September 18th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
If you’ve a hankering for some good, old fashioned fun in Northern Indiana Amish country then a visit to Nappanee’s Dutch Village Market is just the ticket!
At first blush, the Dutch Village Market in Nappanee might not sound like much of an attraction – oh, boy: a market – but Dutch Village Market is so much more than just your typical market!
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September 4th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
Attend the 40th annual Nappanee Apple Festival – September 17 through Sunday, September 20, 2015 – and enjoy a slice of Indiana’s largest baked apple pie: 7 feet long, 600 pounds, and providing over 800 slices of fresh apple pie for the hungry Nappanee Apple Festival crowd!
The Nappanee Apple Festival, which began in 1975, annually draws over 80,000 visitors to Northern Indiana for three and a half days of contests, carnival rides, music, food, and fun!
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August 21st, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
Get a new perspective with a
Bremen Hot Air Balloon Adventure!
Hot air ballooning was humanity’s first successful challenge to gravity and, though we have far surpassed it now with jets and rockets, many would say hot air ballooning is still one of the purest forms of manned flight – and you can experience the simple grace and elegance of ballooning with a Bremen hot air balloon trip.
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August 7th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
One year away from its 50th anniversary, the Marshall County Blueberry Festival (September 4th through the 7th, 2015) is shaping up to be even bigger and better than ever with 3 stages of live entertainment, a parade, hot air balloons, fireworks, carnival rides, horse and tractor pulls, food and craft booths, a spectacular car show, blueberry-pie eating contests, and much, much more.
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July 24th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
If you’re interested in the Amish-Mennonite story – a fascinating and beautiful history full of faith, craft, ingenuity, and community – then you’ll definitely want to take in Shipshewana’s Menno-Hof.
Menno-Hof creatively interprets and presents the history and values of the Anabaptists (the Amish-Mennonites), providing a variety of opportunities to learn about and experience the Amish-Mennonite world.
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July 10th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
The 53rd annual Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival is known as one of America’s premier arts & crafts festivals scheduled for August 6th through 9th, 2015 – where will you be?
If you love unique, handcrafted quality and style then I hope your answer to the above question was “at the Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival!” This incredible event involves well over 300 separate vendors from nearly 250 cities in over 30 states offering some of the most fantastic and diverse arts, crafts, and other handmade goods.
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June 17th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
See classic cars and more at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend!
There’s nothing quite like a museum to inform, excite, and catch your interest. The number of unique and amazing South Bend museums could keep you busy for weeks!
We love a good museum and we’ll bet you do, too! Musuems needn’t be dusty, stodgy, boring places and the better ones aren’t. Many South Bend museums explore some unique and unusual subjects – or display some more common things in unique and unusual ways!
Here’s a list of some of the best that South Bend museums have to offer
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June 10th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
If you appreciate quilting, flowers, and gardening, then you’ll LOVE touring Indiana’s Amish Country Quilt Gardens Along the Heritage Trail – open May 30th through October 1st, 2015.
Quilt Gardens Along the Heritage Trail is more than a million vibrant blooms in 19 patchwork quilt inspired gardens, along with 21, giant, hand-painted, quilt-themed murals are spread across 7 Northern Indiana Amish Country communities along Indiana’s acclaimed self-guided Heritage Trail driving tour.
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March 17th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
Amish Acres’ Round Barn Theatre has released the schedule of its upcoming, fun-filled 2015 season: The Circle of Life Season: Round and Round We Go!
Northern Indiana’s only professional repertory theatre company, the Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres has produced well over 100 musicals since 1998 and has garnered rave reviews and a sterling reputation in the process.
2015’s schedule makes it clear they intend to continue the tradition!
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February 7th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
The Culver Academies campus, less than 30 minutes away from us in Culver, IN, contains a popular set of college preparatory schools and leadership camps serving students in grades 9 through 12. Scottish Bed & Breakfast is proud to offer Culver Academies lodging to the families of these fine students.
Culver Academies – including Culver Military Academy, Culver Girls Academy, and Culver Summer Schools and Camps – offer not just top academics and competitive athletics to serious minded students but also a sense of leadership and responsibility as a global citizen that will last well beyond a student’s school days.
Founded in 1894, Culver Military Academy has since expanded to encompass all potential students, grades 9 through 12, who are looking for a challenging environment to better develop their mind, spirit, and body.
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January 31st, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
Catching some good entertainment is a great way to pass the time as we wait for warmer weather. Elkhart’s historic Lerner Theatre has plenty of that on tap throughout 2015 and beyond!
The Lerner Theatre has been on the corner of Franklin and Main Streets in downtown Elkhart, Indiana since November 24, 1924. Of course, it has seen lots of ups and downs since the grand opening – vaudeville, big band, the innovation of movies.
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January 17th, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
February is for Lovers and Scottish Bed & Breakfast, in Bremen, Indiana, is helping to make that true for you and that special someone in your life by extending our Valentine’s Day Special to every weekend in the month!
Yes, you read that right: book your Valentine’s Day stay at our Northern Indiana Amish Country inn for any weekend in the month of February, 2015
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December 20th, 2014 by Corey A. Edwards
The lyrics to “Jingle Bells” are all about it but – have you ever ridden in a one horse open sleigh? Now you can with a Northern Indiana Sleigh Ride!
It sounds almost like something out of a fantasy or from a time now long since passed – bundled up, perhaps under a thick blanket, the cool, fresh winter air in your lungs and on your face, the jingle-jangle of the tack and the hiss of the sleigh runners as they cut through the snow on the forest path – I can see it in my mind’s eye and now I’m all ready for that return-home hot cup of cocoa by a warm fire – and so can you be, too!
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December 6th, 2014 by Corey A. Edwards
It’s hard to believe but 2014 is almost history. Start 2015 right by treating yourself to the Scottish Bed & Breakfast New Year’s Eve Special!
Taking a Northern Indiana holiday vacation is a great way to celebrate the end of this year and the coming of the new. An Amish country getaway is always rewarding but, around the holidays, things really light up with beautiful decorations and entertaining celebrations wherever you look.
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November 15th, 2014 by Corey A. Edwards
How would you like to visit the world of the Nativity? To not just view statues of it from the sidelines but actually enter into that very first Christmas in Bethlehem? You can at the Bremen Holy Walk!
We all know the Nativity – it’s everywhere this time of year from big displays in people’s yards, to tiny ones on their mantle, to re-enacted versions on television specials – but to be able to actually travel back in time to witness the Nativity … now that would be something.
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