Leavenworth, Washington

Hello Ladies, hope you have all had a great weekend!

On the weekends, we try and explore as much of our new state as we can.  Yesterday, we took a day trip to a gorgeous Bavarian town several hours from here called Leavenworth.  The setting is just perfect, and seems right out of a fairy tale!  In the middle of snow covered mountains, the town feels straight out of the Black Forest region in Germany!

 I loved the architecture, and all of the flower boxes and hanging baskets.  They were stunning!  It was a very warm and sunny day, and the town was super busy, as you can see from all of the cars and tourists in some of my photos.

 All of the buildings had the most beautiful painted scenes, just like the ones we saw when we visited Germany several years ago!

 If it weren't for the American flags that were flying, and signs in English, this town would surely be mistaken for a little piece of heaven in Bavaria!

 We were surprised at how much warmer it was in Leavenworth than back by us in the Puget Sound.  It was in the upper 80's when we visited yesterday, which was one of the few glimpses we've had of hot weather since we've been out here. We do good to make it into the low 70's!

 And here is yours truly, and a glimpse of our little dog Emily, who was too busy to get her photo taken!

 The flowers were just stunning!  I don't think I've ever seen such huge hanging planters before!

 I especially loved the blue tones of this pretty building!  Look at all of that gorgeous hand painting!

 They say that it's especially beautiful at Christmas time, as they have lighting ceremonies all thru the month of December.  I know that I can't wait to return to this beautiful little town!

Isn't this church pretty?  It really does look authentically German!!!

Ok, now I am totally behind on visiting all of you, so I need to get busy and do some blog hopping!  

Have a great week!