Slowing Down

Nothing like a little respiratory virus to make a person slow down a bit. Yes, it happened, but I was with my friends who encouraged me to just take it easy, rest a lot, and try some of their herbal remedies. Helmut, also, was coughing and not feeling great.

We spent some of these days back in Aicha. Thankfully, my appetite was not affected so I could enjoy the mussels we had one night, and the fabulous fondue another.

Claudia and I went to a museum in a nearby town where there has been some recent and not-so-recent archeological digs. The antiquity all around continues to amaze me.

One beautiful, fall day we drove around the Bavarian countryside and found a small organic pig farm where they chatted with the farmer for awhile.

Then we went for a walk in the forest, to a spot with a lovely view.

Of course there was wine to be bottled before we said goodbye to village life and headed to Munich.

Back in the city, we took a short Sunday outing to Englisher Garten (think Park…. very, very large, beautiful park akin to NYC Central Park). This place was amazing. And there were many people out enjoying one of the last weekends of autumn. The following photos will give you a taste of this great green spot right in the heart of Munich.

And of course there was a beer garden. Note the Bavarian band playing American tunes in the Chinese pagoda.

Sadly, no beer was to be had by us, due to those nasty colds.