Celtic Festival

Monday, November 5, 2007

Sorry no pictures as I forgot my camera (drat!), but we took Kyla to the Austin Celtic Festival on Sunday. We had a great time, despite the fact that they ran out of fish n' chips before we got there. The festival itself is on the river with lots of things to see and places to relax. We got some food and sat by the river for awhile listening to the bands, before venturing out to look at all the wares being sold.

They have some great vendors selling lots of jewelry, tartans, kilt accessories, books, clothes and much more. John bought a Sgian Dubh (pronounced: skeen du) which is a little dagger you wear with your kilt. We also bought some darling Scottish books for Kyla from a line called Hamish McHaggis ("Hamish McHaggis and the Edinburgh Adventure").

We also made it in time to see the "Sheep Herding Exhibition" where a trainer shows how the Border Collies round up sheep. They also did one this year where the dog rounded up geese, which are apparently very difficult to manage. Kyla slept through most of this, but woke up at the end and she LOVED seeing the dogs, sheep and geese in their pens. Have we mentioned that she LOVES animals! We also stopped by the dancing tent to see 2 adorable little girls doing some traditional Scottish dances. I really want to sign Kyla up for that when she is old enough.

And last but not least, we picked up some Haggis-In-A-Can (not as disgusting as it sounds) and kettle corn before leaving. Yes, we have eccentric palates!