FROM NORAH:
We have this route that centers around the fact that our kids are train afficionados. So, we're often combining the Amish country trip with Strasburg, PA and a trip to Thomas the Tank Engine when he comes. If your friends are train fans, there are all these funky train lovers attractions in that town!
Otherwise!!!
- We normally spend most of our time in Bird-in-Hand and Intercourse.
- The Bird-in-Hand farmer's market there is great.
---- The bird-in-hand bakery there makes these totally to-die-for mini whoopie pies. The pumpkin ones are my fav.
---- It's classic to get a shoo-fly pie too. I could take or leave those.
---- There's also a vendor that sells jars of pickled items and jams. I have these sweet pickled baby beets there that are amazing, and I stock up on cases of them, because I love them so much! They sample things there too.
- We love going to the Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse. You can walk around and sample hundreds of jams and other food items. Just fun!
- Just around the corner there is our favorite soft pretzel place - Immergut Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels.
They are more dessert than lunch, just fyi. Even the savory ones are so decadent! But, they're unbelievably good getting them fresh from the oven and really soft.
- You can do horse and buggy rides/ tours in either Intercourse or Bird-in-Hand. Those are interesting and fun and beautiful.
- The Lancaster Central Market is a really big, good one. And, downtown Lancaster is cute and the architecture is interesting.
The lunch place we like is called The Kling House.
It's in Intercourse right near the Kitchen Kettle Village.
Nice place with outdoor seating.
FROM MELANIE:
Norah pretty much covered our highlights. Kitchen Kettle Village is a must for sure. Fun shops and lots of sampling. We love Bird-in-hand market too. We have taken a tour at the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery, which was really fun for all ages. We went with my kids and my aunts and grandma. They give you the history of the pretzel and give you dough to make and twist your own. There is a farm that we took the kids to a long time ago that was a lot of fun...holding baby chicks, great slides, and bouncy things, rubber duck racing, pedal carts, picking "popcorn" cobs and cutting pumpkins off the vine:
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The Turkey Hill Experience is a fun one too! Geez I may have to do all this this weekend with my mom. It's sounding fun! ;)
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