Daily Distraction 30/06/2022 Posted in Photography

Bike ride today

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Daily Distraction 30/06/2022

The rains have passed until this evening so I got to head out on my bike. I'm training to ride to Austria. From my house it is about 50ish miles. Here are some pictures taken on today's ride to Kloster Andechs. Like most, it is on a hill top. This splits the watersheds for the Starnbergersee and the Amersee. I would have stopped for a beer but I don't like beer. Ja, why am I in Germany you ask.... The prettiest bike in the known universe is in a couple of them.

Wall in front of the volunteer fire department.


Flowers in the weeds


House and barn combo




Beer, Bier, on the hoof


City party next weekend


Kloster Andechs, the closer you get the worse the view.




graveyard retaining wall


Brand new sauna. Only Euro 12.500 Komplet

Supreme court says EPA can't regulate powerplant emmisdions.

Lets just keep pouring filth into the air.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/30/-supreme-court-says-epa-lacks-authority-on-climate-standards-for-power-plants.html

CA needs to set up coal plants on the AZ and NV boarders

And so it begins

Getting pickle relish here is Munich has been hit and miss. Avoided Amazon, but when my local store has some, 8-10 oz equivalent jar, it is about $5. Ouch. So the only solution is.... make my own. This is a combination of sweet and dill pickle relish.
takes about 2 liters of diced veggie mix. Longest part is the 2 hour wait for the salt pickle bath before draining and rinsing.

main ingredients. Only needed the large onion, and used dill seeds instead of leaves


Diced up, and ready for the salt bath.


The spice sugar mix, waiting for the vinegar


Cooking


Canned

Daily Distraction 28/06/2022 Posted in Photography

Brixen Italy

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Daily Distraction 28/06/2022

In 2018 we took a trip to Brixen, Bressaone, in Tyrol Italy. It has 2 names because Italy got the are from the Austrians after WWI.

It is a very nice town and right above it is a Ski resort, Plose, turned year long playground for children and adults. Here are some pictures. Of things along the trails for children and adults to play on. Pre-covid when you checked into a hotel you got a transit pass that would let you ride the regional trains and the buses as well as the gondolas up the hill.

Going up! Brixen in the valley


Cable to mountain bike drop off.


Water wheel on the trail


Balancing on a snake.


Potable water.


Climbing device


Viking ship, raft is pulled between the bow and stern.


Climbing jumble


Something for strong daredevils.


The Dolomites

Daily Distraction 27/06/2022 Greek Food Posted in Photography

Foods we ate on our trip to Crete this April May.

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Daily Distraction 27/06/2022 Greek food Posted in Photography

Daily Distraction 27/06/2022 Greek Food

Here are some pictures of some of the things we managed to force down.

Greek salad


Gyro pita, wish they were lamb like 40 years ago.


Saganki, fried cheese


Pasticcio


Variety of pies, cheeses herbs onion...


Honeyed lamb shank in Philo


Deconstructed Spanakopita


Dance it off..

Spaghetti carbonara

I have been tinkering with this for the last year.
I haven't gotten to try it with the traditional guanciale. I've been using varieties of speck. This time I went with 4 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks. My wife said it was my best yet.
So simple to make.