Stirnhelle forest hike

Today we had a wonderful 12 km walk in the forest near Oberrosphe which is about a 20 min drive from Marburg. Following a track in a forest here can sometimes be quite confusing as there are usually a multitude of tracks and invariably roads as well but the S signs on the trees kept us to the planned route. As we came out of the forest we saw a fox - my very first sighting. Nearly all the farmers reside in the village rather than on a separate house on the farm as you would see in NZ so the houses are quite big with a big yard and shed for the tractor and other farm equipment as well as the wood. Lots of people were out chain sawing and splitting wood presumably for next winter.

Yesterday was a public holiday to celebrate Labour Day. One of the post docs Marino invited a number of us around to his apartment for brunch. With everyone bringing food as well as him cooking quite a lot there was more than enough for everyone. Marino is from Turino so he had lots of tasty spreads, hams and cheeses he had brought back from his home town to share with us.