Our journey today takes us to Lake Ferma - 48°58'37.4″N 8°16'31.7″E - near Neuburgweier and therefore a little north of Baden-Baden. We say goodbye to the young campers in our forest parking lot. They have decided to stay here for a while.
Normally, we would now choose the country road. However, as we are told to stay at home even in Baden-Württemberg, as we are dragging our home around with us, er, driving, we think it would be unfair to visit any villages, monuments or other architecture now. So we cross the Black Forest, parallel to the Rhine on the highway heading north.
Our phone, which has rarely rung in recent months, now rings more frequently. Now that we know that we're back in Germany, we answer it. You can literally feel how anxiety is increasing on all sides. We are still hearing some incomprehension about the current measures, especially from Cologne. However, a strange restlessness seems to have arrived here too.
From "Et kütt, wie et kütt" and "Et hätt noch jot jejange". So now you move on to "Et bliev nix wie et wor", that's the Kölsch.
On the other hand, I was sent a blog about how many positive sentiments are supposedly emerging in Italy at the moment. There is talk of companies that are looking positively to the future, even though they have just lost orders for a whole year. We've also seen the YouTube video of Italians singing from balcony to balcony. Unfortunately, I can't confirm that my Italian relatives, who live just north of Milan, are in such a positive mood. We are curious, but we would certainly all be happy if social interaction became more neighborly, peaceful, sociable, approachable and empathetic in the future.
What are your feelings?
What I can definitely report is that we are having our lunch today on a bench by the lake. And it really is the case that walkers passing by not only wish us a good day and a good appetite, but also give us a nice message or two. Apparently there really is a need to move closer together at the very moment when more than an arm's length is needed.
So we use the time to read a little. Something we will certainly be doing more often over the next few weeks.
Torgit: Here's something else on the subject of corona and how Cologne is dealing with the virus: A friend from Cologne went to hospital this morning because she had a fever of 39.5. She wanted to be tested for corona. She was refused the test because she could not say for sure whether she had been in contact with an infected person. And this despite the fact that she belongs to the absolute risk group due to a pulmonary embolism in 2018. This is Cologne. This naturally raises the question of why a Mr. Merz, who according to his own statements only has mild to moderate symptoms, was tested.
The order of the day is to "flatten the curve", i.e. to flatten the unstoppable, exponential rise in the number of infections so that there is a place in intensive care for every patient even at the peak of the wave.
As we roll along the highway, I feel a little nostalgic. I've always wanted to go to Alsace, one of the most beautiful regions in Europe for nature lovers, connoisseurs and fans of wine and good food. A romantic weekend in the vineyards with a bike tour through small, colorful half-timbered villages, a visit to an imposing castle ruin and a delicious dinner with a good glass of wine at the end. But somehow it never happened. No time.
Our friends Lotte & Rolf always rave about their moped tour to the small, beautiful town of Colmar. Even when we were in Rust several times for OKAL, we unfortunately never had time for a visit.
I've also wanted to visit the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein for a long time. Design has or had a firm place in our lives, as anyone who knows our apartment knows. The Eames chair was on my last wish list before we left, so I put the Eames elephant under the Christmas tree instead.
It is an irony of fate that we have ended up here now, of all times. Due to the current coronavirus situation, we are currently avoiding people and will therefore not be visiting the Vitra Museum. What a shame.
I've been infected at least since the Guggenheim exhibition in Bonn in 2006. That was my first season ticket for a museum. I can't go past any Guggenheim exhibition and am an avowed Gehry fan. The Guggenheim in Bilbao was an absolute must on our current trip, as was the Guggenheim in Venice in 2011. I find design, and Bauhaus design in particular, fascinating.
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