Amish country

Let me just start by saying, I love pretty much everything about Philadelphia. Including this man:

Two words: Amish country! Is there anything better? I would say no. So one thing I love about traveling by myself is how people just think my life is so exciting. Which, I guess it really is, but whatev. I make a lot of new friends by being by myself, and it's great. For example, I went on this cute little buggy ride, but while I was waiting in line, I met a couple from Belgium! Yay French. Unfortunately, they didn't make it on the same buggy as me, but there was a cute family, an older couple, and two older women there. After an hour buggy ride together, one of the older women gave me her phone number and told me to call her if I was going to be in her area of North Carolina, and she'd show me around. So nice! I love seeing how much goodness there is in the world. People are the best. We did take a group shot from inside the buggy, but somehow that picture got deleted. Oops.

You better believe I wore that sticker for the rest of the day. Proudly. 

Only in Amish country, right?

It turns out that everything you've heard about the Amish is true. The farms, the cooking, the wood-working. I love when stereotypical things are true. It's my favorite. (However, I probably shouldn't be so superficial in my judgments of the stereotypical things I saw. After all, I don't want people to believe every stereotypical thing they hear about Mormons, unless those things include being friendly, hard-working, family-oriented people. In which case, it's all true! :) )

And yes, I drove around and then creeped on people with my 50x zoom camera. I just find something so fulfilling in that zoom. 

Cows. That's the life, eh? Haha. This is inside the farm that we visited. 

These pictures are in all sorts of wrong order, but oh well. Another plus about flying solo: shotgun! Can't beat that view, huh?

After my buggy ride, I had a real-life dutch Amish lunch, which was delicious. And the rain that started off the day went totally away. It was perfect! 

I definitely recommend checking out Pennsylvania's Amish country. It's a good time.