5 September - Ganzhornfest

It rained most of the day, but once it cleared up, Skylar and I rode down to Neckarsulm to the Ganzhornfest. Germany loves festivals! We watched a lot of big band music. It was really cool! I thought the band kids were supposed to be the nerds in high school... but these kids were all punked out, with different colored hair and piercings. They had on elaborate band uniforms with an emblem of skull and cross bones. To top it off they played a Green Day tune! Some of them had their faces painted like skeletons or vampires. There was also a pretty cool metal band on another stage. We walked around and tried a few things to eat. Most of the people just stand around these things and get drunk, which seems to be the norm to do around here. We went and played on the play ground for a while where there was this cool bouncy metal bridge thing that I can't even explain, but when one person jumped on one side, the person on the other would go up in the air. Skylar climbed the wall they had set up and of course just flew right up it before the guy even had a chance to tighten the belay. It was a lot of fun! Then we rode the 10k or so home.