Got talking to one guy and he invited me to a pub called Hamlah after the BBQ. Jumped at the chance, so soon after we drove about 5-10 minutes to this pub in the middle of nowhere. The pub was simple awesome. Met some incredibly friendly and interesting people (including one guy who had traveled around the world working as a carpenter). There was a DJ playing typical 70's rock music and there was a wonderful friendly vibe about the place.
Donauwörth
Saturday I spent the day looking around two local towns. The first, Donauwörth is a 5 minute train journey from Mertinger and sits on the confluence of the River Wörnitz and River Danube. A pretty and quiet town but there wasn't much to see or do so I only spent a few hours here. Did have Roast Deer for lunch though - something I'd never tried before.
I then headed to Nördlingen. This town is a bit more unique as it has a very old wall built around the town. You can actually walk on the wall and around the whole town in about an hour or so. Seems to be a lot of history there and it was certainly worth visiting.
Nördlingen
Today (Sunday) I spent the day in Augsburg - a city 30 minutes from Mertinger. Here I visited the Fuggerei. The Fuggerei is a small and enclosed housing estate in the city. The houses (about 140) were built about 500 years ago and cost less than a Euro per year to live in. They were originally built to house innocently impoverished people of the time - hence the low rent. The low rent remains today but the population are generally much better off than what they once were. Residents are requested to say three daily prayers to Jakob Fugger - the founder. Here there was a museum and an old World War II air raid shelter to visit and of course you could wonder around the estate and see the houses from outside.
Tomorrow it's back to work on the farm...
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