Church Spread

...Continued from yesterday:
     We eventually managed to pull the children away from the Children's Village (see yesterday's post),

...for a quick dip in the pool,

...before dinner at the Berlin Farmstead Restaurant,

...a homey place,

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...hung with Amish quilts.

...where we ordered the buffet, well-stocked with tasty (and oh,-so-calorific) down-home cooking,

     After dinner the children's fancy was captured by a giant chicken at   the edge of the restaurant parking lot,

...and a flower maze also at the edge of the restaurant property where one could play,

...and watch the interesting sights.

     Then we returned to the Berlin Resort,

...where the girls were anxious to run across the grounds, now all lit up and pretty,

...back to the Children's Village,

...which also took on a magical glow in the night.

     From among the crowd of children there the girls made some friends,

...and they all decided to put on a dance recital in the Village ballet studio.

...joined by Maria, who was a dancer in college,

...and Tommy, who drew his inspiration from and did a pretty decent rendition of  the Landlord's Dance Recital scene in "The Big Lebowski."

   The following morning after breakfast at the hotel's  buffet,

...where they serve these fresh, gooey iced cinnamon rolls to die for,

...we checked out of the Berlin Resort, but of course before leaving we had to make one more visit to the Children's Village,

...where I discovered that my card was accepted for credit.

     Then we left the Berlin Resort for a visit to a nearby Amish petting farm.

  After our visit to the farm  we headed to the nearby town of Charm,

...for lunch at the Charm Family Restaurant,

....where we indulged in the oh-so-satisfying comfort cuisine,

...including an Amish specialty known as Church Spread.

     When I asked the waitperson what was in the Church Spread, she informed me that it was a mixture of peanut butter, marshmallow, brown sugar, and corn syrup.
     How sweet is was.

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