Talking point - Wednesday 20th June 2007
The Good German
It was a particularly cold February in Germany. The air was sharp, and piles of snow and compacted ice edged the road, while a monochrome wash of white fields and dark, skeletal woods shrouded the countryside. All along the autobahn from Berlin the landscape seemed hardly to change at all, but then, south of Leipzig, as I finally left the motorway behind and wound my way through the Thuringen, a different countryside emerged – one of fairytale woods, old world houses and villages seemingly less touched by the modern world. Read more…
Posted by James Holland