Herr Mike in Deutschland

Blog lovers! I apologise for the belated post, I have been a very busy dude. I spent the weekend at Christian's house in the tiny village of Volksbrunn near Aschaffenburg. Though still in Bavaria (just) it was a three hour train ride to get there. To Christian and the rest of Germany this is a small journey though to a British Islander like myself, this was a little bit of a trek. Anyhow, it was well worth it. The surrounding countryside was beautiful, as you can see in the pic, and his house is huge! In the mornings his mum spoilt us with a incredible breakfast, home made jams and cakes, assorted meats and cheeses, juice, fruit. It didn't exactly get me going for the day, I wanted to go back to bed I was that stuffed.

On the first night we relaxed in the Garden gazing at the stars. It was incredible, I have really never seen a night sky like it. It was as if someone had changed the fuse in space, the whole sky fizzed with tiny twinkling stars. It was nothing like when you see a few big'uns in the light polluted towns. I was absolutely awestruck. There were what looked like bands of clouds visible in the atmosphere, distant galaxies I presume. I was overwhelmed by a feeling of insignificance. To top it all I saw my first ever shooting star.
I am aware that this post is a tad poetic but I could have stayed there forever gazing into eternity. It was a spectacle which would not be done justice by all the superlatives in my vocabulary. Truly breathtaking.