{"id":681,"date":"2011-10-07T13:29:22","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/?p=681"},"modified":"2011-11-24T01:55:53","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T01:55:53","slug":"day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/?p=681","title":{"rendered":"DAY 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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breakfast\u00a0Tango Cafe & Grill\u00a0<\/span>go
\n<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Second day here – the staff considers us “regulars”. We have custom omelets with house baked scones and good coffee.<\/p>\n

9:30 am<\/span><\/strong> drive to Eastern Perth County to explore Amish communities<\/p>\n

10 am<\/span><\/strong> tour\u00a0Perth County Welcome Center and Artisan Marketplace<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– town of Shakespeare\u00a0go<\/a><\/strong>
\nCathy Bieman of Perth County\u00a0Visitors Association takes us through the Marketplace which showcases local products, arts, crafts, jewelry, clothing, soaps, amenities and furniture. Many beautiful hand made quilts, soft furry animals made from reused fur coats, and\u00a0tasty organic maple ice cream and candies.<\/p>\n

10:30 am<\/span><\/strong> tour\u00a0The Best Little Pork Shoppe<\/span> go\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>–\u00a0town of Shakespeare
\nFirst stop is just next door – the place with the 10′ pig (Percy) in the meadow – to meet Linda and Jerry, the Pork People. Started as a coffee and sweet roll shop, they now rule an emporium well known in Ontario province for their pork products – whole hog sausage,\u00a0smoked chops, ribs, pulled pork, tourti\u00e8res (pork pies) and roasted pig tails. Their enthusiasm, sense of fun, excellent customer service and commitment to quality keep patrons coming back. The on-the-farm bakery has artisan breads, raisin brioche, butter tarts,\u00a0berry pies and heirloom scones!<\/p>\n

11:30 am<\/span><\/strong> lunch\u00a0AnnaMae’s<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– town of Millbank
\nFamous for Broasted Chicken, so we try some. Two small, one large dining area. Very busy. Locals and lucky tourists stop in for meat and potato home style cooking at a fair price. Fresh Mennonite style baked goods.\u00a0Fruit pies look absolutely to die for delicious. Gift\u00a0shop area.<\/p>\n

1 pm<\/span><\/strong> Countryside Tour – learn about\u00a0Amish<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0way of life, Millbank and Milverton
\nAs we drive through Milverton, a center of Amish life, off duty horses are resting, feeding, socializing and enjoying the clear sunny day in the verdant fields. Horse and buggy trotting down lane driven by traditionally clad women cause us to slow down. Other Amish\u00a0woman can be seen hoeing their gardens and hanging clothes. Horse drawn equipment still used to farm the land. No electric lines attest to the community’s simple lifestyle choice. Amish families have 8 to 10 children who attend school through 8th grade. Family run\u00a0farms\/businesses require lots or manpower. Amish families work hard; they are green, innovative, productive, prosperous. We see the results of their careful stewardship of the land in the healthy beautiful children and the lush fertile fields and marvel at their tenacity\u00a0and accomplishment.<\/p>\n

\u2022 MF Family Furniture
\n<\/span><\/strong>10,000 sq. ft. showroom features solid wood furniture locally made by Amish craftsman. Custom work is also\u00a0done.\u00a0Styles and finishes fit into many home settings. Handmade quilts on display and a section of small\u00a0antiques – butter churns, non-electric irons, bowls, linens. Proprietor Ray Kuepler, once a furniture craftsman\u00a0himself, now presents the finest work of the area’s best craftsmen.
\n\u2022 Harness and Buggy Whip manufacturer
\n<\/span><\/strong>Ever wonder how a horse collar is made? Or bridle? How about a team harness? We get a demo from a\u00a0delightful experienced Amish maker of leather products needed to work with horses. He shows his\u00a0workshop, patterns he’s developed and leather stock as he talks about the techniques and special machines\u00a0used to create the finest of products. Saddles made at special request but his major market is the Amish\u00a0community which uses horse power for farming and transportation.
\n\u2022 Buggy Maker
\n<\/span><\/strong>The “Cadillac of Buggies” parked in the workshop has a special axle providing ease of turning and making it\u00a0user friendly. Our host, an amiable Amish craftsman has a year long waitlist for new buggys. He bends the\u00a0metal for the wheel and demos attaching the metal to the wheel. Low tech requiring manual strength and\u00a0dexterity but very effective. Buggies everywhere in various states of completion: some in for repair, for\u00a0updating or repainting. New ones in progress. A generator powers the tools. The Mrs. stops by. She wears\u00a0traditional self made dark hued clothing and white bonnet common to the Amish. We chat about her\u00a0vegetable garden and share food preservation techniques.<\/p>\n

8 pm<\/span><\/strong> see\u00a0Grapes of Wrath<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0opening\u00a0go<\/a>\u00a0Avon Theatre<\/span>\u00a0go<\/a><\/strong>
\nAvon Theatre<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Built in 1901 as the Theatre Albert, purchased in 1963 by the Festival, it seats 1,080. In 1983, a 3-story addition was added to the rear of the building, which houses the Studio Theatre, the administrative offices, dressing rooms, production workshop,\u00a0and wig room.
\nGrapes of Wrath<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Adapted from John Steinbeck’s book by Frank Galati for which he won two Tonys. This version has Steinbeck’s original controversial ending. Director Antoni Cimolino states the play “involves a journey from illusion to truth through struggle and\u00a0conflict to the cathartic embrace of our common humanity and our common mortality”.<\/p>\n

stay<\/span> Mercer Hall Inn<\/span>\u00a0go<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 3 photo gallery<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

breakfast\u00a0Tango Cafe & Grill\u00a0go Second day here – the staff considers us “regulars”. We have custom omelets with house baked scones and good coffee. 9:30 am drive to Eastern Perth County to explore Amish communities 10 am tour\u00a0Perth County Welcome Center and Artisan Marketplace\u00a0– town of Shakespeare\u00a0go Cathy Bieman of Perth County\u00a0Visitors Association takes us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-day-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/stratford\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}