Flohmarket in Ladenburg

On Sunday September 14th, Ladenburg was having their once a year flohmarket.  A flhomarket is a really, really big yard sale basically and also you can sometimes find some great antiques for cheap and I wanted to finally go to one.  So we headed out there early in the morning to go and check it out.

 

One thing that was kind of cool is that it was in a walled city.  It is not completely walled, but everything looked pretty neat.  They had lots of vendors, some stuff was cool and others were McDonald's toys.  I gave each boy a little bit of money to spend and David and I started hunting.  We found a few small things that were really neat, but not anything big yet.  But we have plenty of time!

 

 

After the town expansion in the early 13th century, there were four gates in Ladenburg.  This is one of them, Martin's Gate, which is located in the north.

 

 

This is St Gallus Church one of Ladenburg's oldest and largest church.  It was erected on the old Roman Basilica's fundaments.  For awhile it was used by both catholic and evangelic denominations.  Up till 1708 the influence of denominations often changed.

 

This is the center market square and this fountain (underneath the statue too many people to get a clear shot) was built in 1976 on the occasion of the 50-years anniversary of the Hauber-foundation.  The fountain replaced the market cross which existed until 1865.

 

They even had a little concert there during the market.  The boys really enjoyed listening to them.

 

The band playing very well.

 

 

This is the Domhosfsplatz, an old market square of the early medieval city.  It was named after the bishop's administrative building.

 

The boys were done so we started heading back to the car, well we came upon a group of people watching something and we tried to figure out what it was.  We found out that it was a spray painter and he was pretty amazing. 

 

 

The boys were enthralled and didn't want to leave, they kept asking to watch one more, just one more.

 

So David and I decided we wanted one, but he didn't have one that was just right.  He chatted with us for a little bit and found out what we wanted and said he would try.  He did a great job and we ended up purchasing one.  It is truly amazing what they can do with paper and spray paint and watching the layers go on and try and figure out what he is making.  It is pretty cool.

 

We luckily parked right next to a great park for the kids, so we told them that they could play for awhile at it.  They were very excited!!!  AJ is working on digging a hole.

 

AJ decided to drive the other two, hopefully they won't fall and he won't roll them flat.  :-)

 

The park was really neat, it had a little playhouse also they could run around in.

 

And of course what park is complete without a water play area.  It was not big, thank goodness, but AJ was enthralled by it.  You had to hold it down for the water to come out.

 

These the boys played on A LOT!!  When one person made it go up and down it bounced all three of them.  AJ was the one who usually made it bounce and he really got the other two going!

 

And were there are rocks, we have to bury ourselves.  :-)

 

David decided that the grass looked comfortable and took a little nap since we were there so long.  It was a fun day and I am excited to go to the next flohmarket, though maybe without kids the next time.  :-)