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Last week during my vacation, my dad and I made a trip to a fun Iowa destination, the Amana Colonies. It's a group of seven villages founded by German Pietists in the mid-1800s. They lived a communal lifestyle until the 1930s; you can read more about the history here. The villages are now a tourist destination with all sorts of cute shops, wineries, and restaurants, still with a German flair.
As we wound our way through the beautiful Iowa countryside, we ran into some kind of little parade of old tractors.
And eventually reached our destination, which was charming, as always, despite a heat index of almost 110 degrees. I was in search of wine, so we hit the Ackerman Winery and the White Cross Cellars.
The Amana General Store is always one of my favorite destinations. It's one of those overstimulating, overcrowded, enchanting places where you can buy kitchen things, knick-knacks of any kind, specialty foods, furniture, and just about anything else you could ever want. Like many of the Amana stores, they have a Christmas room, which was kind-of nice on such a hot day.
And, of course, we had to make a stop to admire the lovely furniture at the Amana Furniture Store, much of it hand-crafted locally. Here's my favorite room: so many beautiful clocks, inculding a wall of cukoo clocks.
One of our usual stops that we skipped today was the Amana Woolen Mill. They have a huge variety of beautiful clothing and housewares, but it was just too hot to even think about blankets and sweaters.
As we wound our way through the beautiful Iowa countryside, we ran into some kind of little parade of old tractors.
And eventually reached our destination, which was charming, as always, despite a heat index of almost 110 degrees. I was in search of wine, so we hit the Ackerman Winery and the White Cross Cellars.
The Amana General Store is always one of my favorite destinations. It's one of those overstimulating, overcrowded, enchanting places where you can buy kitchen things, knick-knacks of any kind, specialty foods, furniture, and just about anything else you could ever want. Like many of the Amana stores, they have a Christmas room, which was kind-of nice on such a hot day.
And, of course, we had to make a stop to admire the lovely furniture at the Amana Furniture Store, much of it hand-crafted locally. Here's my favorite room: so many beautiful clocks, inculding a wall of cukoo clocks.
One of our usual stops that we skipped today was the Amana Woolen Mill. They have a huge variety of beautiful clothing and housewares, but it was just too hot to even think about blankets and sweaters.
We did, of course, visit both the Chocolate Haus and the ice cream store, and I got some wine, so the trip was both enjoyable and successful.
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