Location: Dill
Height: 354,8
Coordinates: 49,91 - 7,35
Dill is a small village in the south-eastern corner of the Hunsrück. It sits below a castle and huddles on one side of the castle hill.
Friends are part of the organising committee (as seems half the village), so, off we went into the wild (such as it is).
The market is on two, closed off, roads. The stalls huddle between the houses to leave the road (narrow) for emergency access.
In a meadow below the village lies the Heerlager
Location: Alteburg (Zell (Mosel))
Height: 237,9
Coordinates: 50 - 7,23
Location: Dill
Height: 354,8
Coordinates: 49,91 - 7,35
Todays #BreadRolls are coming along. 8 rolls (100g) this time. Previously I made 6 larger ones (130g) which seemed perfect for three people. But appetites differ.
I’m willing them to cool down faster. Am curious what the addition of some of last weeks dough and a long (36h) fermentation in the fridge have done to the taste.
The rise is very good.
The crust is crusty, maybe a bit dark, the crumb is fine, the taste great, jay for old dough.
#bread #baking #BreadRolls
K2 and I took a day trip to the Freilichtmuseum in Kommen to catch up and take some photos. The museum is grouped into regions within the Rhineland and shows rebuild old houses, farms, workshops, barns, windmills, arranged in village patterns. Niederrhein, Eifel, Westerwald, Mittelrhein, …
It’s a quick drive on the autobahn from Cologne and we managed to be well on the way home before the thunderstorms and heavy rains from the weather warning struck.
Below some of the photos to convey a feel of the museum.
Food and drink are available at various places, including their traditionally baked breads and cakes. We also saw an exhibition on the history of the Rheinland where you walk through an indoor historama in the form of a Rhenish town from the Napoleonic wars to the reconstruction after WW2. Another exhibition looked at kitchen machinery, ranges and the like, and still another one looked at the history of Bakelite
The last time we were here K2 was maybe, we couldn’t quite figure it out, ten. In any case, it has been a while.
#FreilichtmuseumKommern
As ever the Hohe Venn is a cool trip, easy and fast to reach from Cologne.
This time we were staying in Eupen. Which, apart from being a very nice town, is also a bit of a surreal experience. The architecture is an odd mix of the Wallonian with Gründerzeit. Culturally Rhenian / Wallonian, there is eg Karneval, signage is German/French, beers are Belgian and German. The language comfortingly Ripuarian (or, of course, many (most) are also comfortable in French).
We spent three days, with short lazy hikes starting at the Signal de Botrange, Mont Rigi and Baraque Michel
Passed through Monschau on the way back. Monschau had been our quarters on previous trips.
10/10, will go again
#HohesVenn #HautesFagnes
Location: Freilichtmuseum Kommern
Height: 340,2
Coordinates: 50,61 - 6,63
Location: Monschau
Height: 404,5
Coordinates: 50,55 - 6,24
Location: Sankt Vith
Height: 478,3
Coordinates: 50,28 - 6,12
Location: Eupen
Height: 286,4
Coordinates: 50,63 - 6,03
