I missed the cookies thread last week! It is sometimes too hard to find. When I try to find it, the searching is too lengthy even just searching my own pings.
Schwarzwaldkuchen, just looking at your photo I can taste it. I never liked it but it is UBIQUITOUS at parties in Germanic Switzerland. It is beautiful and I lived in the cherry filled canton where the best kirschwasser is made, but the sweet sponge and strong alcohol and candied cherries just never did it for me.
I will have to check out the train video. One of my favorite memories ever is when I was 17 and rode with a friend all through Sri Lankan jungles sitting on the outside of the open train doors. Thank goodness I did it when I was young or I’d be scared to death to do it. So beautiful. Nothing between me and the people and elephants in the jungle except some air.
Here’s the link to the cookie thread from the previous week:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3608719/posts