Ever Learning Dad

Granted I've only been to Würzburg, Freiburg, Aalen, Berlin and Saxony (Gräfendorf)) and mostly in summer so my experience is limited...anyway here's what I love about going there as a tourist and with my German fiancé. Bread It's 100x better than anything you get in Britain. German bakeries are the real deal and frankly, what we get in our country is laughable. Germans look upon British bread with rightful and utter contempt. There are so many varieties regionally and even locally. Briegel for example seems to really only be available in Aalen and someone from just up the road in Stuttgart wouldn't be able to get it in the city. But it's bloody marvellous. And that's before we even get to the sweet treats! And the displays are always impeccable, even in their chain stores. I'm making myself cry just writing this. Beer Germany is the home of quality beer. And it doesn't cost a fortune. You can get a proper case of 16+ bottles for a fraction of what it

Another Sunday, another week has passed. Time just seems to be drifting forward at the moment. One week I have the kids, the next I don't and so it goes in such a cycle. I'm not really complaining either, I love doing stuff with the kids, even if it is more about taxi-ing them around these days! This weekend has included, birthday gift shopping, party drop-off and football.  But at the same time, I know in the back of my mind I'm in a malaise and need to buck up my life at some point. Turning 40 in May next year is already weighing on my mind. Every night when I go to bed, I lie there thinking about what I haven't accomplished in the first 39 years (I'm not saying half my life because making it to 80 seems a bit optimistic in all honesty).   Grace pre-party blue slushie. Headache just looking at it. There are so many things I've said to myself over the years I'll do but those ideas have never quite made it to fruition. Chief among those is the desire to writ