Oberammergau Pictures (Slide show #2)

Our second stop in Germany...Oberammergau a small town nestled in the Bavarian Alps! It is the home of the Passion Play...put on by the people of Oberammergau every 10 years as part of a promise their ancestors made with God when their town was struck so hard with the plague. They promised to put on a play depicting the life and death of Jesus Christ if He would spare their town. He did, and they have kept their promise to Him! This is a HUGE production and it was so cool to see the huge theatre they built for it and hear about the production of it. We went on the stage and got to see all the costumes backstage and it was impressive! Oberammergau is high in the Bavarian Alps so they couldn't make their way in the world by farming...so they had to find another way to make money..so they became woodcarvers. They had some of the most amazing wood carvings in their shops. All of the buildings in the town had some part of the passion painted on their fronts. It was neat. There were beautiful gardens and flowers and even in the end of July I was chilled enough to need a light sweater. How cool is that? It was a beautiful part of Germany and probably my most favorite place in Germany!