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On July 2 we went to the annual, week long Kutz­town Fes­ti­val in search of Amer­i­can things. Although it is billed as a PA Dutch fair there were many people call­ing them­selves PA German. What is the dif­fer­ence? I found out it is the same, check it out on the Wiki, a fas­ci­nat­ing story. We ate quite well and had a really fun time. In terms of KIOSK research it was not so great, the stan­dard of craft is not what it used to be (sorry) but in terms of a good, relax­ing and inter­est­ing day out in a totally for­eign cul­ture 3 hours from Man­hat­tan, it was incred­i­ble. At one point Yuki remarked on how every­one was really happy and having a fun time, wow! dif­fer­ent from New York! Here are some pic­tures of lol­lipops, local root beer, hand­made pret­zels, tra­di­tional straw­berry short­cake and kids hors­ing around in a sand­box filled with dried corn. With the price of corn going up like mad these days I hope they kept it for next year! Thank you Yuki for some of the images and Janna, our friend who very wisely moved to Kutz­town, for the visit.