Christmas on the farm

Chloe, Terry, Jennie and Cherry look on as Gerd gets Coco 

back in the pen

We are not only sharing our Airbnb farm with our hosts Gerd & Silvia, but also with a menagerie of fury friends.  On Christmas morning, we had the chance to get up close and personal with the resident pig, Coco Chanel; and goats Antone, Emile, Max, Mortiz, Sonja and Sissy.

Jennie petting Coco Chanel while Cayden and Cody feed goats

A short time later, we opened the back door of our house and were greeted by the Bull Gustav and his buddy Mortiz.  Talk about a little awkward, I'm thin slicing beef for our Christmas dinner and a thousand pound bull sticks his head in through the kitchen door!

There are nine cats on the property, but all are pretty skittish.  Gerd gave Cayden a string with a wine cork on the end and he has been able to play with some of the kittens (Enrico, Babette and Pauline); while the older cats (Marlo, Fredrich, Benno, Mimi, Hugo, and Roger) are being more coy.

There are also some chickens on the farm, but they are being kept inside due to some recent attacks by foxes and hawks.

Gerd showing Kurt one of his seven tractors

Gerd is also an avid collector of old tractors.  He took Kurt out to the bard and fired one up.  He offered to give us rides on a couple that are licensed and insured for road use, but the chilly weather has kept us from taking him up on the offer.

The tractor collection.