Ever Learning Dad

No kids until later on in the day, so we took mum’s dog Kounellis a walk around Strathaven Park and the village centre. It was a beautiful day and I always feel a bit more at ease after a visit here. It’s got an old timey charm, especially compared to the traffic, housing estates and roundabouts of EK. Later, I made tagliatelle bolognese and had a cheeky wee red wine with it even though I really do want to cut out the booze for a while. Overdone it over the Christmas period. The pasta was great though. Again, talking about things which put me at ease and I’d say chopping veggies, the smell of garlic and onion and the sight of it all coming together is definitely one of those things.

Granted I've only been to Würzburg, Freiburg, Aalen, Berlin and Saxony (Gräfendorf)) and mostly in summer so my experience is limited...anyway here's what I love about going there as a tourist and with my German fiancé. Bread It's 100x better than anything you get in Britain. German bakeries are the real deal and frankly, what we get in our country is laughable. Germans look upon British bread with rightful and utter contempt. There are so many varieties regionally and even locally. Briegel for example seems to really only be available in Aalen and someone from just up the road in Stuttgart wouldn't be able to get it in the city. But it's bloody marvellous. And that's before we even get to the sweet treats! And the displays are always impeccable, even in their chain stores. I'm making myself cry just writing this. Beer Germany is the home of quality beer. And it doesn't cost a fortune. You can get a proper case of 16+ bottles for a fraction of what it...