Bad Grund - again.

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Thursday 23 April

Yesterday’s weather: Sun and 20 degrees! And we spent the whole day in the car. Racing on the Autobahn, where 130 km/hour are considered slow… Keep up with the pace! 600 km later we were in Bad Grund.

Yes, K came up with the idea to see our “own” place again, Park Hotel Flora in Bad Grund, Harz. (See the entries from 9 and 11 of Mars ). The lovely hotel garden is now blooming, the food is great, the owner is lovely, so we decided to make it an extra day here. The woman who runs this place has now started up the kitchen for the season, and her husband is the chef. And he could really cook. So we are going there tonight again for their daily dinner with three courses. This is really worth it!

Today we have jogged around the village on a beautiful path, and then we opened one of the Cremant bottles from Jura for lunch… with a baguette… And in the afternoon we tasted a really nice “Apfelstrudel mit Eis und Sahne” on a nearby café.

When we bought the bread in the mini supermarket, we realized how cheap the Jägermeister is here….! How many bottles can you squeeze in between the wine-boxes in the car… Let’s see…

It feels great to just be here in Bad Grund. Everything is so easy, and everybody so friendly. And this afternoon the sun is coming back again, after a cloudy morning. This “Bergstadte” is full of witches where ever you go… Have tried to figure out why, but language difficulties have still been an obstacle… Have to ask at the restaurant to night!

/J

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Photos

A new favourite on the french highways
Sausage in a baguette!

Bad Grund
Park Hotel Flora. Nice to be back!

The restaurant
Great menu for dinner

The best of it all?
A good working WLAN!

What's with all the witches?
Got to find out...

Another typical thing in this village
Magnolia trees, where ever you look.

Remember K:s birthday restaurant?
We were the only ones there - eight weeks ago. Now it was closed permanently. Maybe no one came after us...

Comments

[anderblad]

What a difference!
Oh what a difference in the garden 8 weeks ago and now! /m, p

[Maria]

Älskar magnolia!
Oj, vad det rasslade till!! Har haft fullt upp med jobb o inte hunnit titta på mina mejl på ett par dar och under tiden har ni hunnit uppleva och också skriva ned fyra nya inlägg!! - Ja, ni verkar ju kunna ta det lite lugnt och mindfullt också. Det är bra! Magnolian uppmärksammade jag i Afrika och blev mycket förtjust i den lite karga och nakna växten med de vackra, väldoftande blommorna! Underbar! Må Bra! / Maria.

[Josh from Sweden]

Yes, m and p
And now we have to leave... when the garden is bathing in sun... We just have had a "wunderbar" breakfast. Sehr schön! Auf Wiedersehen, Bad Grund!

[Josh from Sweden]

Du kommer inte att tro det, M!
Det var faktiskt JAG som tog närbilden på magnolia blommorna... Fast jag visste inte att det var magnolia, men K kom på det efter ett tag. Blomorna är alltså så fantasiska att t o m jag lägger märke till dom och slås av deras ovanlighet. Som om det växte tulpaner i ett träd! /J

[anonymous]

And the witches? Is Bad Grund very close to Blåkulla? Eastern isn't far away... /Kia