Fredericksburg

Who doesn't like a life-size human planter?

Spent a magnificent weekend in a place called the Texas Hill Country.  Actually, the place where I stayed was an absolute German (heritage) town called Fredericksburg, TX.  Stayed in a wonderful B&B called "A Place in Time" and both "B"s were just lovely.

The town itself is just a wonderful place to wander around with a number of artisan shops, a winery (Fredericksburg Winery), a brewery (Fredericksburg Brewing Company - has a great lunch there) and a wonderful chocolatier that implants liquor into some of their chocolates (I highly recommend the Kentucky Bourbon).  You can literally spend the day roaming main street, but I had other places to be on that Saturday.

There are wineries all over the area offering some pleasantly surprising offerings.  I do so love to visit wineries and go to the tasting rooms.  On this weekend at a winery called Beckers Vineyards which was about fifteen minutes from Fredericksburg.  The weather could not have been better for this trip.  Now, I list just a few of the places.  There are SO many more wineries, breweries, and even a bourbon distillery in Hye, TX that could have made this list.

The evening was spent listening to a fantastically tight country band called "Drugstore Cowboys" at a place called Hondo's (highly recommended).  Also, please remember that if someone says to you "just go to the German restaurant on Main Street", give them a quizzical look - there are about 5 German restaurants on Main Street.