Hermann 2014

Coach and I like to travel. Since we live on a limited budget, spending money on experiences usually ranks higher than spending money on stuff. To each their own.

Hermann, MO, is one of our favorite places to visit. It's a Missouri River town famous for it's wineries. For those that don't know, Missouri is basically the California of the Midwest. Something about our climate, they make pretty decent town in this state. There are wine trails all over and lots of little towns make their money off wine tourism. Hermann is one of the towns that has it mastered.

There are only bed and breakfasts or rental homes in Hermann. This year we stayed at a sweet house called Helming House. It's adorable and completely updated. We brought all our own food and snacks for the weekend and made good use of the kitchen. It's a 2 bedroom and since there were 6 of us, Coach and I volunteered to be on the air mattress in the living room.

It overlooks the Missouri River and we already have plans to return in the spring and enjoy the view from the rocking chairs on the front porch (it was a bit chilly for that our weekend).

We drove in on Friday and headed out to the wineries on Saturday morning. We walked downtown and visited Hermanhoff and the bratwurst-making place first. Then we hopped on the Hermann trolley to visit Adam Puchta then Stone Hill. The trolley is only $15 for unlimited rides all day and well worth it for the convenience and safety!

We finished the day back downtown at a local brewery then yummy Italian restaurant. By the time the sun set, it was actually snowing. I'm not going to lie, walking through downtown in the pretty, light snow is about the only time I've enjoyed walking through the snow. It was, you know, romantic.

Sunday morning we were on the road and all were home by noon. It was a great weekend!