Today we went to the Tauber Valley. We were off for kaffee and kuchen with Stephan and Gina’s family, and we planned to be tourists on the way.
Here is Weikersheim. It’s a mediaeval town. It’s a musical town: every summer it welcomes an international cohort of young musicians keen to work and play together.
It’s a town with a fine castle and gardens. And as we arrived, the long promised deluge arrived, so we only briefly glimpsed its fine Renaissance exterior, its Baroque statues, and its whimsical little dwarfs that populate the garden.
Earlier, we’d visited Tauberrettersheim, a town boasting a bridge designed by the architect of Würzburg’s Residenz, Balthazar Neumann.
After hail and driving deluge, we visited a church high up on a hill, the Bergkirche at Laudenbach, a pilgrimage destination for those en route for Compostela in Spain.
Later still, there was cake in excellent company. Three kinds of cake. A good day.
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Well thank you. I could say the same of you.
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Three kinds of cake make even a dreary and rainy day bright! I love that plump drummer.
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Kaffee und kuchen such a civilised tradition and no calorie counting I hope. 😉
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Certainly not!
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A very good day! 🙂 🙂
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I am so envious, all this cake and wine!
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It’s our duty to join in with local tradition don’t you think?
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Kaffee und kuchen is a daily rite I wish to establish here. (Once I have finished my diet!) I love the onion domes on the churches and other grand buildings!
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I’ll join you for kaffee under kuchen! And yes, the architecture is lovely here.
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