German Village

We left Granville late in the morning and drove about a half hour back to Columbus, because we wanted to visit German Village, on the outskirts of town.

We just so happened to visit on the day they had a giant rummage sale throughout the Village. So there were people EVERYWHERE!!

We went in search of cute shops, but they were hard to find (perhaps covered up by rummage sales??) - although we did find this piece of happiness:

Books...books...EVERYWHERE!!!!! There were dozens of little rooms in the Loft, each categorized. Pretty cool.

It was very warm that day, and we were hungry, so we stopped at Lindey's Restaurant - because we could eat outside!

We sat under an umbrella and that helped with the sun beating down on us. The food was very, VERY good.

One of the best salads I've ever eaten. Not gonna lie.

Lynne wanted me to experience some of the famous local ice cream, so we got a recommendation to try Jeni's ice cream. If you click on the picture, you can see the menu to the left and you can see they have some unusual flavors. I stuck with something I was familiar with - Salty Caramel. :)

We walked to a nearby park and sat on a bench to eat and rest for a bit.

By that time, we were pretty wiped out from the heat, so we trekked our way back to the car (all the while stopping to ooh and aah over beautiful old brick homes with lovely flowers) and headed back to Indiana. This is a happy girl:

And I managed to capture the Indiana sign at the last possible minute!

On the way home, we stopped at a MASSIVE nursery to purchase flowers so I could plant them in my yard. So glad she introduced me to that place! One very successful two-day vacation that I thoroughly enjoyed - and spending it with Lynne made it even better!