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In May of 2002, I travelled through parts of Germany and Austria. The trip was partly nostalgic as I sought out the places I had been when my family lived in northwestern Germany in the late 1960s because of my father’s military posting.
My father had chosen to live “on the economy” in a rural community rather than on a military base. Unbeknownst to my mother, he had found accommodation for our family in a suite of rooms on the top floor of a massive old farmhouse, on a fully functioning hog farm, on a country lane near a small village, many kilometres from other Canadians. The farm was a truly wonderful place for three kids to spend their energy and exercise their imaginations. My mother also grew to love it and eventually forgave my father. It was good to find that place again and recall fond memories.
The journey continued south to Bavaria, where the nostalgia gave way to adventure. Armed with a guidebook but........