22/10/21 The Goose Gang: Hahndorf

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The goose gang came to visit this morning.


From their demeanor I guess that the goose gang waddles up from the dam every morning and takes a short cut through our site on their way to the green pastures at the top of the caravan park, along the way picking up whatever tasty bits are offered or have been left by campers.  They were a little flummoxed to find our tent in their path, and much goose-gossiping ensued before, deciding we posed no threat, they goose stepped on through to greener pastures. 

We walked in to Hahndorf: a total of about 3000 steps and roughly 2.5km. Hahndorf is a town that makes much of its German heritage and we were even passed in the street by a genuine German family, speaking rapidly in German. I imagined that they were quite possibly laughing at the German folk music blaring from the German pubs with their advertisements for German hot dogs plastered outside. But I could also be both cynical and wrong.

How Hahndorf Came to Be

We wandered up and down the main Street until we realised that time was getting on and Roger had missed the window for his 1100 cup of tea. Desperate times call for desperate measures however, so he went out on a limb and had a cup of coffee at 1110 and the world kept spinning and took no notice.

We walked home again, had lunch, and walked back to the German Cake House where we had strudel with family, and very nice it was too. We may yet become regulars, especially as the single pot of tea runs to two cups rather than one.

Back at camp, we watched the sun set from the camp kitchen verandah, and warned the new camper on the site behind us about the possibility of some gregarious goose guests tomorrow morning. T'will be interesting to see what happens.


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