Baumblütenfest, Werder

We were lucky enough to be invited to tag along to the Baumblütenfest Volksfest in Werder with S and R yesterday. Werder is about 40 minutes south of Berlin on train, just past Potsdam. The festival is the second biggest Volksfest in Germany, after Octoberfest, and the Baumblütenfest is celebrating it's 131st year – pretty impressive. We went, because S told us that the rhubarb wine is really good :) The festival is on for a week and ends today. With the guidance of an experienced Baumblütenfest-goer, we avoided the crowded main festival area on the island, and headed straight on top of the hill, where along a looooong little road people sell food and home made fruit wines. Some have even set up beer gardens in their private yards! For us it felt pretty unique, and we were completely in love with the wine and the atmosphere. Baumblütenfest means "a celebration of the trees blooming", and we were literally surrounded by blossoming trees – we even had our folienkartoffeln sitting in a cherry orchard...

We had to endure some schlager-music, but it made us feel pretty German.

We were there for the wine!

The residents turn their yards into beer-gardens and restaurants.

We had our lunch in a cherry orchard.

Our favourite wine: strawberry-rhubarb!