Flower exhibition

Our host Gisela von Bousse who matches her car all in orange.

MOIN (Guten Tag oder Hallo!)

So for all you horticulturalists (not me) today was a great day for you!! Our main outing today was going to the Baum Schule Bruns or Tree School Bruns (named after Herr Bruns).

Before that however we got up around 8:50am or so. Had some breakfast ...of course Nutella on read (gluten free) hmmmmmm and then off to Church. I am not especially religious, but any little bit with the language helps and I liked it. The church was a combination of modern and very old. The priest sat on a stone bench (no frills here) and yet the windows were huge and full of stained glass abstract art. It was lovely. Plus I got to sing in German with the hymns :)

Then we went to the Baum Schule. 10 or so acres of different "gardens" all together. The guide told us that you can pay your entrance fee and bring a picnic and stay all day! A very nice day indeed :) Each garden was its own entity. A Japanese garden with towering bushes scaled a walk to heaven,
an herb garden within which all is edible and a pine tree garden featuring over hundreds of varieties of pine trees. But the best is saved for last .... rhododendrons...so beautiful...we came at the end of their life, but still some were in bloom.




We then went to a traditional "house-restaurant" for dinner. We took a small ferry over the "Ocean of Bad Swischenahn" and had a dinner of pork, potatoes and a special dessert of "red berries" and cream. Yummmy!!!

I am now exhausted and tomorrow we go to Berlin so I am off for ONE beer with my host and to bed :)

Tschoess