Oberhaverbeck and Wilsede

We trudged back from our encounter with our future dinner to get some lunch and then check into our pension, since our check in time with two o'clock. We had a Schnuckewurst (local sheep sausage), then checked in. It's a nice place, the owner is friendly. His English is slightly better than my German, so best of luck to everyone.

We went back out to the heath because I wanted to walk out to Wilsede, where they had a place to get the local cake specialty, a flat bar cake-like thing made out of buckwheat.

It was a nice walk, but because it was already mid-afternoon, the place was packed. We managed to find a seat and had our Kaffee und Kuchen like good Germans. The buckwheat cake was good, so was the cheesecake thing with berries.

Afterwards, we walked around, went to the museum there, and discover that we were on the Camino de Santiago, or as they call it in Germany, der Jakobsweg. They had a little chapel and some information on the trail, so of course that's included here too.

After all this adventure and a shower, we went to eat at a nearby hotel known for it's dishes made from the local schnucken. I had a nice red wine, and we both had Heideschnuckenlammragout-- yep that's all one word. Heath lamb ragout. It had an interesting sweet-savory taste I should have expected from the description, but didn't. We even had dessert, a parfait topped with honey from the flowers on the heath.

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