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Experiencing Amish Country
Published: October 20th 2011North America » United States » Indiana » Shipshewana
October 18th 2011
Well, we travelled to Indiana on October 1st for 18 days, and didn’t want to leave! Every time we think we have found a favourite spot, we discover something we like better. We were in Amish country, and were amazed at the beauty of the area. From the horse and buggies travelling the roads, to the plough horses still used to till the land, to the immaculately kept yards with amazing flowers, it was a peaceful, inspiring area. Homesteads include a very large house with several porches, barn, carriage house, several outbuildings, usually all painted white, and a few acres of silage corn. It was not uncommon to see laundry hanging on lines, as most families still do not use clothes dryers. The orthodox Amish still dress in their traditional black hats, bonnets, long dresses, with ... read more
June 26th 2009
Friday, June 26 (Amish Communities Tour): We started our day by heading towards the American Countryside Market near Elkhart that Manoli wanted to visit. It was quite busy and contained not only a number of interesting shops, but some folks set up out front as a sort of flea market. We didn’t find anything exciting enough to buy, but we did try a breakfast pretzel stuffed with eggs, ham, and cheese. Yum! Next, we decided to check out two different furniture makers that were supposed to have tours where you could watch them make fine hardwood furniture. The first one, Schmidt’s, was pretty empty and the receptionist seemed to have never heard anything about tours, so we moved on. The second furniture place, Lambright Woodworking, wasn’t buy either, and although they were quite friendly to us ... read more
May 3rd 2007
30/04/07 - 02/05/07 Shipshewana, Northern Indiana With a week of the rental car left and in Chicago already we decided to head out of town for a few days, whichever way the wind would carry us and see the surrounding area for a while. The wind first took us north up the North Shore Drive into a very prosperous residential district with mansions and lake houses for the wealthy Chicagoans (is that a word?) to strut their stuff. We got so lost within the rabbit warren of the North Shore that we had finally had to ask directions to the Interstate from the bunch of Fireman chilling outside their fire station (much to Jen’s delight!!) We had planned to grab an extra state to notch up on our belts and nip into Wisconsin to Milwaukee but ... read more
