Rains came in strong on Saturday in Manhattan as Adrien and I escaped to the Amish country. It was still a bit rainy when we got there, but we were welcomed with a warm greeting from the family who ran the bed and breakfast where we stayed in Pennsylvania.





Good recommendations led us to dinner at a local brew pub- “the catacombs”, and then to bed early.

Sunday breakfast greeted the day bright and early- 8am- and was served at one long table complete with pumpkin pancakes, potatoes, chocolate coffee cake, tomatoes and eggs straight from the farm. The meal also included a few riddles- “what is one thing god gives you twice for free, and the third thing you must pay for?” After breakfast we spent most of the day at Hershey (of chocolate fame - http://www.hersheypa.com/). We visited Hershey World, Hershey Museum, and the Hershey Theme Park- where we rode scary rides and had a blast. Other highlights of the day included playing with kittens at the bed and breakfast. Like many of the bed and breakfast places in the area, this one included a small working farm- with kittens.



After another wonderful breakfast on Monday we helped out with the farm chores- which included feeding the goats and collecting eggs. We tried milking some of the goats- but they were all dried up for the season. Instead I took pleasure in picking up the cute baby goats.



As Adrien went after the chickens.



After all the excitement we headed off to the Amish country- specifically the town of Intercourse. We spent the day sampling and appreciating the wares at various Amish shops including an Amish/ Mennonite canning shop and Amish furniture shop- we got a nice plain-pine bench- and had an Amish buggy ride through the farms.



At this point it was time to head home, and after getting lost a few times -making it almost to Phili- we got back to our home in Brooklyn.