Women in traditional Bavarian costumes sit on a decorated horse carriage as they take part in the annual Leonhardi ride at the Calvary in Bad Toelz, Germany, Nov. 6, 2012. Festively-decorated vehicles, drawn by horses, traditionally parade in Bavarian villages to honor Saint Leonhard of Limoges, who lived in the 6th century and is the patron of animals in agricultural use.

Horsemen steer carriages over a rain-sodden meadow during the traditional Leonhardi pilgrimage in Bad Toelz, Germany, Nov. 6. The annual pilgrimage honors St. Leonhard, patron saint of the highland farmers for horses and livestock.

Women in traditional Bavarian costumes sit on a decorated horse carriage as they take part in the annual Leonhardi ride at the Calvary in Bad Toelz, Germany, Nov. 6.

Women in traditional attire participate in the Leonhardi horse procession on a decorated cart in Bad Toelz, Germany, Nov.6.

Bavarian farmers transport their cows on a boat over the picturesque Lake Koenigssee early Oct. 3. Before the winter season approaches, the farmers have to drive their cattle down from their Alpine meadows to a narrow valley that can only be reached by boat.

A Bavarian herdsmen leads his beasts on a path to a boat that carry them across Lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Oct. 3. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead.

Bavarian herdsmen drive their cattle onto a boat that carries them across Lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Oct. 3.

Bavarian mountain farmers pass the chapel of St. Bartholomae on the lake Koenigssee while returning their cattle from summer pastures near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead.

Bavarian farmers transport their cows on a boat over the picturesque Lake Koenigssee early morning on Oct. 3.

A young Bavarian herdswoman drives her beasts through the landscape during the return of the cattle from the summer pastures in the mountains near Bad Hindelang, southern Germany, on Sept. 11, 2012. At the end of the summer season, farmers move their herds down from the Alps to the winter pastures in the valley.

Herdsmen rest during the return of the cattle from the summer pastures.

A young herdswoman watches over the cattle.