Pella Tulip Festival

Aubrey and the windmill.

Aubrey loved to touch and play with the tulips.

Aubrey and the dutch dancers.

There were dutch dancers/singers performing around the town. They were called The Dutchesses.

Welcome to Pella!
Yesterday we visited Pella, Iowa, to see the Pella Tulip Festival. Going to Pella was like traveling to a Dutch village; the architecture and surroundings were decidedly Dutch. The whole town of Pella must have been involved in the preparation and execution of the festival. Everywhere you looked, people had on their Dutch garb and wooden shoes. The town was beautiful and there were shops where we watched wooden shoe-making, grain grinding, and Dutch letter-making (these were yummy pastries shaped in an "S"). They have a grand parade with floats, Dutch dancers, and other fun things. We did not get to stay for the parade because the girls were tired after a long day and we had to go home. We did, however, get to visit a replicated Dutch village, tour a real grain windmill, visit a museum with a mineature replica of a Dutch village complete with a train going throughout, and eat a Dutch letter. In all, it was a fun time and we hope to return next year to see the grand parade.