…That’s what we won! At a raffle, in a village hall in Swabia, southern Germany. Not only that, we were tempted by the infamous Eisbeer, saw houses that needed no heating and found another plastic Alsatian dog: yes, dear readers, just like the one floating on a Polish lake see , or the one that was guarding some bikes in a Rhineland village: see . So how did we end up with that? Well, with a working trip to Poland in the offing, I decided to add some interesting diversions to the trip with a fact finding tour of some of Germany’s developments in renewable energy, for which it is famed. I also enticed our friend David to join us with the prospect of a North Sea Ferries all-you-can-eat dinner and breakfast, as well as a
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