this particular day, mother nature surprised us with a gorgeous sunrise.  This is pretty rare because mornings around here from September through April are pretty socked in with dense fog.

 

Although Kürbis is very popular here in Germany, the traditional pumpkin patch, hayride and other New England traditions we have always enjoyed in the past are not as widespread.  We managed to find one east of Nuremberg though at Jerry's Pumpkin Patch.  Honestly, those were there were about 90% Americans!

There were plenty of good looking pumpkins though - we bought two of them!

There were also plenty of other types of gourds, including butternut squash!

For three Euros each, you can ride in the hayride.  I promise Grant isn't grumpy here.  He said, "I'm doing the daddy face!"

The slow tractor ride took us through the fields and up the hill to where there is a little grass runway airport.  All over Bavaria, which is largely Catholic, you'll see these crosses.  This one was randomly in a field!

The airport runway.  We saw several take offs and landings!

Now I can't look at this picture without thinking of Stranger Things.  (If you haven't seen it, you must!  It's such a good show!)

From back at the pumpkin patch, you could see the tractor heading past the airport on it's way back to it's home base.  Fall in Bavaria might not be as pretty as New England, but it isn't half bad.  Until next fall, Oberpfalz!