Luxury Item(s)

In my case, the carefully-chosen Luxury Items for a week of "rustic" turned out to be merely: crunchy salt - peppergrinder - apple vinegar - pumpkin seed oil

.....in addition to COFFEE, of course. ;-)

But, the coffee available to me in Garmisch-Partenkirchen far exceeded anything I could brew by my own hand.

There is an uber-cool coffee bar called "aran" -- which offers artisanal BREADS, along with a dizzying beverage menu:

http://www.aran.coop/aran.php?radContentId=r3_210414378645b62255e78717

I have a weakness for this presentation - all coffee drinks are served in rice bowls/cafe au lait bowls - sometimes with a cinnamon stick poking out......I didn't even try to hide my newcomer's giddiness, and was the only one in there taking photos of my beverage.

I bought the music CD as well. ;-)

See how the toy horse can't resist the draw of a macchiato? ha ha ha!

There is also a story about Potato Soup coming (I know, I know.....sounds boring, but I promise you -- it delivers) in the next post.

Aaaaahhh....Garmisch-Partenkirchen! I feel like writing a poem.