Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany

This morning we got up at 9:30 or 10. She had such thick blinds in her windows that I wouldn't even have known that the sun was up if I hadn't looked at the time.    We had breakfast of cake and cookies again and Kerstin and I went for a walk. ...

... in 1830, thousands of laborers worked on the Ludwigskanal in the vicinity of Neumarkt, the completion of which, in 1846, made Neumarkt a port city. The Express-Werken, established in Neumarkt in 1884, were continental Europe's first bicycle factory.  

Finally at home...

... we made was Kerstin's favorite cake it had grated chocolate (they don't use chocolate chips because I guess they are pretty expensive in Germany), chopped hazelnuts and cherries in it. Not to mention a ton of butter. WE put this into a bunt pan and into ...