Willkommen to Frankenmuth, a bit of Germany in Michigan. Mom lived in Germany for ten years before we were born and she speaks, reads, and writes German. She also lived in Michigan for almost a year back in the 80’s. Frankenmuth has always been on her places to visit list but she has never made it there until last weekend. Behind us is the Cass River that runs through town, and up on the hill behind us is the Willkommen sign.
There were big rainstorms the day we drove up to the town but they were on the way out as we arrived. Unfortunately, most of the three days we spent in Michigan had showers or non-stop rain. No worries, we still manage to get out and about and have fun.
Most of the town is decked out for the upcoming Easter holiday in the German style of decorating. It makes for a very festive town.
This is the front, street view of the Bavarian Inn. Mom says it looks like it came right out of Bavaria.
The German Glockenspiel is also right next to the Bavarian Inn.
Naturally, we found a mural, the Almtrieb is what it is called. Almtrieb is the process of bringing down the cows from the alps to town. It is a huge celebratory time.
The Frankenmuth tourist office is dog friendly, in case you ever visit this town. We went in with Mom and the woman was very friendly and helpful. She even has a canister of tasty dog treats which she gives out in generous portions! Outside the office is this certificate from a partner city in Germany. We saw many of these certificates for different sister cities throughout town.
Klaus the Maus from the Cheese Haus is happy to take a photo with anyone, even a couple of hounds. Isn’t he adorable?
Mom loves this sign but we think it is kind of cheesy!
We found the Holzbruecke over the town river. It means covered wooden bridge. Although the bridge was completed in 1980, its look has more in common with 19th century design. The Covered Bridge stretches 239 feet across the Cass River. 163,288 feet of wood and nearly 1,000 pounds of non-wood material went into the making of the almost entirely wood structure, covered with around 25,000 cedar shingles. In January 1980, a team of oxen was used to pull the completed bridge into place over a span of 12 days at a rate of only three inches per minute. It is a single lane, so cars need to wait for their turn to go over it.
Nutcrackers are very German and we found several sets of them around town, mainly at entrances to places. These two are at the entrance to a German bakery. It does smell good here!
Hope you enjoyed this quick tour of Frankenmuth. If you are in Michigan, it is definitely a town worth visiting. We did a rapid visit, only about ninety minutes but you may want to spend more time. There are plenty of places to stay if you want to make a short trip of it. Auf Wiedersehen!
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What a cute town and the Easter decorations are so pretty!
Mom says it is a lot like the real Bavaria with the buildings. It is a fun place to visit!
ooh oooh ohh that is fantabulous… a place like germany but without the german pressures… that is the place to be..
Germany with out the crabby Germans, LOL! Mom says they are very unfriendly, especially in Bayern. We had fun.
Mom- do you ever go back for a visit nit would be hard to take the puppies with you but at least they got a feel and taste of the country
Mom came back in 2007 and has never gone back. She traveled the world that whole first part of her life from a little kid through adult and has no desire to see the world anymore. Now she prefers to see America buy car with us furry ones in the back seat.
That was a fun place for lots of pictures! You two blend right in with the mural with the cows coming home. Have a “gouda” day!!!! (We really like cheese, the smellier is best!)
Mom was a giant mouse until she stopped eating most foods including cheese. She missed it at first, but now it doesn’t bother her to not eat it at all.
OMDs those are some big words
any day with Gouda in it is a good day.
Hugs Cecilia
LOL! Mom says German is easy as the big words are just a bunch of small ones altogether.
What a fun place to visit ~ so colorful and creative ~ sweet photos of you doggies ~ hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thank you. It is a good place for a day or two. Lots to see and do.
I would have loved to visit here. I would have had German food too. I love German food. You do the coolest things.
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They have plenty of schnitzel around town and they have real German butchers making real “wurst” and things like that.
Wow what a cool town. We love these pictures. That mouse is adorable in the cheese. And hey! have a gouda day!! your friend Chester
It is a really fun town and they have some dog friendly stores too. We didn’t have a lot of time to spend so we didn’t do any real shopping.
The pawrents have been to Frankenmuth and really enjoyed it. We sure wish our Dad would retire so we could visit far away, cool places
That would be fun. Maybe one day he will. You have the vehicle now, so all you need is time and money š
Such a wonderful looking place and I enjoyed those photos. I’ll bet that Inn has yummy foods.
All the heavy German stuff. Mom loved German food when she lived over there but now that she has changed her diet completely she doesn’t eat any of that anymore but it still smells good.
When we lived in Michigan, Frankenmuth was always one of our favorite places to visit. Love their big Christmas shop and can’t forget their famous chicken dinners.
Come back on Friday for a taste of Christmas in the springtime š
It looks fabulous! My Sweetie wants to go to Germany someday, but until we can get there, maybe a trip to Frankenmuth would be possible.
It really is a little Bavaria. We enjoyed our short visit. There is a lot to do there if you want to go for a few days.
Cute little town … seems y’all had a very goud-a time there!
We sure did and Mom told us, “say cheese” a million times for all our photos!
Ausgezeichnet!
Danke schoen!
I agree – Ausgezeichnet! What fun places and histories you get to visit!
Mom loves finding places to see and things to do with us when we travel. She can learn things too.