Hartenrod - mein Dorf!

Helmut has given me his WiFi code, so i am back in cyberspace.

Got to the village at about 5 yesterday. It was quite a monster day. I started out rediscovering the limited attractions of Cochem and the Moselle - I had a couple of hours and that was more than enough.
Got the train at lunchtime. I had a Bummelzug from Koblenz to Giessen, and it was very pleasant chuntering along beside the Lahn river for a couple of hours. Moni and I managed to miss each other at Marburg station at first, but it all worked out.
I had a lovely few hours catching up with the Graff clan at Thomas' birthday party. We ate strawberry flan in the garden, listened to Joshua (8) reading out jokes, and I was introduced to Moni and Thomas' chickens.
It's pretty hot here, but yesterday it clouded over and even got quite cool outside. I think everyone was quite happy about that. Apparently it's going to be 35C on Saturday.

I'm staying with Angelika and Helmut, so Moni dropped me off in the evening, and after a few glasses of red at the kitchen table and a catch up with A&H, I was glad to get to bed.

Moni and Thomas are taking me out with them today, to the Edersee to see an exhibition about Greifvoegel. I think that's birds of prey. My new German word. I was trying to ask them at the party if they'd ever seen Kes, but I couldn't figure out how to describe a kestrel, as opposed to a falcon or whatever. My vocabulary challenge for today: learn the names of as many birds of prey as possible.