East German Wine? Who knew! (and the Bauhaus)

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When I woke up this morning, I swore I was not going to have any Bier today but alas I was thwarted by my travelmates at lunchtime. I guess they have much greater responsibilities they normally have to attend to at home.

Yesterday afternoon we did visit the famous Bauhaus in Dessau, home of early Modern design, but I won't bore you with that... see pictures below.

After that we drove to the Weinstrasse (or Wine Road) in Seeburg and had a very nice tour and taste of some surprisingly tasty Vino! The owner gave us a tour and explained that he bought the place about 10 years ago after he and 3 friends went on some tastings and decided they wanted to make their own wine to drink. It was funny because I think the same thought has crossed my mind whenever I have visited a tasty and picturesque vineyard! Really though, this was absolutely beautiful and the wine Schmeckt sehr gut!

Next our driver took us to Olaf's house, a business development supervisor of our hostess Mandi. He lives in a small village outside of Halle that is about half original residents and half new ones. His home was truly beautiful set amongst the East German hillside. I can see why he opts to drive to work in this otherwise transit friendly city. His girlfriend Regina and his mother cooked our dinner, which was fabulous. I fell in love with his mother's Zwiebelkuchen (onion cake) and managed to wrangle her recipe from her. I think she assumed that I wouldn't be able to translate but I am determined to figure it out. This woman's yard and garden were also fantastic!!

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