Germany - arrival at Hirschberg

We left Istanbul and flew to Frankfurt today, then we took a bus and a train to meet Daniel at Weinheim. It was a warm day and a chance for beer and pizza and to see his new house, finally. We are now in wine country along the Main and Neckar Rivers, which flow into the Rhine near here. The hill range (Odenwald) that Daniel's house and nearby vineyard back onto are beautiful and covered with forest (the Bergastraße) that has pigs and many deer. The hills also contain old tunnels from the silvermines.
Hirschburg is a pretty village with lots of very old and half timbered houses, in a small valley surrounded by forests. Daniel's house is very light and flows outdoors, through a 'wintergarden' or conservatory, to a private suntrap of lawn which then leads out to the neighbouring orchard and vineyards.
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