We took off again about the middle of September, heading towards Upper Franken and Bavaria. Over the weekend there would be the annual gathering of Norbert's antique radio group, but our first stop was family -- Norbert's cousin Anja.
Norbet's mother and Anja's grandmothers were sisters. We have viisted with Anja, her husband Wolfgang, and their daugher Lisa off and on oer the years.
Anyway, our first stop on the long journey was a break at an Autobahn rest stop for this delicious (?) lunch.
We then headed to the Braunen Ross (Brown Horse) in Weidhausen bei Coburg. It started as a butcher, expanded to a restaurant and pub,and then joined with a hotel to add nice modern hotel rooms. This is the front of the establishment.
We were very pleased with our room.
The next day we explored the area with them. A highlight was the Glass Museum in Lauscha, Kreis Sonneberg, in Thuringen. Glassmaking and glassblowing have a long history in this area, Since the 12th Century! Conditions here are perfect for glassmaking as all the needed "ingredients" can be found here in high quality and quantity. The museum is fascinating, as are the views of the workshop and of course the sales area.
We all went out to dinner that evening.
The next morning we headed south, skirting around Munich, and heading west to Erharting, and the Landgasthof Pauliwirt -- a German-style hotel (established 1880) with restaurant, beer garden, and so on.
Our meals: I had the cold sliced pork roast platter.
It being lunchtime, we headed to the beer garden for a bite to eat.
The weather was ideal and the local oom-pah band (as my father would have said) was rehearsing, to add to the local flavour!
We had relatively large but also relatively empty room. The bathtub/shower was a horror, extremely high to step in and out of, and of course slick.
And here's a look at the grounds of the Gasthof.
That wasn't the end of the day, but it will continue in the next blog.
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