Tollwood Festival

Logan thought he was going to drive to Ulm this afternoon, for a 1/2 day meeting Tuesday morning. He was about 10 minutes from being out the door, when the boss called to tell him the meeting was canceled. So, after dinner we rode into town to get to the OlympiaPark, where the annual Tollwood festival is going on. They have bands playing there for fee, local bands playing for free, “street theater” entertainment and the usual assortment of food, drink, clothing, jewelry, etc. vendors. Like a gigantic art & wine festival. BUT – key difference – you buy your drink & sit in the beer gardens. No wandering around with drinks, that we saw. This may be due to the fact that, like at the street festival in Schwabing, you pay ‘Ruckgeld’ (a deposit, ruck = back) for every container, even a plastic bottle. It’s marked on the receipt, and you return it to that vendor with the empty to get the deposit back.

The festival was moderately interesting, if we’d been with a crowd of friends it would have been more fun. OlympiaPark is just gorgeous, and I will pay attention to the events they hold there. Ann M, they just performed Turandot. It sold out pretty quickly but maybe I can catch the next opera that they perform.