A New Braunfels day trip

Tastes of the Town

  • A sausage plate from Krause’s Cafe. (Photo by Linda Dwyer)
    A sausage plate from Krause’s Cafe. (Photo by Linda Dwyer)
  • Naegelin’s is the oldest bakery in Texas.
    Naegelin’s is the oldest bakery in Texas.

    Our first day trip of 2023 was to New Braunfels in Central Texas, between Austin and San Antonio. The town was established in 1845 by a German Prince who named it after Braunfels, his German hometown. 

    The Texas town holds a German-style Wurstfest (sausage festival) every November and draws summer tourists to the cold-spring rivers for water tubing.  

    We happened to park in front of Fickle…