Vollmondwanderung (Full Moon Hike)

Tonight was the Full moon hike of the running group in Brugg. It was quite cold but luckily perfectly clear weather. The moon took awhile to come out, but we had brough plenty of lights so that was no problem. The hike lead up to Hapsburg with a couple of stops along the way for some swiss history learning. With fantastic tales about poisoning, and the like. Once we got to the top a big camp fire was waiting with plenty of cervelat (bratwurst), speckbrot (bacon bread, who thought that up), and gluhwein (hot spiced wine). Unfortunately we had to cook the cervelat ourselves over the fire using a wooden stick. I say unfortunately because everytime in my life I have tried to cook hotdogs on a stick, I have ended up with a black crusty shell, and a cold gross center. This time I was a bit luckier in getting a well cooked center, but the surface was definitely quite well burnt. With enough mustard any failures in cooking can, however, be corrected.
After eating and drinking we continued along our walk back to Hausen where we enjoyed a coffee and then took the bus back to Brugg. All in all a fantastic night with really friendly people. I also got a bit of education on the usage of the formal and informal 'you' in german. So in mountains or forests (while outdoors/adventuring), at certain restaurants, at certain festivals it is perfectly acceptable to speak with complete strangers using the informal. While not entirely that long ago people used to speak to their grandparents with the formal. I cannot even imagine.