Guten tag! (That's "hello" in German for those of you who need a translation.)
On Thursday, we made our way from Spokane, WA to Leavenworth, WA. Along the way, the scenery changed from hills to farmland to semi-arid volcanic foothills to fruit orchards to mountainous. We stopped in Cashmere, WA at a small candy factory. The name of the place was Aplets and Cotlets. They make Armenian gel-like candies with apples plus walnuts (aplets) or apricots plus walnuts (cotlets). They also make many more flavors of these candies in addition to some chocolate candies. The interesting thing the tour guide mentioned during our tour was that the CEO chooses to have people hand-make all the candies and hand-package all the candies to help keep jobs in the area, instead of transforming these jobs into a robotic process.
After the brief stop in Cashmere, we headed for Leavenworth, WA, which is mentioned in the book "1,000 Places to See Before You Die." The town is Bavarian themed. The downtown area is decked out with Bavarian buildings and murals. They have many German restaurants and shops. It may seem like this is a cheesy concept, but the town pulls it off very well. We highly recommend anyone who wants to go to Germany, but is afraid of the language barrier, to go here instead.
This weekend, we're in The Emerald City...Seattle, WA.
Have fun in Seattle! You're seeing Marissa's parents there, right? Drink some Starbucks for me!!
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