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plotbunny zachfonse coffee shop au that im probably never going to finish but i thought you guys might enjoy it nonetheless!
It’s seven thirty one exactly on Monday morning, and Sharena runs into the café like hel on fire.
Alfonse stops wiping down the counter and does a double take. Sharena has a schedule, but it’s a very particular one. He’s never, ever seen her face before ten am, usually not until eleven-twenty, when she comes scattering in with at least one of her roommates in tow, grabbing a quick latte before grinning and bustling out of the door in a vain attempt to not be late to her eleven-fifteen class.
“Hiya!” she says loudly, and plunks her bag on the counter like it’s full of a ton of rocks. It makes a loud THUNK noise, and Alfonse winces.
“Oh, sorry,” she says, in a whisper that still manages to hover over the tranquil morning atmosphere in the shop.
“Are you late for something?” he asks suspiciously.
The somber girl standing beside and behind Sharena cracks a smile at that.
“Al!” Sharena exclaims. “I would never be late for a midterm.”
“Calculus-” the girl pipes up.
“That was one time-”
“Sharena!”he interrupts, and pats the air gently. This time, it’s Sharena wincing.
“Sorry,”she says again.
She’s certainly gotten herself worked up over whatever midterm this is, though, that wouldn’t be quite unusual. Still, Alfonse is having a hard time figuring out just what has inspired this early morning energetic panic. A study session too, if the weight of her bookbag is any indication. Looking at Sharena’s friend isn’t any help, either. Reese is hard to read on the best of days, and today she is sporting one of her many impassive stares.
“What class?” he asks.
“History.” They both answer immediately, simultaneously, with one unusually distraught groan each.
He’s a little taken aback. “I...thought you both liked your history class? What happened?”
Sharena wiggles a little and then settles into her we-ELL have I got some news posture, only to be interrupted by Reese throwing down some scattered coins onto the counter and grabbing Sharena’s arm.
“New professor, long story,” she says gruffly. “Let’s go Ray, we’re running low on time.”
“The usual?” he’s forced to call after them, as they wind their way to their favorite tall chairs at the corner table.
Reese waves her arm nonchalantly, and then they disappears into a haze of planning and papers.
He sighs, and breathes in, and takes stock of the returning calm quiet. Sharena and Reese are not the only ones swamped by paperwork this morning. All of Alfonse’s regulars are here today. Sitting outside today is the healer, a short nifl man whose light skin is splotchy red from the sunburn he got falling asleep out there yesterday. His godsawful shift at the hospital ends at six-thirty in the morning, and he originally had taken to pacing around on the sidewalk outside until opening like a lost puppy right up until the day Alfonse just shook his head and started letting him in. He’s deep into his third espresso and fourth newspaper. At the table on the other side of the door are the artist twins from down the street. They’re Askran, both with deep magenta hair. One keeps hers in a braid, the other keeps hers mostly cut off, and that’s about the only way to tell the two apart. That and a teeny little scar one of them has about her left purple eye. Alfonse is pretty sure they come from serious money, given he’s never seen them actually engage in making art, but they do talk nonstop about what they’ve bought. They’re signing energetically back and forth over an intimidatingly tall mountain of photographs. More than once, they’ve gotten too animated and knocked over their drinks. Alfonse wonders idly if he should go ahead re-drag out the supplies out for their long, complicated, terrifyingly expensive order.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the shop there are a few locals on laptops. Then in the front there is his friend Anna napping on her notebook next to a hot chocolate she never drinks. Her curly red ponytail in flopped over her face, and she’d be embarrassed if Alfonse ever told her she snores, just a little. It usually means she’s having...well, she calls them good dreams, but often they lead her to try implementing some hare-brained scheme for the shop. Smushed up with her nose metaphorically against the window is the Múspellian. She’s short, with deep, dark skin and pure orange hair that she keeps slicked back in the most severe and ‘i’m mature’ of ponytails. She’s too young to be from the college, and Alfonse has worried more than once about her. She never talks, though. Alfonse doesn’t even know her name. She came in once with a firefighters helmet though, and as soon as Sharena found out she immediately declared to a doubtful Alfonse that this meant the girl was a firefighter, or perhaps a firefighter intern, whatever such a thing may be.
And then of course in the back there is the new guy. New guy. New guy is tall and buff, intimidating and elegant. He’s got sunkissed skin that is a saturated medium brown, and the one time his large black and gold-rimmed sunglasses slipped he had underneath the most intriguing, defiant pair of eyes. One, a red color that, alarmingly, seemed to almost reflect and refract like a melted gem, the other a faint, rich gold. Alfonse has spent more time hoping New Guy’s glasses would slip again that he would like to admit, but he only hopes it because Alfonse can’t get a read on him otherwise. He doesn’t actually ever get anything other than water, but puts good coffee money in the tip jar. Other than a soft ‘good morning’ and precise pleases and thank yous, new guy doesn’t talk either, none of the Morning Regulars really ever do, but he, less than most. Unlike the other regulars, New Guy is composed in the mornings and completely free of the kinds of small tells and fidgeting details Alfonse would usually use to spin stories about his customers.
He has a routine, of course. He’s there’s every weekday promptly at 7:07, so Alfonse figures he’s taking the 7:05 aetherail into the city. Not only does he have the one Emblian red eye, but he’s also got Emblian hair, beautifully long, tantalizingly fluffy and pastel white. Yet despite the current diplomatic tension, he’s here, in Askr, five days a week. And unless he’s taking the hours-long commute from one country to another, he lives here. More contradictions, he dresses in an oddly formal, precise, businesswear that’s both charmingly antique and blisteringly modern, the kind of coldly fashionable style that is ragingly popular among the high-power suits-and-slacks businesspeople downtown. But, who has coffee uptown when he has to be downtown for work? And he has to disembark from the aetherail to boot, which means he’d have to take the metroway to continue, and everyone in the city takes the metroway from time to time, certainly, but in all the weeks he’s been coming here Alfonse has never seen the man so much as brush up against another person, dodging contact gracefully and subtly even when a collision seemed, to Alfonse’s practiced eye, inevitable…
Alfonse shakes his head and drags himself back to the present. Mystery man is a puzzle Alfonse shouldn’t be so focused on now, or really, ever. New guy has his water for the day, and his single large off-brand e-reader instead of his occasional neat stacks of paper, which means he’s busy, much like Alfonse should be. Midterms hadn’t snuck up on Alfonse, but Sharena’s arrival was a reminder that he needed to be at his most alert for the next few days.
He rolls the momentary tension out of his shoulders, finishes wiping down the counter, and then dives back into the daily work of keeping his little coffee shop running.
#kentauris' wips#kentauris writes#im ging to try and start using that tag again#zachfonse#coffeeshop au
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Der "liebe" Asphalt
Das ist so eine Sache mit dem Asphalt. Laut Reiseführer ist der Asphaltanteil der meisten Etappen über 60%. Das ist nicht so toll. Denn es ist der Asphalt in Kombination mit dem Gewicht des Rucksacks, der meine Schmerzen auf den Sohlen verursacht. Eben das was man Sohlenbrand nennt.
Am Vormittag macht mir der Asphalt oft weniger Mühe, aber spätestens am Nachmittag suche ich so oft wie möglich nicht auf sondern neben dem harten Asphalt zu gehen. Da nutze ich jede noch so kurze Strecke mit weicherer Unterlage wie Kies, Erde oder Wiese am Straßenrand, die meine schmerzenden Füße schonen.
Glücklicherweise führt der Jakobsweg wenn immer möglich über einen Weg, der nicht direkt an der Hauptstraße verläuft. Immer wieder geht es durch den Wald. Die Strecken durch den Wald sind aber meistens mit viel Steigung verbunden. Zuerst bergauf, dann begab. Dann muss ich entsprechend langsamer gehen. Aber das lohnt sich.
Am Samstag gab es zwei Steigungen die es wirklich in sich hatten. Die erste hinten dem Haus vom Bergdoktor (DEM Bergdoktor) ging noch und der Weg führte über eine Weide.
Die zweite hatte ich zuerst verpasst und musste zurückgehen. Sie begann hinter der Talstation der Seilbahn und führte dann im Zickzack eine fast senkrechte Böschung hinauf. Das hatte es in sich! Aber danach verlief sie wieder durch eine wunderschöne Gegend abseits vom Straßenlärm.
Natürlich brauchen diese Strecken abseits auch mehr Zeit und Kilometer als wenn man neben der Hauptstraße geht. Das vergesse ich manchmal, wenn ich versuche die noch benötigte Zeit zu berechnen.
Aber es gibt auch Situationen, wo mir der Asphalt lieber wäre:
Seit Ende letzter Woche wurde immer für den nächsten Tag Regen angesagt. Der jedoch dann meist ausblieb. Darüber war ich natürlich nicht böse. So konnte ich die ersten fünf Tage bis auf ein wenig Nieseln im Trockenen wandern.
Für Sonntag schien es unausweichlich, dass es den ganzen Tag regnen wird. Als ich aufwache schien aber die Sonne. Der Vormittag blieb großteils sonnig. Als ich zu Mittag vor einem Restaurant stehen blieb, fielen die ersten Regentropfen. Für mich ein Zeichen, dass ich ins Restaurant gehen soll. Während ich drin war schüttete es aus allen Kübeln. Als es Zeit war, wieder aufzubrechen, schien es fast nicht mehr zu regnen. Es war dann doch gerade so viel, dass ich den Poncho brauchte. Wieder einmal fühlte ich mich von Gott beschenkt und umsorgt.
An dem Nachmittag verlief die Strecke fast nur durch den Wald und mehrmals sehr steil bergauf und bergab. Wie rutschig nasse Nadeln, Laub und Baumwurzeln sein können, habe ich bereits ausprobiert. Und so war ich extrem vorsichtig unterwegs. Da wo der Weg weniger steil verlief, bestand er oft aus schlammigen Lacken, die dann auch sehr rutschig sein können und einen ziemlichen Balanceakt erforderten. In dieser Situation wäre mir der Asphalt ausnahmsweise lieber gewesen.
Trotzdem kam ich am Abend gut im Quartier an. Unbeabsichtigt habe ich an dem Tag die dreißig Kilometer Marke geknackt, da die Strecke am Vormittag 18 km war und die einzige Vermieterin, die abhob als ich anrief, weitere 12 km entfernt war.
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The "dear" asphalt.
The asphalt is one of those things. According to the guidebook, the asphalt portion of most stages is over 60%. That's not so great. Because it is the asphalt in combination with the weight of the backpack that causes my pain on the soles. Which is called sole burn.
In the morning the asphalt often gives me less trouble, but at the latest in the afternoon I try to walk as often as possible not on but next to the hard asphalt. There I use every ever so short distance with softer underground like gravel, earth or meadow at the roadside, which spare my aching feet.
Fortunately, the Way of St. James leads whenever possible on a path that does not run directly on the main road. Again and again it goes through the forest. The routes through the forest, however, are usually associated with a lot of slope. First uphill, then downhill. Then I have to walk accordingly slower. But it is worth it.
On Saturday there were two climbs that were really hard. The first hill behind the house of the Bergdoktor (THE mountain doctor from TV) was still okay and the path led over a pasture.
The second I had missed at first and had to go back. It started behind the valley station of the cable car and then zigzagged up an almost vertical slope. That was quite a challenge! But after that it ran again through a beautiful area away from the noise of the roads.
Of course, these routes off the beaten path also take more time and miles than walking next to the main road. I sometimes forget that when I try to calculate the time still needed.
But there are also situations where I would prefer the asphalt: Starting at the end of last week, rain was always forecast for the next day. Which, however, then mostly failed to materialize. Of course I was not upset about that. Thus I could hike the first five days except for a little drizzle in the dry.
For Sunday it seemed inevitable that it will rain the whole day. When I woke up, however, the sun was shining. Most of the morning remained sunny. When I stopped in front of a restaurant at noon, the first raindrops fell. For me a sign that I should go into the restaurant. While I was inside, it poured cats and dogs. When it was time to leave again, it seemed to have almost stopped raining. It was then just enough that I needed the poncho. Once again I felt blessed and cared for by God.
That afternoon the route was almost exclusively through the forest and several times very steep uphill and downhill. How slippery wet needles, leaves and tree roots can be, I have already tried. And so I was extremely careful on the way. Where the path was less steep, it often consisted of muddy puddles, which can also be very slippery and require quite a balancing act. In this situation, I would have preferred the asphalt for once.
Nevertheless, I arrived well in the evening in the quarters. Unintentionally, I cracked the thirty-kilometer mark that day, since the route in the morning was 18 km and the only landlady who picked up when I called was another 12 km away.
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Me and some friends came up with a Really Awful (GREAT) au, where things hurt and Gon turns dark side. I’m posting the partially edited chat log instead of summarizing ‘cause I’m lazy af, but this will be added to my Verse’s list. I just have to think of a tag
If you’re interested in RPing something from this sorta AU, please hit me up, I’d absolutely love to.
gabriel the gondad - gon is the PERFECT example of someone who could have ended up REally, REAALLLY dark but didnt, out of sheer luck of his upbringing
can - yeah, and if he went to hisoka for training oh my gosh
Café con Leche - ^^ OMG i'd love to read that
can - the poor boy would do a 180
gabriel the gondad - c h r i s t please? ? ? henckin??? ohhh man fucknign please i LOVE hisoka corrupting gons morals i love gons morals being corrupted but i love hisoka doing it even more chefs kiss and Poor Killua watching his light turn black and ugly
Café con Leche - omg yes it would corrupt him so much cain what if he tries to kill Hisoka
can - and that would make killua go back to his family
gabriel the gondad - O h h h h
can - omg
gabriel the gondad - oh this is good
can - WHAT IF HE CORRUPTS GON SO MUCH THAT
Café con Leche - OH MY GOS
can - GON STANDS IN BETWEEN THEM TO PROTECT HISOKA
gabriel the gondad - DFDF
Café con Leche - WHAT IF
gabriel the gondad - GUCK
Café con Leche - YES BUT ALSO lISTEN what if Hisoka completely fucks killua up And Gon walks in and just looks at him
gabriel the gondad - and doesnt care
Café con Leche - all bloody on the ground YES
can - YESSS
gabriel the gondad - "You did this to yourself, Killua."
Café con Leche - And Killua weeps and reaches out for him
gabriel the gondad - and gon Leaves
can - And then cue illumi like "see this is why i said assassins dont have friends"
Café con Leche - Illumi saves him
gabriel the gondad - C H RI ST
Café con Leche - and Killua goes back home clad in darkness AND OMG WHAT IF FUCKING ALLUKA TRIES TO PERSUADE GON
gabriel the gondad - C H R I S T ALLUKA NO oh o h n o what if killua makes a wish
Café con Leche - OOOH oh my god what if his wish brings Gon back but gon realizes what he's done
gabriel the gondad - gon still REmembers and he wont forgive himself
Café con Leche - and he can bear to live with himself BUT he has to save killua
gabriel the gondad - ooooooooo c hrist c h r i s t the Drama the Pain I Love It
Café con Leche - and hisoka and illu just keeps trying to keep tem corrupted them* and gon sees killua again and killua is just ice cold, dead in the eyes
gabriel the gondad - WHAT IF.... KILLUA.. yes Y E S
Café con Leche - and gon knows its all his fault it's like kite all over again f uck
can - and hisoka is like, "this is why you shouldn't put your faith in other people~ only live for yourself and your own pleasures"
Café con Leche - Hisoka whispering in Gon's ear how it's all his fault and he should just accept it
gabriel the gondad - this is,, So Good im eating my own fist OK BUT LISTEN CONSIDER hisoka telling gon "this is your fault. this is why you should live for only yourself" and gon turns around and punches hisoka in the face with as much nen as he can muster and says "if i live for myself, I'm killing you first." bc hisokas the one. that did this to him
can - hisoka would be LIVID And all hisoka has to say once Gon is dead is "Pity~ He wasn't nearly as ripe as I'd hoped. Such a waste."
Café con Leche - Imagine if killua just watches Gon and Hisoka slowly but surely once he sees Gon near death he's returning to some of his consciousness and he cant live without his light and Illumi fucking loses it
gabriel the gondad - c h r i s t ohhh my god
Café con Leche - illumi tries to kill hisoka gabriel the gondad - im Suffering ok but illumi would win b/c hisoka would already be injured from his fight w gon
can - Hisoka would retreat after that he aint dumb
Café con Leche - illumi would chase after him
gabriel the gondad - illumi wouldnt fuckn Let Him
Café con Leche - make it his life mission to kill him jesus this got dark
gabriel the gondad - YOU DONT SAY
Café con Leche - imagine Ging seeing his son so messed up
gabriel the gondad - o h IMAGINE MITO
Café con Leche - mito would blame ging it's his fault he wanted to be a hunter his fault he wasnt there for him
gabriel the gondad - ffffffffuuuuuck ok but, where gon doesnt die he beats hisoka in his fight
can - "Kill me, and you'll be just like me~"
gabriel the gondad - and he takes killua with him, and they leave, and they go to ging, and gon says "please help me, i dont know what to do any more" gon doesnt kill him hes Very Particuar about that breaks both his legs, rips an arm off, whatever it takes but doesnt Kill him illumi can have that right, if he wants it
Boopi - oh
gabriel the gondad - HI BOOPI WEVE BEEN. PLOTTING
Boopi - plotting about wut- e.e
gabriel the gondad - plotting about corruption
Boopi - corruption- i- see- exiTS
gabriel the gondad - BOOPI NO COME B A C K
Boopi - corruption and alluka can not be within the same conversatioN-
gabriel the gondad - listen alluka is the one who fixes everything shes still pure and wholesome
Boopi - okay so what i understand is gon is all dark and moody and killua is suffering more gon x hisoka new evil double duo illumi and killua bonding and alluka flies down from the heavens as an angel to fix everything and re-create killugon
gabriel the gondad - she tries to recreate killugon but you cant erase the past so its still all fucked up and moody
Boopi - does trying make it w orse cause what a twist
gabriel the gondad - i meannnn,,,, define worse
Boopi - dang is this au that dark
gabriel the gondad - :^)
Boopi - if everyone is gonna be dark/angst/whatever this is i am perfectly okey with this sad/wise alluka ftw
gabriel the gondad - if by worse you mean it hurts, because one of the possibilies is gon and killua die but also the possibilty they win the fight against hisoka and have to deal with the fallout of all their decisions and wrongdoings or would worse be they never speak again, and both continue along their paths of killing and being perfect imitations of hisoka and illumi
Boopi - omg allu's stuck in-between
gabriel the gondad - :^) i, personally, think that killua would make a wish to fix everything but nanikas power isnt omnipotent all she can do is get gon to realize where he fucked up and from there, its up to him to try and fix it (whether or not he can is a completely different story.)
Boopi - okay so how would alluka act with everything's different? shouldn't she be affected by it too
gabriel the gondad - THATS. ALSO SOMETHIN I WAS WORRIED ABOUT
can - i mean
Boopi - maybe not nanika, but allu
can - she probably will lose her brother and get locked up again
Café con Leche - AND KILLUA DOESNT CARE AAAAAAAAAAAAH
gabriel the gondad - yeah, unless she escapes she'll prob get locked up again
Boopi - if killua doesn't care then illumi is free to do whatever
gabriel the gondad - id say its possible that,, killua does what he can to free her so he can still have one light in the world like, before he goes back to the family, he hides alluka away
can - if killua calls her something bad like
Boopi - "it"
can - "that thing isnt apart of the family"
Café con Leche - Illumi: So Killua, what do we do with "it"? Killua: .. Do whatever u want jesus but yes i hear u gabe¨
Boopi - can you even imagine a dark alluka
gabriel the gondad - n o
Café con Leche - ALLUKA
gabriel the gondad - not my gentle sweet sunshine
can - y es
gabriel the gondad - n o N O
Café con Leche - gets corrupted cuz she loses HER light
can - she will giggle when she kills ppl
Boopi - just an alluka that's lost hope and enjoys the killing
Café con Leche - omg omg boopi what if Alluka get's corrupted and starts killing because she wants to be useful to Killua
Boopi - alluka or nanika? or both
Café con Leche - both
Boopi - bOTH
Café con Leche - Alluka tells Nanika to kill people and then asks Killua to pat her head aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Boopi - just imagine Alluka's holding [insert character name]'s head here "Killua... Pat my head and tell me I'm a good girl..." and she just creepily smiles while walking towards him with the head casually omg i srry
Café con Leche - omg what if one day she's like "Killua... Want Gon to die?"
gabriel the gondad - O H
Boopi - cHILL wi dark alluka refers to herself like she's an object t h o
can - O H M Y GOD
Café con Leche - ......... oh my go d
can - "I'm an object that you can use, big brother~"
gabriel the gondad - this got a w f u l l y dark
Boopi - "Do not worry over my feelings, big brother. I feel nothing. It feels nothing." geebus christ
Café con Leche - imagine kurapika's roll in this
gabriel the gondad - O H pika watching gon turn into the exact type of person he despises just like the troupe trained by an ex-troupe member killing for sport, just to get stronger, just to prove he can kill them
Café con Leche - oMG
gabriel the gondad - OH WHAT IF.... HISOKA..... TELLS.... GON.... TO... kill his old friends
Café con Leche - kp is a maffia boss right.... What if Killua get's a mission to assassinate him..
Boopi - nO not the friends pls
gabriel the gondad - LSTIEN GON KILLING LEORIO
Boopi - NU
can - AAAAAAAA
Café con Leche - yas
Boopi - NOT THE OREO
gabriel the gondad - walks Right Up to leorio, nen out and boiling like it was with pitou and oreo, poor oreo, laughing, trying to understand whats wrong
Café con Leche - Gabe gabe gabe even worse he crushes his hands, makes him unable to ever become a doctor
gabriel the gondad - hmmm good angst, but also, i feel like, gons goal would be to Remove leorio as a tie
Café con Leche - Sasuke style
gabriel the gondad - i never watched shippuden :0
Boopi - sasuke tried to sever all his old bonds i think
gabriel the gondad - yeah basically that kill everyone who was important to you, so they cant be used against you gon, punching a hole through leorios ribcage, becase he doesnt have killuas technique of ripping the heart out so he just obliterates it instead leorio dying and looking up at gon and saying "i forgive you”
Boopi - stop you're hurting me
gabriel the gondad - leorio WOULD forgive him tho this got really out of hand, really fast
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2018/03/05
Brot, Pizza, Kompost und Regen
(scroll down for English version: bread, pizza, compost and rain)
(défiler vers le bas pour la version française: pain, pizza, compost et pluie)
Nach dem Frühstück ging es für mich heute um 9 Uhr mit der Arbeit los. Ich durfte beim Brotbacken helfen! Es sind diese Woche noch 2 Praktikanten da, die Clément in der Bäckerei und auf dem Hof helfen. Zunächst habe ich Clément geholfen den Brotteig zu machen, was viel leichter gewesen wäre, wenn ich endlich dahinter steigen würde, wie die Zahlen heißen. So hat mir der Kopf geraucht, und nicht nur, weil es durch den Holzofen so heiß war in der Bäckerei. Irgendwie hat es zum Glück trotzdem funktioniert und es ist ein brauchbarer Teig zustande gekommen. Der Teig wurde dann in 4 Portionen geteilt und mit verschiedenen Nuss- und Samenmischungen vermengt. Danach durfte ich helfen, den Teig zu portionieren und ihn zu formen. Das Formen ist gar nicht so leicht, aber mit genug Mehl und etwas Übung hat es ganz gut geklappt. Als das Brot im Ofen war wollte ich Maria helfen, die Pizzen fürs Mittagessen zu belegen und habe mir bei dem Versuch einen Beutel Käse aufzuschneiden erst mal in den Finger geschnitten. Taschentuch drum und weiter ging`s. (Hinfallen, aufstehen, Krone richten, weitermachen.) Bis der Ofen die richtige Temperatur für die Pizza erreicht hatte sind Clément, die zwei Praktikanten und ich raus gegangen und Clément (oder der „Boulanger“, wie Maria immer sagt) hat uns gezeigt, wie man den Komposthaufen richtig mit Mist, Heu, Stroh und Asche aufschichtet. Es war sehr windig und ich musste aufpassen, dass ich beim Auflockern des Mist-Stroh-Gemisches nicht wortwörtlich in einem Shit Storm lande.
Nach dem Mittagessen (die Pizza war sehr lecker, auch wenn die Franzosen eine komische Vorstellung davon haben, was sich als Pizzabelag eignet) haben wir den Komposthaufen fertig gemacht. Als letztes haben wir den Haufen mit einer dicken Schicht alten Komposts (also quasi Erde) zugedeckt. Dazu hat einer der Praktikanten eine von drei Schubkarren mit Erde gefüllt, der andere hat sie dann die 30 Meter zum Komposthaufen gefahren, wo ich dann die Erde runter geschaufelt hab. Insgesamt waren es 10 oder 11 Schubkarren voll Erde und bei der Vorletzten hatte es zum Regnen angefangen. Der Regen war eigentlich sehr angenehm, da mir durch die Arbeit so warm geworden war, dass ich sogar meinen Pulli ausgezogen und nur in einem Tanktop gearbeitet hatte. Als der Kompost fertig war bin ich reingegangen, um mich abzutrocknen und aufzuwärmen (der Regen hat mich etwas ausgekühlt). Ich habe wieder Yoga gemacht, und nachdem ich geduscht hatte wollte ich raus, um ein paar Fotos vom Hof zu machen, aber es hatte schon wieder angefangen zu regnen. Also hab ich nur ein paar Bilder zur Tür und zum Fenster raus gemacht und vielleicht schaffe ich es ja noch vor meiner Abreise ein paar Fotos zu machen.
Zum Abendessen gab es Suppe vom Vortag und frisch gebackenes Brot, zum Nachtisch Käse und zum nach-Nachtisch Teurgoule (im Ofen gebackener Milchreis aus der Normandie).
Nach diesem Tag und diesem Essen werde ich hoffentlich schlafen wie ein Stein.
Bread, pizza, compost and rain
After breakfast, I started work at 9am today. I could help with bread baking! This week, there are 2 interns here helping Clément in the bakery and on the farm. I started off by helping Clément make the bread dough, which would have been a lot easier if I could actually wrap my mind around how the numbers work in French. So my head was spinning. Somehow, luckily, it still worked out and managed to make a useable dough. The dough was then divided into 4 portions and mixed with different nut and seed mixtures. Then I was allowed to help portion the dough and shape it. Shaping is not too easy, but with enough flour and a little practice, it went quite well. When the bread was in the oven, I wanted to help Maria prepare the pizzas for lunch and I cut my finger attempting to cut open a bag of cheese. I wrapped a paper tissue around my finger and on I went. (Fall down, get up, dust down crown, carry on.) Until the oven reached the right temperature for the pizza, Clément, the two interns, and I went outside, and Clément (or the "boulanger," as Maria always calls him) showed us how to properly stack the compost heap with manure, hay, straw and ashes. It was very windy and I had to be careful not to literally end up in a shit storm when trying to aerate the dung-straw mixture. After lunch (the pizza was delicious, even though the French have a weird idea of what's suitable as a pizza topping), we've finished the compost heap. As the final step, we covered the heap with a thick layer of old compost (basically soil). One of the trainees filled one of three wheelbarrows with soil, the other pushed them 30 meters to the compost pile, where I shoveled the soil onto the heap. All in all, there were 10 or 11 wheelbarrows full of soil and when I was working on the second to last wheelbarrow, it had started to rain. The rain was actually very pleasant, as I had gotten so warm from the work that I had even taken off my sweater and was working wearing only a tank top. When the compost was done I went in to dry myself and warm up (the rain was chilly after all). I did some yoga again, and after taking a shower I intended to get outside to take some pictures of the farm, but it had started to rain again. So I just took a few pictures from inside the door and through the window, and maybe I'll actually be able to take some proper pictures before I leave.
For dinner, we had soup from the day before and freshly baked bread, for dessert cheese and for the dessert of the dessert Teurgoule (oven-baked rice pudding from Normandy). After this day and this dinner, I will hopefully sleep like a log.
Pain, pizza, compost et pluie
Après le petit déjeuner, j'ai commencé à travailler à 9 heures aujourd'hui. J'ai pu aider avec la cuisson du pain! Cette semaine, il y a encore 2 stagiaires ici pour aider Clément à la boulangerie et à la ferme. D'abord, j'ai aidé Clément à faire la pâte, ce qui aurait été beaucoup plus facile si je enfin comprendrais la façon dont les numéros fonctionnent. Donc, j'ai phosphoré. D'une manière ou d'une autre, heureusement, cela a fonctionné et c'est arrivé à une pâte utile. La pâte a ensuite été divisée en 4 portions et mélangée avec différents mélanges de noix et de graines. Ensuite, j'ai pu aider à diviser la pâte et à la former. La mise en forme n'est pas si facile, mais avec assez de farine et un peu de pratique, ça a plutôt bien marché. Pendant le pain était dans le four, j'aurais voulu aider Marie à préparer les pizzas pour le déjeuner et je ai coupé mon doigt en essayant de couper ouvert un sac de fromage. Bander avec un mouchoir et c'est parti. (Tomber par terre, se lever, réajuster la couronne, continuer.) Jusqu'à ce que le four atteint la température correcte pour la pizza, nous, Clément, les deux stagiaires et je suis sont sortis au dehors et Clément (ou « Boulanger », comme Marie dit toujours) nous a montré comment bien empiler le tas de compost avec du fumier, du foin, de la paille et des cendres. Il avait beaucoup de vent et je devais faire attention que je ne me trouve pas littéralement dans un Shitstorm en ameublir le mélange paille-fumier. Après le déjeuner (la pizza était délicieuse, même si les Français ont une étrange idée de ce qui est approprié comme garniture des pizzas) nous avons fait prêt le tas de compost. Enfin, nous avons recouvert la pile d'une épaisse couche de vieux compost (pour ainsi dire la terre). Pour l'un des stagiaires a rempli l'un des trois brouettes avec le sol, l'autre a ensuite poussé au tas de compost de 30 mètres où j'ai décharger la terre. Au total, il y avait 10 ou 11 brouettes de terre et dans l'avant-dernier, il avait commencé à pleuvoir. La pluie était vraiment très agréable, car j’étais chaude par le travail que j'avais même pris mon pull et travaillé que dans un débardeur. Quand le compost a été fait je suis allée dedans pour me sécher et réchauffer (la pluie m'a un peu refroidi). J'ai fait le yoga à nouveau, et après avoir douché, je voulais sortir pour prendre quelques photos de la ferme, mais il avait commencé à pleuvoir. J'ai donc prises quelques photos au travers des fenêtres, et j'éspere que je peux peut-être prendre des photos avant mon départ.
Pour le dîner, il y avait de la soupe de la veille et du pain fraîchement cuit, pour le dessert du fromage et pour le dessert du dessert Teurgoule. Après cette journée et cette nourriture, j'espère que je dormirai comme un sabot.
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Der Tag begann mit wunderbaren Eindrücken am einsamen Lac des Eissaupres (2356m), nahe des Passes Col de la Bonette (2715m). Unsere Weiterfahrt nach Italien in Richtung Turin verlief dann wegen des temporär geschlossenen Passes Col de Larche etwas anders als geplant und wir hatten deshalb die Freude, Briancon noch einmal zur zu sehen/zu durchfahren. Endlich in Italien angekommen, endete der Tag dann schließlich im Örtchen Chiusa Di San Michele zur Übernachtung. The day started with great impressions from the lonely Lac des Eissaupres (2356m), near Col de la Bonette (2715m). Our journey to Italy direction Torino then went a bit different than planned, due to the temporary closure of the Col de Larche. Because of that, we had the pleasure to see/pass through Briancon again. Having finally reached Italy, the day then ended in the small town of Chiusa Di San Michele.
Zur Zusammenfassung / To the summary Alpen-Herbst/Autumn-Alp Tour – Tag/Day 9: Saint Martin Vesubie (960m), Madone de Fenestre (1908m), Lac des Eissaupres (2356m)
30. Oktober 2017 – zehnter Reisetag. Die Nacht war zugegebenermaßen schon recht kalt an diesem vorletzten Oktobertag am schönen Lac des Eissaupres auf ca. 2350 m Höhe. Trotz leichten Frostes hielt uns die 6kW Truma Heizung im ML-T 580 4×4 aber schön mollig warm. Irgendwie schafften wir es dann auch rechtzeitig nach draußen in die Kälte zu kommen, um einige schöne Eindrücke fotografisch festzuhalten, bevor die Sonne über den (recht hohen) Horizont kam. Ein Klick auf die Bilder vergrößert diese. October 30th, 2017 – tenth travel day. Admittedly, the night was already quite cold on that second last October morning at the nice Lac des Eissaupres at about 2350 m of altitude. Despite temperatures slightly below freezing point, the 6kW Truma heater of our ML-T 580 4×4 keept us cosily warm. Somehow we even managed to get out to the cold to picture some of the nice impressions before the sun climbed over the (quite high) horizon.
Lac des Eissaupres – noch vor dem direkten Sonnenlicht / just before the first direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – noch vor dem direkten Sonnenlicht / just before the first direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – noch vor dem direkten Sonnenlicht / just before the first direct sun light
Sobald das erste direkte Sonnenlicht über den Berg strich, machte die Landschaft eine Metamorphose in Farbe und Kontrast durch. Obwohl noch immer am gleichen Ort fühlte es sich ganz anders an, wie die folgenden Bilder zu zeigen versuchen. Ein Klick auf die Bilder vergrößert diese. As soon as the first sun light came over the mountain, the landscape went through a metamorphosis of color and contrast. Although being still at the same place, all suddenly looked and felt completely different, as the following images try to depict. A click on the images will enlarge them.
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Lac des Eissaupres – im Sonnenlicht / now in the direct sun light
Bei dieser Umgebung kein Wunder, dass wir uns für das Frühstück etwas mehr Zeit ließen, bevor wir uns wieder talwärts in Richtung Norden aufmachten. Ziel war zunächst wieder Barcelonette, um dort einzukaufen, Wasser, Gas und Diesel zu bunkern. Dann sollte es eigentlich über Jausiers und den Col du Larche Richtung Italien weitergehen. Jedoch bemerkten wir bereits zwischen Barcelonette und Jausiers die erste Hinweistafel mit dem Vermerk, dass der Col du Larche geschlossen sei. Die gleiche Information hatte auch die elektronische Hinweistafel kurz vor der Abzweigung Col du Larche / Col de Vars. Eine kurze Recherche im Internet ergab dass entweder ein Unfall oder eine kurzfristig eingerichtete Baustelle der Grund für die Sperrung gewesen sein muss. Schnee war dort jedenfalls nicht gefallen. Jedenfalls entschieden wir uns, wieder über Vars, Guillestre, Briancon und Montgenevre nach Italien zu fahren. Die interaktive Karte unten zeigt wieder den GPS-Track des Tages und weitere Aspekte, u.a. die Aufnahmeorte unserer Bilder. No surprise that we took some more time for our breakfast in that great environment, before we continued downhill towards north. Our first destination that morning was again Barcelonette, to do some shopping and get water, gas and Diesel fuel. after that we were supposed to continue towards Italy via Jausiers and the Col du Larche. But already between Barcelonette and Jausiers we noticed the first sign indicating that the Col du Larche is closed. The same was also shown by an electronic display just before the crossing D900/D902 Col du Larche / Col de Vars. A short research on the Internet revealed that either an accident or construction work led to this short term, temporary closure. For sure, snow had not been the cause. Anyway, we decided to continue towards North in France via Vars, Guillerstre, Briancon and Montgenevre at the Italian border. The interactive map below shows the GPS track of the day and some other interesting aspects, e.g. the locations where we took our photos.
Schafe beim Col de Vars
Schafe beim Col de Vars
Schafe beim Col de Vars
Die Bilder oben (zum Vergrößern anklicken) zeigen einige Schafe aus einer großen Herde, die uns vor dem Col de Vars begegnete. Nach wenigen Fotos trieben uns allerdings die wachsamen Hüterhunde bereits wieder zum Fahrzeug zurück. Auf der D902 blieben wir bis vor Guillestre. Um Zeit zu sparen, ließen wir allerdings diesmal den Col d’Izoard östlich liegen und fuhren auf der N94 zügig nach Briancon. Nach nur kurzem Aufenthalt ging es weiter auf der N94, die Sepentinen hoch durch das bereits zuvor beschriebene, relativ schmucklose Montgenevre über die Grenze nach Italien. Damit war auch der Frankreich-Teil dieser Reise beendet. Auf der SS24 ging es weiter in Richtung Osten / Turin, vorbei an Olux, in dessen Nähe sich auch der Einstiegspunkt für Fahrten zum Col de Sommelier befindet. In Susa am Bahnhof fanden wir einen ersten akzeptablen Stellplatz für die Nacht, entschieden uns aber dann doch für die Weiterfahrt und hielten schließlich auf einem zweckmäßigen kommunalen Stellplatz am Fuße des beeindruckenden Klosterberges Sacra di San Michele in Chiusa Di San Michele. Bilder des Stellplatzes wird es im nächsten Post geben. The images above (click to enlarge) show some sheep from a big flock that we came across near Col de Vars. After taking a few photos though, the serious shepherd dogs motivated us to head back to our vehicle. we continued on the D902 towards Guillestre. To save time, we did not take the Col d`Izoard this time, but the N94 towards Briancon. After just a short stay we continued on the N94, up the hairpins through the slightly ugly Montgenevre (that we had described already in an earlier post) and over to Italy. On the SS24 we then continued towards East / Torino, passing Olux, where of which you can also find the entry point for the adventurous climb up to Col du Sommelier. In Susa at the station, we found a first acceptable camper parking, but decided to proceed and found another camper parking right at the impressive monastry hill of Sacra di San Michele in Chiusa Di San Michele. We will post photos of the latter in the next blog post.
Zur Zusammenfassung / To the summary Alpen-Herbst/Autumn-Alp Tour – Tag/Day 9: Saint Martin Vesubie (960m), Madone de Fenestre (1908m), Lac des Eissaupres (2356m)
Alpen-Herbst/Autumn-Alp Tour – Tag/Day 10: Lac des Eissaupres (2356m) – Chiusa / Sacra di San Michele Der Tag begann mit wunderbaren Eindrücken am einsamen Lac des Eissaupres (2356m), nahe des Passes Col de la Bonette (2715m).
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Donner und Blitz.
Der gestrige Tag begann mit Donner und Blitz und endete damit.
Anfangs war ich sehr froh, denn ich hatte mir ja ein mehr bedecktes Wetter gewünscht.
Ein paar Kilometer nach meinem Aufbruch fing es dann an zu donnern. Das würde mich nicht weiter stören, aber dann war es doch mehr als ein Trockengewitter. Ich stellte mich wo unter und ging dann mit Poncho weiter als ich dachte es wäre großteils vorbei. Allerdings schien das Gewitter nach kurzer Zeit wieder näher zu kommen. Ich war bereits außerhalb der Ortschaft mitten auf einer feuchten Blumenwiese als ich merkte, dass der Abstand zwischen Donner und Blitz weniger als eine Sekunde war. Ich hatte keine Lust auszuprobieren ob mein Poncho genügend isoliert im Fall eines Blitzschlags. Also drehte ich um und suchte den nächsten Unterstand.
Dort waren bereits zwei andere Wanderer, die zwar nicht am Jakobsweg unterwegs waren, ihn aber bereits mehrmals bis Santiago gegangen sind. Es war eine interessante Unterhaltung während wir auf das Ende des Gewitter warteten.
Schließlich war es soweit, dass ich mit Poncho weitergehen konnte. Der Pilgerführer hat nicht zu viel versprochen - es war eine wunderschöne Strecke. Der Himmel war großteils bedeckt und das machte das Wandern sehr angenehm.
Erst zu Mittag verschwand ein Großteil der Bewölkung.
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Thunder and lightning.
Yesterday started with thunder and lightning and ended with it.
At first I was very happy, because I had wished for more overcast weather.
Then a few miles after I left, it started to thunder. That wouldn't bother me much, but then it turned out to be more than a dry thunderstorm. I sheltered and then went on with poncho when I thought it was mostly over. However, after a short time the thunderstorm seemed to come closer again. I was already outside the village in the middle of a wet flower meadow when I noticed that the distance between thunder and lightning was less than a second. I didn't feel like trying out if my poncho would insulate enough in case of a lightning strike. So I turned around and looked for the next shelter.
There were already two other hikers who were not on the Way of St. James, but had already walked it several times to Santiago. It was an interesting conversation while we waited for the thunderstorm to end.
Finally, it got to the point where I could continue with my poncho on. The pilgrim guide didn't promise too much – it was a beautiful route. The sky was mostly overcast and that made walking very pleasant.
It wasn't until noon that much of the cloud cover disappeared.

Nach der Mittagspause war wieder eine größere Steigung auf dem Programm. Und die Sonne zeigte was sie kann. Als ich den höchsten Punkt erreichte, sah ich eine Regenfront, die genau in meine Richtung kam. Ein Blick auf den Wetter Radar machte deutlich, dass ich es nicht bis zum Zielort schaffen würde, bevor die Gewitterfront mich erreicht.
So beschloss ich an Ort und Stelle ein Zimmer zu nehmen. Am Abend nach dem Gewitter gab es noch ein paar traumhafte Ausblicke auf die Schweizer Berge in der Abendsonne.
Auch der heutige Tag begann und endete mit Gewitter.
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After the lunch break, there was another major climb on the program. And the sun showed off again. When I reached the highest point, I saw a rain front coming right in my direction. A look at the weather radar made it clear that I would not make it to my destination before the storm front reached me.
So I decided to take a room there and then. In the evening after the thunderstorm we had some fantastic views of the Swiss mountains in the evening sun.
Today also began and ended with thunderstorms.

Das Gewitter heute früh war bereits vorbei als ich losging. Wieder waren die ersten Stunden besonders angenehm, da der Himmel bedeckt war.
Der steile Abstieg gelang mir in der angegeben einen Stunde mit nur einem Ausrutscher. Meine Füße rutschten auf dem feuchten Geröll unter mir weg. Ich konnte mich zwar gut fangen, aber dann kam ich nicht mehr auf, weil mein Rucksack mich nach hinten zog. Schließlich schaffte ich es mit seitlich abrollen.
Nach ein paar Einkäufen kam wieder eine größere Steigung. Aus der angegeben Stunde wurden 1 3/4 Stunden. Der Ausblick dort oben war traumhaft. Wie schön, dass es dort sogar ein kleines Selbstbedienungs- "Lädili" mit gekühlten Getränken gab. Nach einem kurzen Abstieg kam eine zweite kürzere Steigung. Dort fand ich endlich ein schattiges Plätzchen für eine längere Pause. Aber ich hörte bereits das erste Donnergrollen. Allerdings sah es zuerst nicht so aus, als ob es in meine Richtung kommen würde. Nach einer weiteren Stunde sah ich eine zweite Gewitterfront, die sehr wohl in meine Richtung kam. Es war ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, aber schlussendlich erreichte ich den Zielort bevor es zu regnen begann. (Das Gewitter schien dann eine Zeit lang nicht näher zu kommen und schließlich erreichten uns nur die Ausläufer.)
Allerdings hatte ich noch kein Quartier. Im Pilgerführer standen zwei günstige Unterkünfte. Bei beiden Telefonnummern antwortete niemand. Die erste Adresse schien nicht mehr zu existieren. Die zweite Adresse schien nach wie vor Pilger zu beherbergen, aber keiner war daheim. Ich wartete länger vor der Tür. Nach einer Zeit telefonierte ich mit diversen anderen Unterkünften, die alle ein Vielfaches davon kosten würden.
Was tun? Vielleicht sollte ich auf die Suche nach dem Geschäft im Ort gehen und wenn bis zum Ausbruch des Gewitters niemand daheim ist, muss ich doch in eines der teuren Hotels gehen. Auf dem Weg zum Geschäft spricht mich eine Frau an, die selber schon den Jakobsweg gegangen ist und mit einem Steirer verheiratet ist. Sie lädt mich auf einen Kaffee ein. Wir plaudern auf ihrer überdachten Terrasse während das Gewitter losbricht.
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The thunderstorm this morning was already over when I left. Again, the first hours were particularly pleasant because the sky was overcast.
The steep descent I managed in the given one hour with only one slip. My feet slipped away on the wet scree below me. I managed to catch myself, but then I couldn't get up because my backpack was pulling me backwards. Finally, I managed to roll sideways.
After a couple of purchases, there was another major climb. The stated hour became 1 3/4 hours. The view up there was fantastic. How nice that there was even a small self-service "Lädili" with chilled drinks. After a short descent came a second shorter climb. There I finally found a shady spot for a longer break. But I already heard the first rumble of thunder. However, at first it didn't look like it was coming in my direction. After another hour I saw a second thunderstorm front, which was very much coming my way. It was a race against time, but finally I reached my destination before it started to rain. (The thunderstorm then didn't seem to get any closer for a while and finally only the fringes reached us).
However, I did not have a place to stay yet. In the pilgrim's guidebook there were two cheap accommodations. At both phone numbers no one answered. The first address seemed to no longer exist. The second address still seemed to house pilgrims, but no one was home. I waited at the door for some more time. After a while I phoned various other accommodations, all of which would cost many times more.
What to do? Maybe I should go in search of the store in town and if no one is home by the time the thunderstorm breaks out, I will have to go to one of the expensive hotels after all. On the way to the store I was approached by a woman who had already walked the Way of St. James herself and was married to a Styrian. She invites me for a coffee. We chat on her covered terrace while the thunderstorm breaks loose.



Sie kennt die Familie vor deren Haus ich bereits war. Sie ruft an und erreicht sie. Ja, sie sind daheim und ich kann bei ihnen übernachten. Gerade dann hört es auf zu regnen. Ich gehe im Trockenen zu der zweiten Adresse und staune wieder einmal über Gottes Führungen.
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She knows the family in front of whose house I was earlier. She calls and reaches them. Yes, they are home and I can spend the night with them. Just then it stops raining. I walk in the dry to the second address and am once again amazed at God's guidance.
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