Friday February 24th 2023
We set off on Tuesday morning for Germany. All in all, the travel, although tiring was without mishap except if you count getting stuck on a too-low toilet in Toronto. It did make me realize that I really am disabled. The highlight of the flight was watching the Leonard Cohen Movie. It was fabulous and so much of it was about the creative process and living a creative life, all of which I could relate to.
We caught a train into Frankfurt and then settled in for a long train ride north. I loved seeing the tiny narrow, paved roads that ran through vast fields. Stucco and tile towns filled with brick or timber-framed houses all seem to be surrounded by wild areas of trees (all of which are familiar) or fields that are green and just starting to grow. There are strict regulations that restrict urban sprawl, so the feeling is either country or town. Even farmers often live in the towns because there are abundant affordable rental accommodations. Bicycle paths follow tiny rivers. Occasionally there are large wind turbines or solar farms.
The bakeries are phenomenal: Bread that is beautiful, fresh and delicious, dark loaves dusted with seeds, long white French loaves, and everything in between. The butter here is much softer than ours and the cheeses all seem to be specialty cheeses, with distinct, tangy flavours. There is a wide range of wines but even the Merlot, on sale for 1euro/59 is excellent.
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