things germans do, episode 2: das Brot

Germans do bread, and they do it well.  Very well.  After a few weeks of silly ignorance, we finally bought a loaf of the good stuff, and we quickly found out why Germans will eat it at every meal.

work when you don't have any

"Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad."

That's from Dostoevsky's prison memoir, Notes from the House of the Dead.  His fellow prisoners found all sorts of ways to keep busy, from moonshine to making shoes to working out deals with the guards to do odd jobs and get a little spending cash.  Others went totally bonkers.  I don't think I'm that far yet, but recent photographs might disagree.  

Oh!  Hi, crazy face!  I'm going to take a step or two back now...