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If I had all of the money in the world, I would love to go down to Walt Disney World for Christmas. I would not want to visit on Christmas Day because it would be way too busy but I would love to visit at some point in December. Why would I want to go… Continue reading If I Could Go Any Where for the Holidays
Swiss Heritage Center - Part 4 We stayed at the Clock Tower Inn while in Berne. I loved the Amish furniture so I took a lot of photos of that Amish furniture. I hope you enjoy the photos of the furniture. If you want to see a zoomed in version of each of these photo… Continue reading The Clock Tower Inn – Berne, Indiana
Swiss Heritage Center - Part 3 Random shots of grounds - I wish it wasn't raining and cold so we could walk around more. More photos of the grounds - I love the fall colors. The restrooms in the inside portion of the Heritage Center. Some of the displays in the museum - I love… Continue reading Swiss Heritage Center – Berne, Indiana – Part 4
Swiss Heritage Center - Part 2 After we finished watching the glockenspiel at the Clock tower, we first visited a tiny bit of the inside museum while waiting for the other couple to return. (I'll share photos from the inside museum in a different blog post.) First we visited the Baumgartner Church which was the… Continue reading Swiss Heritage Center – Berne, Indiana – Part 3
Swiss Heritage Center - Part 1 After we finished with the Luginbill House, we went over to the Cheese House. We learned how they made the Amish cheese which was interesting. Did you know they have to boil the milk in a copper pot and check the constancy later with a silver spoon? It's interesting… Continue reading Swiss Heritage Center – Berne, Indiana – Part 2
Random photos of Berne, Indiana As I previously said, Berne, Indiana really did not have a lot to explore. If you wanted Amish furniture, you could certainly find it. The clock tower and the architecture is wonderful. It's a small town so there is not much there. There is one other interesting place. That is… Continue reading Swiss Heritage Center – Berne, Indiana – Part 1
Before I begin with this blog post, I should tell you they've changed how we write blog posts. It's going to be interesting writing this blog post today. Clock Tower Hubby geocaches. One of his geocaches was located at their war memorial so we headed there first. The Eternal Flame After we finished at the… Continue reading Random Photos from Berne, Indiana
Johnny Appleseed's Grave Site Forty-five minutes south of Fort Wayne is a little Amish town called Berne. The founders immigrated from Switzerland by way of Ohio. A lot of the architecture reminds me of what I think of when I've seen Swiss architecture. I felt as though I was in another world when I was… Continue reading Berne Clock Tower – Berne, Indiana
Visiting the Art Museum When researching ideas of what to do in Fort Wayne, I discovered John Chapman; aka Johnny Appleseed had lived there. We decided to try to find the grave site. Close to the grave site is the Johnny Appleseed Campgrounds. That is where we ended up at first. We weren't far from… Continue reading Johnny Appleseed’s Grave Site – Fort Wayne, Indiana
Part 4 of our visit to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo After we were done with the zoo, we went to the Museum of Art. It was between lightly raining and raining harder so we could not really explore the downtown area. We enjoyed the Museum. Since it was the Friday before Halloween, they had… Continue reading Fort Wayne Museum of Art – Fort Wayne, Indiana
