Biking in Billsburg

The end is in sight

No, not the end of this road, dummy! Only two more weeks, and then our time of separation is over. 

During this time, I have learnt to make my own breakfast...
 

... and Tiroler Gröstl...



 I was in charge of the yard...

 
and in charge of photography...

 



(yes, that is my finger that you see on the top right.)

So far, this semester has been busy so I was never bored, but this weekend was kind of quiet work-wise, so I went for a bike ride.

  It turns out, it is only 25 minutes to here:
 

Although you do have to pass this:

 
 ... and this
 

All these crosses have always freaked me out (and to be honest, the three crosses have always reminded me of the KKK).

 

Today's bike ride was informative as well as quite gorgeous, and I found out that the land-and-farm-with-too-many-crosses are in fact part of the National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America founded by Lightfoot Solomon Michaux.

 That just goes to show that I still don't understand s**t about this part of the world.

Better Late Than Never...

A's aunt and uncle were visiting a few weeks ago.

We showed them Saarland's beautiful cows.

Quintessential Saarland

Great for biking...

Biking on the Border of Lëtzebuerg

Yesterday, it was sunny and chilly: perfect weather for another bike ride!

The fields of rapeseed are in full bloom, a quite spectacular sight!



And I couldn't help taking more pictures of these wind turbines.

Genießen geblasen!

It's another beautiful spring here, so, despite the cold, we went biking this weekend. Because our favorite little restaurant along the way to Blieskastel has closed for unknown reasons, we now had to make do with the sunny terrace of the Waldhaus.





A made the right choice by ordering the Saumagen and Leberknödel.



The Schnitzel and fries was okay too.

Das war wieder genießen geblasen!

Fietsen

The sunny weather seduced me to go biking despite the freezing temperatures.

Healthy

After a healthy bike ride admiring the wild life of Saarland...

(what kind of strange ducks are these?)

(pigeon hole principle!)



... I ate no pork, but only veggies.

Home Biking

Yesterday we decided to check out some local wineries (on the German Weinstraße), and were pleasantly surprised! Not only was the weather beautiful, but some of the wineries were lively (with senior citizens in RVs) and had some decent wines as well! We especially liked the winery in Königsbach, where we had fresh wine and a good chardonnay.





Here is a somewhat less lively winery, which had a soup that made A smile.





We ended up in Bad Durkheim, where we had local specialties for dinner.



Surprisingly one of the specialties was sausages!

Saarland

We had a full day of good weather this week.

Biking

Yesterday we went biking again. We started with a hearty brunch, consisting of a real German specialty: Curry wurst. This consists of sausage (of virtually any kind), with a sauce of ketchup and curry powder, dusted with more curry powder. A very misunderrecognized flavor in any cuisine, but the German: powdery.



We had beer along the way. Anke was so smart as to take the train at some point, but I stupidly soldiered on. I finally got home at around 8, and was not really able to bike, walk or even move my neck or shoulders. Anke somehow knew this was coming and had already prepared a wonderful quiche.

Biking in Beautiful Saarland

We needed exercise after Anke's birthday cake, and so we went biking again. Saarland is beautiful in summer.

For dinner, we went for the theme "children's party": spaghetti bolognese.