About the title - pathways and sidewalks are dotted with blobs of shaving cream and smashed eggs! Didn't know what to think on my first sighting. Maybe someone dropped their groceries? But no, it was all over the place shaving cans discarded and egg boxes too. Guess that is how our local German kids celebrate Halloween!
We had our first frost this week, the pasture was all white. Burned off by mid-day but was very pretty. I've taken many pictures of the pasture so won't include another. But ha! you get another sunset, scroll fast!
We had the perfect day yesterday, sunny and warm so we walked the market at the Munsterplatz again. This time I was searching for mustards that I saw on a stall a while back and didn't buy. If you know me, I like my mustard. So while I found that stall and bought a sample set of 5 different kinds we also found another stall with cassis syrup. We spoke at length with the fellow and found him to be quite the entrepreneur. He and his partner (who was apparently in the kitchen) started up a year ago and make products for sale at the market. Many are based on figs and are aged for months before ready for sale.
When we got home I looked at the marketing of both entrepreneurs. The mustard guy had coloured cards included with our wrapped products, very professional and classy looking but he's been at it a while. The other fellow has a way to go yet, but as always, getting started takes time.
So we are recognized by about four or five vendors in the market now and that makes it feel more like home. The local market in Rieselfeld just doesn't seem to carry as fresh a produce as downtown. Too bad because I would like to support our local people.
We have thought for a long time it would be fun to visit the farms the market produce comes from. Sort of like a "tasting" tour. Take a van, some interested people, a guide and go. Visit the butcher, the baker, the candle stick maker ... They are all there! I may develop more on this idea in the Spring when we return to Freiburg.
There were more flowers for sale than usual. I think due to it being All Saint's Day when people here remember the Saints and their deceased friends and relatives. You can read about it on this link. http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/germany/all-saints.
Every week the market produce changes according to what's available in season. They still carry berries and things that aren't grown around here though. That begs the question - where do they get that produce? I can imagine a produce auction somewhere, like the flower auction in Amsterdam. Curious minds (probably only mine) want to know so I will ask.
Further winter trip planning and I am getting stressed about it without really identifying why. Driving around Ireland in the winter didn't seem to make a lot of sense mostly due to expecting inclement weather. We decided to spend the rest of the trip in the warmer climate of Seville, Spain. I have sourced an apartment there which looks great and has wonderful reviews. Both of us are feeling better now. Sometimes you just have to go with a basic feeling, although I will miss out on seeing my Irish relies. We are now all booked. Two travel agents, one for trains and the other for flights and me for rooms and schedules. Whew, that took a while. I was at the travel agent yesterday for an extended amount of time, left Bruce to do the shop. He had no cash to pay with and so parked himself in an aisle and wondered if I'd got smashed into a tram. That is one thing we need to revise, bring our handys (German cell phones) with us to communicate if one gets lost or held up or there is an actual emergency.
Weather here has been so varied, it's like when I lived in Calgary and locals said "if you don't like the weather wait five minutes". We used our Canada Goose parkas yesterday for the first time and were glad to have them. Bruce is highly visible because his is bright red and makes him look twice his actual size due to the bulk of it, almost like a Santa Claus! Enormous hoods on them too with fur lining.
Haven't taken pictures this week so you get one from last, goat from the Mundenhof.
Cheers, Bx2 and Lexi cat
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