Thus, we have the start of a very interesting birth for Ephrata. Originally inhabited by the Conestoga Indian tribe, Lancaster was also first home to the original European Mennonites who traveled from overseas in 1710, and to a rogue religious visionary, Conrad Beissel, who founded the Cloister society in what is present day Ephrata. Of course, the area was home to many others before it was officially named by John Wright for his hometown Lancashire in England. Ephrata is located in Lancaster County and for those who do not know, Lancaster was settled in 1729 making it one of the United State’s oldest inland cities. Thus, IĪm inclined to write a blog and explore the art of traveling to purely enjoy the history of the locationĪnd, what a better place to start than Ephrata, the hometown of our B&B&B. These are ideologically two ends of the spectrum in my book, I know history plays a large part of culture, but when I travel I want to live in the present, but there is this whole other aspect of travel I really never consider. My passion for immersing myself in the purest and most comfortable culinary and cultural experiences are indeed my reasons for travel, but then on the other hand there are people like my husband and dad who travel for the sole purpose of revisiting history. His response was “so it seems you travel for pleasure and culture” it was a simple observation, one any person could have made, but it truly made me think about why someone travels. So I began rattling off a list of potential places that sparked my culinary interest, and he noticed this right away. It is no secret to anyone who meets me that I’m obviously drawn to food and drink. It was a very pleasant conversation, but somewhere in the middle, he got to asking me about where I would like to travel. We talked all about why he made his initial trip, how he financed it, what he enjoyed, and why he ultimately returned home after a prolonged stay. After pleasantries, we delved into a deeper conversation about travel it turns out he had spent some time in India, a place I’m determined to visiting at some point in my life. I had a discussion recently with a very nice gentleman at the Black Forest Brewery.
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