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- May 18, 2019
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 309 m
- Germany Baden-Württemberg Region Niederstetten Rüsselhausen 49.44273, 9.8520749°26’34” N 9°51’7” E
Day 407
HelpX, Rüsselhausen
May 18, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
بعد از تجربه خیلی خوب کار داوطلبانه تو جزیره ساردنیا در مزرعه زیتون، این دومین تجربه کار داوطلبانه در طول سفرمون بود.

کار کردن در مزرعه ۱۲۴ هکتاری و گاوداری ارگانیک با ۱۲۰ تا گاو کار خیلی راحتی نیست. تمام اعضای خانواده چهار نفری بایرن (پدر،مادر، دو پسر), از صبح ساعت ۷ تا شب ساعت ۸ در حال انجام کار های مختلف از شیر دوشیدن، آماده کردن علوفه برای گاو ها، پخت و پز و کار های منزل، و رسیدگی به محصولات کشاورزی و میوه ها که تو هر فصلی کار خاص خودش رو داره، هستند. ما هم تو هر کاری که کمکی ازمون برمیومد بهشون کمک میکردیم. کمک در پختن غذا، درست کردن مارمالاد و ماست و کیک، آماده کردن علوفه و غذا دادن به گاو ها، کاشتن سبزیجات و ...
در طی ده سال گذشته، حدود ۲۳۰ نفر از اقصی نقاط دنیا از طریق وبسایت helpx برای کمک کردن و بودن در این مزرعه پیششون اومدن و ما هم خیلی خوشحالیم که این فرصت رو داشتیم که از نزدیک، بودن در یه مزرعه و گاوداری رو تجربه میکنیم. همزمان کمک بزرگی برای ما بود تا بعد از مدت ها دوباره شروع به تمرین زبان آلمانی کنیم. کلی اطلاعات مفید راجبه قوانین و اصول کشاورزی و گاوداری در آلمان گرفتیم. با آدم های جدید دیگه که برای کمک کردن اومده بودند آشنا شدیم.

درمورد helpx:
وبسایتی هست برای کار و سفر. فرصت رو برای مسافران برای بودن تو محیط و تجربه کردن کارهای جدید فراهم میکنه. همه کارها هم داوطلبانه است و درواقع پای هیچ پولی وسط نیست. در ازای کمک مسافران، خانواده میزبان هم اقامت و غذا و فضای دلچسب رو برای اونها فراهم میکنه.Read more
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- Oct 17, 2017, 5:00pm
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 441 m
- Germany Baden-Württemberg Region Schrozberg Hornungshof Tierbach 49.355614, 9.88444949°21’20” N 9°53’4” E
Day 52
Bartenstein AirBnB
October 17, 2017 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Our AirBnB in northern Bavaria is marketed as a baroque-styled holiday house. It is absolutely enormous, but in a ghost town village. There is a little room at the front with its own entrance (not used anymore) which looks like the house may have been part of a telephone exchange, or possible used as a guesthouse or boarding house, as there are 8 little mailboxes in it. Next door is another room with an old fashioned telephone in it.

There is another part of the house we don't have access to which looks like it might be derelict, although there is a top window open. Craig is hypothesizing a senile old lady lives there.

The husband is also current debating if the ringing bells on the village gate, right next to our bedroom window, are actually ringing randomly in the middle of the night (I am fairly sure they stop chiming at midnight and don't start again until 6am), but he is adamant he heard them at 3am this morning. I have a feeling he has just set an alarm to check out this theory. So, if a 3am chiming village bell doesn't wake me, I guess the alarm clock will - joy!Read more
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- Oct 20, 2017, 5:27pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 435 m
- Germany Baden-Württemberg Region Schrozberg Hornungshof Tierbach 49.35587, 9.8890449°21’21” N 9°53’21” E
Day 55
Our last night in Bavaria
October 20, 2017 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A few other odds and ends from our time in Bavaria...

Our day trips have included a lot of time driving on small country lanes in the rural parts of Bavaria. A few days ago we started to notice large piles of what looked like rocks from the distance, but up close, in fact, turn out to be large piles of swedes. These are apparently used as livestock feed during the winter.

There are also a LOT of solar panels covering the rooves of farmhouses and sheds in this part of the world. There are also a lot of wind turbines. We have passed one in particular most days as we head out on our day trip. It has been having problems, so a technician has been in attendance most mornings. All working when we came home last night. Finn wants a picture with it, as they are quite impressive.

We have also noticed a number of house doors in the villages have chalk writing on the tops of them. They will say things like 20*C+M+B+17. This is taken from a website:

The letters are an abbreviation of the Latin phrase, Christus mansionem benedicat: “May Christ bless the house.” The “*” represents the star of Bethlehem. The “+” signs represent the cross, and the “20” at the beginning and the “16” at the end mark the year in question. Taken together, this inscription is performed as a request that Christ bless the homes so marked and those who live there. The chalking of doors is a popular tradition on Epiphany or Dreikönigstag in southern Germany.

Craig has been convinced the bells outside our bedroom ring all night. I've thought they stopped at midnight and recommenced at 6am. Last night he recorded them at 3am, 4am and 5am. They go all night! Crazy.Read more
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- Oct 20, 2017, 12:00pm
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 309 m
- Germany Baden-Württemberg Region Niederstetten 49.399463, 9.91943549°23’58” N 9°55’10” E
Day 55
Rothenburg - Spital Gate
October 20, 2017 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
At the end of the walkable wall, we came across Spital Gate, which was a fortification built in the 16th century in a figure eight pattern to defend the southern end of the village. Inside there were canons set up to show how these were used as part of the defence system.

And you could just wander through, no signs, no barriers, no light other than what came through the slits in the walls - fabulous!Read more
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