It was a rainy cool day when we were there. I'm sure it would of been a lot more fun and exciting had the weather not put a damper on our day. We were still able to go into the cheese making building where Colby bought, you guessed it, more cheese. He also got a mustard to go with his cheese. I don't really know much about cheese and that kind of thing but he tired samples and ended up getting mostly goat cheese. Definitely stuff you wouldn't get in the states.
The place we spend the most time was the wooden shoe shop. Outside they had the really cool display pictured above of different sizes and designs of wooden shoes. A perfect picture opportunity for sure.
Inside the building they had different display cases outlining a little bit of history of wooden shoes. They also had examples of different ways wooden shoes were used for example as ice skates! They had the cool display above on the ceiling showing step by step how the wooden shoe is made. They also gave a demonstration of how they make wooden shoes today on the machines below. They can make a lot more shoes in a shorter amount of time now a days even though they are mostly decorative. We were able to get Colby his own pair of wooden shoes here even though he didn't understand why he needed some. He was the only one without any. My grandma gave me a pair with my name on them when I was little and my parents have gotten shoes for each of the grandkids with their names on them. Now we just have to see if we can get Colby's name engraved on his at the arts and crafts center.
After the wooden shoe shop and getting our souvenirs we decided it was time for some lunch before getting back on the road. We went to the pancake restaurant. It was nothing like I expected. You got your drinks and whatever else food wise you would want and then waited in line. It wasn't every well organized and most of the people had no idea what they were suppose to be doing. We finally made it to the one register they had open and were able to order our pancakes there. You have to wait for yours to be ready but it didn't take too long. The pancakes are not like American ones. They aren't fluffy. There are almost more like a crepe and the size of the plate. We got strawberry and cream and chocolate and cream. I thought the kids would want the chocolate one but they ended up eating a strawberry one. This was probably better since there was a lot of chocolate syrupiness going on. They were delicious none the less. I even got some strawberries and had chocolate strawberry pancakes.
mmmm pancakes!
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