@Diane,
Quote:Will you also tell us about your impressions on the cities and country side and the people who live there.
I think I covered England in a previouse post.
You must realise that we only had a bit of a snapshot but for what its worth...
Both Sweden and Germany impressed me as neat and tidy.
In Sweden the houses are all red with white trim. Damn near every single one is the same colour! If a house was not red with white trim it was yellow with white trim. There is water EVERYWHERE in Sweden. Big lakes, small lakes, rivers, ponds. I was quite jelouse. It made me realise just what a dry country it is.
Everyone we came in contact with in both Sweden and Germany was happy to speak english if required.
Animals are generally not in evidence in fields as they are here. We did see some but it was only occasionally.
Some things about Germany:
Farmers have barns and sheds in the middle of villages. Fields are generally small in comparison to here.
There is a LOT! of corn.
There are an extrodinary amount of wind powered turbines. It was not often in all our travels that there were not turbines in view or on the horizon. Barns too had their roof covered ion solar panels.
Many farms were growing corn.
It was sometimes difficult to tell where one village finished and the next began, sometimes only a few fields separated each village.
Some of the older houses date back to the 1500's and people still live in them.
Other old buildings hundreds of years old have shops in them.
Did I mention about the corn? There was a fair bit of corn. Apparently much of the corn is grown for use as biofuel.
The food was very good. Lovely fresh rolls for breakfast. Fresh produce every bit comparable in quality to here. I didnt get to explore the forests as perhaps I would have if i had been on my own but the trees are so straight. So much potential timber. Our own gum trees tend to be bent and twisted.
I'll post more later if I thing of things
