This blog collects notes from Höfen, a small village in Southern Germany, where Kathrin from public works was living and working for a year.

First day, gifts and another village shop

10 resh eggs from Erna who still lives on the same farm where I spent silly amounts of time in the cow shed when I was eight or so
10 resh eggs from Erna who still lives on the same farm where I spent silly amounts of time in the cow shed when I was eight or so
Ingrid, who had baked 600 (!) of those dumplings on the occasion of her daughter's wedding next week
Ingrid, who had baked 600 (!) of those dumplings on the occasion of her daughter's wedding next week
The annual village fete stall in Freudeneck
The annual village fete stall in Freudeneck

I come from here and I've been here so many times during the last 20 years that I can't quite tell the difference of arriving in order to stay for a few months - rather than a few days - yet.

We had "welcoming' gifts - very sweet from Erna and from Ingrid and her daughter. There was a village fete in the next village called Freudeneck (that's "corner of joy" in english) with another version of a pop up village shop, and I had silly amounts of meet.