Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival 2010

The Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival (Kürbis-Ausstellung in German) is the world's largest pumpkin festival and is not to be missed!  It's held every year in the Blühendes Barock Gardens next to the Ludwigsburg Castle naturally (love that a pumpkin festival is right beside a castle!)  Kids will love the whismal creatures created out of pumpkins, like the large blue whale above.  The pumpkin soup is also a must and is undoubedly the best pumpkin soup I've ever tasted.   Also, not to be missed is the pumpkin sparking wine, it was so delicious that we brought a bottle to take home with us!  This year the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival runs until Nov 7, 2010.

 This whole "island" was made of pumpkins, including the palm trees at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival 2010.

The Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival 2010 had an underwater theme going on which as an avid scuba diver I thoroughly appreciated!

 Creative critters such as the one above were also abundant at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival 2010.  And they say Germans don't have a sense of humor!

J.P. with the two bowls of the aforementioned best pumpkin soup I've ever tasted, pumpkin bread and the pumpkin sparkling wine.  Not suprisngly, the menu at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival was all about pumpkins.  Pumpkin spagethi anyone?  We didn't try it, but it did look interesting.

There are over 500,000 pumpkins at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival and did you know that there are 450 different kinds of pumpkins?  I didn't.  Naturally, the Pumpkin Festival is also a great place to buy pumpkins.  I was so excited to see spaghetti squash that I bought 3!  J.P. has never tried it before, so here's hoping he likes it as we're going to be eating it for a while.


For more info see:  Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival 2010 (all info is in German)