We had another birthday a few weeks back as Bettina’s father Alfred celebrated his. We travelled down to Heppenheim on the Sunday where we enjoyed a flute or two of champagne for brunch before heading out to a local Greek restaurant for a slap up lunch with dips, platters of Greek style bbq meats and salads. I recount all told there were 18 of us. Great lunch that we walked off afterwards with a hike to the top of one of the local hills through the surrounding vineyards.
At the top is a 17th century stone tower, which affords stunning views sweeping back along the length of the Odenwald and out to the west and the Rhine River. Quite a hot day as well which saw us being extremely glad to flop into well-shaded deck chairs under the spreading boughs of the ancient plum tree in Alfred’s backyard on our return.
Fruit is so abundant at this time of the year and amidst the odd cooling ale I found time to wander aimlessly in and around the yard sampling cherries, plums and wild strawberries from the garden.
We ended up leaving in the late afternoon to travel back to Darmstadt and the Pfungstadter brewery open day, which was being held just north of town. They had several bands playing on different sound stages and there were a few close calls with calamity, stepping our way through the human minefield of pissed and legless locals each armed with large glasses of foaming pilsner.
A local town brass band stationed near the entry point was playing the theme from Monty Pythons Flying Circus, which was a source of great amusement to Thomas who is a first class fan of the show. It was a welcoming fanfare that left us both in hysterics and the ensuing laughter was hard to suppress for the rest of the afternoon. All in all a great day.
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