Traveling Germany

As we make our way eastward through Germany a few things seem to jump out right away as compared to what we have seen so far. Wind generators seem to be almost everywhere, as well solar collectors are on many house roofs. In some of the Villages that we have passed through it even looks upwards of 75% of houses. Things seem very clean and orderly. Even when comparing a small village to what we saw in England to a small village here there is a marked difference in how clean it is here. We have also seen how many people are on bicycles, very young and very old. The level of people being active has to be far higher than North America. It is set up for it though, with bike/ski paths running between many villages and towns. You could ski and bike for hundreds of Kilometers with huts and shrines marking many of them. We talked about how sometimes we think we are so advanced environmentally in Winnipeg, one example and difference was in a few grocery stores that we stopped in. Shopping bags are not even offered or sold in the store. There is just an expectation that you will bring your own reusable bag. What a great idea! We will continue to travel toward Eisenstein.