Thin Places, Thick Places (Series)
Day 28
Oh Derenburg, you blissful oasis.
Today, a day on which NOTHING is open in all of Germany it seems, we departed from Berlin via a lovely train with a gaggle of people (Ms. A, Miss I, Agent Shades, me, and Mr. J's school group). Our path took us from Berlin to Halberstadt (about 2.5 hours outside of Berlin).
Once in Halberstadt, our little group (Ms. A, Miss I, Agent Shades and I) broke away from Mr. J's school group to head over to our airbnb in Derenburg (about 15 minutes away from Halberstadt).
Derenburg. Sweet little Derenburg. People in this area speak less German than in Berlin but are immeasurably more patient about it, which I appreciate.
Derenburg is peaceful and quaint. Hooray!
Upon arriving at our airbnb we were met by the hostess, Sylvia. She spoke a teenie bit of English and we managed communication by way of some understandable words and charades. She is a lovely woman.
The airbnb is an old farmhouse situated adjacent to a courtyard amongst other sweet little old farm "houses". There is even a clothesline covered with drying clothes. It's SO beautiful and peaceful. We took a wee walk after lunch and it was splendid.
She turned us on to a very VERY delicious restaurant in a hotel a mere 200m down the road. It is, quite possibly, the only business open today (Sunday). The same waiter served us for lunch and dinner, and NO eye-rolling. He spoke a good amount of English and convinced me to try an herb-infused schnapps after dinner. Which I was happy to try after my attempt to politely finish my Herring dinner. I didn't really now what I was ordering...
Tomorrow we are hoping to investigate a glass blowing business and connect with Mr. J and his group, back in Halberstadt. There is also a little cathedral and bakery in the neighborhood. Oh, and let us not ignore the "Army Store" a few doors down. OH, OH, OH...apparently there is an Illinois museum. Yes, like the state in America. I'm pretty sure we'd like to see what that's all about. I'm sure we'll feel proud 
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Sadly, I've eaten so much I could pop. Tomorrow we shall be back on track with our 6-7 miles of walking, I hope.
To be continued...
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