I spent a lovely day exploring Freiburg with Becky. We visited the 13th century minster (The Cathedral of Our Lady) where…
molten candle-wax forming weird designs in the faint light
There were many religious sculptures and paintings in the museum and we saw the Historical Merchants’ Hall dating from from 1520 – red and gold with lots of little turrets. Maybe my cultural knowledge needs to be a bit more fulsome before I can become a proper travel writer.
As we wandered through the narrow streets of the old town, the smell of fried sausages (bratwurst) wafted in the air. [Later in life, this experience was re-lived in Birmingham’s German Christmas market].
The evening was spent in a local bar. [This experience has been re-lived many times since then]. I was the only English guy in a group of about 20, which included Australians, Americans, French, and one Scottish lad. I struck up a conversation with Bernadette from Sydney. She was a teacher who worked in child welfare. We discovered that we were planning to head in the same direction, so agreed to travel together tomorrow.
Where will we end up?
Clues: A “conventional” city on the south-western shores of a large lake, from which the Rhone flows.
Psychologist on the Move 