Students Attend Bavarian Holiday Display In Leavenworth, WA

Green River Student Life organized an all-day trip to Leavenworth, a themed village just over the Cascade Mountains.

On Saturday, Dec. 2, students boarded a bus chartered by student life to visit Leavenworth. Leavenworth is modeled as a Bavarian village, with quaint European style buildings and tiny shops squeezed together in the village square. 

Crowds bustled around the streets taking pictures of people dressed in holiday-themed clothes and shopping for exquisite handmade candles and jewelry.

Students were fortunate enough to experience heavy snowfall while travelling that turned the village into a winter wonderland.

The trip allowed students to wander around the village, visit, colorful displays, and hide in warm shops to escape the cold.

Stores sold a varied assortment of goods such as winter essentials, handmade chocolate, exquisitely designed china, and holiday décor.

Leavenworth organizes a lighting ceremony over the weekend where all of the lights in the village are turned on consecutively, starting with the trees in the center square.

The Lighting ceremony was accompanied by a choir serenading the public that stood in awe at the picturesque scene of the snow and light-filled village.

The students were brought back to campus at about 9:30 p.m.