Pumpkins and Schnitzel

Friday, 31 October 2008.

It be Hallowe’en today! And a day of suffering from the night before, but Frank still seemed happy. Bless him! We decided not to do much today, but go for a train journey to Ahrbrücke, which is a small Kuhstadt at the end of the line. But the Terminus wasn’t a grand station with a hundred platforms bustling with people, but a single track on a single platform with an old buffer at the end. Elegance at its best.

Ahrbrücke Hauptbahnhof

Though it was small, it was very nice, and so we walked 500 mitres (or half a kilometre) to a pizzeria, which was closed. So we eventually ended up in a diner, which was full of motorbike photos. Emily and Megan opted for chilli con carne, and a portion of chips, which came in huge bowls and the chips were piled just as high. Me… I opted for a Rahmschnitzel, with chips. It was soo good. The creamy sauce type stuff was good, and I just wolfed it all down, because I was actually wasting away, so hungry, I was tempted to eat Megan!

The grub

And after my Schnitzel and chips, I finished off their chilli con carne (sans beans) and their chips, with Brötchen! It was nice, I approved!

Me finishing off what's left...

That proved to be the highlight of the day. We just went back to the Ahrbrücke Hauptbahnhof and caught the train, which nearly hit the buffer. It was close! And that was our li’l adventure to the Wonderland of the Ahr valley, which was a really nice place… lots of old buildings and villages and castles and lots of vineyards, even on sides of rocky cliffs. It seems that these Ahrweilers like their Ahrwein! I have to try some out, I guess!

So… for the rest of the night, we stayed in. Megan was a bit ill and I had to travel back in morning, so we decided to watch ‘scary films’, as it was Hallowe’en, And there was like this candlelit garden party outside in the neighbour’s front garden, who looked like being part of a Satanist cult… as in gathering around some candles, and a burst of ‘evil’ laughter (coincidentally, they laughed as we laughed). So we decided to watch some scary stuff. Proved a bit of a challenge, as Emily had no scary horror films. We ended up watching the X-Files and Constantine. And at the end of the films, the Satanists were still up.