MAIMARKT
MaiMarkt has been going for 400 years in Mannheim, once a year, for one week.  I am sure it has gone through many changes over the years.  This is a little like our county fairs, but it only lasts one week.  The tram workers are on strike so we rode our bikes to it along with about a thousand other bike riders.  Most of the fair is vendors selling everything from tractors to small buildings and building materials, to artwork and scuba gear.  You see the usual magic shredders, cleaning gadgets, and latest cooking pans, a lot of sewing machines.  Especially popular here are the super computerized embroidery sewing machines.  Cars, bikes, scooters, for sale and demonstrations.  There are a lot of wine and drinking and food booth options.  We had some good sweet & sour Asian food and ice cream for desert.  There are some farm animals to look at but not as many as we would have at a county fair.  I thought these goats where the most unusual with the big horns and half being white and half black and their hair goes all the way to the ground when they stand up.  I don't think they can even see out through all their hair.