Thursday September 29
Corry, my friend of many years (probably 50?) is not only a wonderful friend but also a wonderful host. We had a lovely breakfast. Well, we had a lot to talk about ... all those memories from so many years ago.
When we felt we could leave the table we went to the Hotel Hohentwiel (were I arranged the celebration for James' 80th). I thought the owner might be interested into a final number. It is a nice place and the room will be very good. But the owner was not very social which made me worry a little for Saturday.
I probably should say something about the Hohentwiel. It is one of 4 (?) extinct volcanos in the area. When I met James (my future husband) the Hohentwiel was almost in viewing distance to his apartment. Every one of those extinct volcanos has a castle (ruin) on the top. Its a lovely area.
Anyway, across from that hotel is a museum (because it is halfway up to the castle ruins). I don't think I have ever been in it but it was quite interesting. The castles were mainly built for defense. Napoleon has the honor to be credited with its destruction for no practical purposes.
A nice poster in the display.
Corry decided to take the long way home. She stopped in Engen for some sightseeing.
We parked near this castle and then walked the village. We wandered the streets (up and down). It was very nice.
This was something new to me. I only knew this star as the Star of David also a jewish symbol. Oh no. It is also "Der Braustern" (the brewer's star)
From the above link here the translation of the first paragraph:
The six-pointed Zoigl star, which is formed from two interlocking equilateral triangles, symbolizes the three elements involved in brewing: fire, water and air, and on the other hand the ingredients water, malt and hops that were common in the late Middle Ages. In the house book of the Mendel Twelve Brothers Foundation from 1425, a brewer named Hertel is shown at a brew kettle with a brewer's star.
When walking around I suddenly remembered that I really hoped to have "Zwetschgenkuchen" at least once. With the Swiss lady in the train we even had talked about whether the season might already be over or not. Zwetschgen are plums but a certain kind. Damson plums are sooooo good. Normally you make a sheet cake (yeast) and lay the halves close together on top and bake. And the whipped cream is real of course too.
We didn't have lunch yet and it was already 2 pm. Perfect. The second cafe had some.
Ha-ha, for the lady's toilette we had to go steep steps down and the doors were decorated like outhouses. James rolled his eyes that I had taken the photo.
Then we continued our walk. The town is really nice. This sculptures were cute too.
Back home at Corry's house (Werner unfortunately was away for rehab) our friend wanted to learn "our card game". She was very good and had fun too.
Oh, and dinner was so nice. These peppers reminded us of Padron peppers which we often had as tapas in Spain. But none of these were hot. Corry had fixed them the same way though.
And her chicken with mushrooms was oh, so delicious too. I can't quite remember but we probably had Spätzle with it. Just like in the "good ol' times" when we dated our boys ... before America.
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