Location: Mutzingen, Germany
Sounds: Chopping wood (for the wood-fired stove) & birds endlessly chirping
Quite a different feel here in this part of Germany, not just from the entire country itself, but from the previous parts of my journey as well. It is kind of hard to believe I have made it here after driving through the U.S., living in New Orleans and New York and flying 7 hours on a red eye to Frankfurt. If you asked me where I would be three months from February I would not have said a tiny village in Northern Germany. Well oh well, here I am! Using the lovely website of HelpX I have landed myself in a communal home surrounded by endless fields of green and not a house in site for almost a mile. I can walk into the forest, listen to the trees sway, and cook pizza in a wood-fired oven (outside). All the food we eat is organic, we garden outside, compost our scraps, and play games of Wizard. I have swept, vacuumed, used horse shit as fertilizer and gathered knowledge of recipes with Rosi (otherwise known as God- she sees everything).
What I am trying to get at is that this trip has taken a turn for the gathering of knowledge in a way that is not derived from within. I am here to help. To do whatever it is that this family needs before their yearly 9 day festival in the backyard. While doing this I get to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. I am surrounded by beautiful scenery, exquisite people, the aromas of nourishing food, and clean air. Makes one think... is THIS the secret to life?
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