The gates of Heaven

 I have not ordered undyed wool in a long time, and though I dye a lot less than I used to (only doing the "Day of Wool" twice every year nowadays), I was  running out of things to dye. I put together my order  from the usual place I order, but then an amount of money for some work I did was delayed. Just enough that whatever I would'have ordered, would not get here in time, especially, because we were leaving for a reenactment event in the Netherlands. However, we almost never go to these event without adding a thing or two to our itiniary, and in this case, Norbert added two Technik Museum in Germany, that were in our way. Just a couple of days before we were leaving, I had an inspiration. Like someone was whispering in my ear. And looked up the address of Wollknoll, the wellknown wool purveyor of Europe, put the address on Google maps, fully prepared to find it the opposit corner of the country ... But found out that it was only about 50 km out of our way. 

So I said to Norbert, that I am going with him to not one but TWO museums, that are technically are museums of transportations, full of cars, aircrafts and the like, so he could spare me that few hours to stop by and then I can not only buy the wool I needed, but instead of looking at pictures online I can also look around, see and touch many of the wools in person. (Not to mention that I would also save the considerable shipping cost as well).

The road from Sinsheim to Oberrot was absolutely beautiful, gorgeous small towns and villages, winegroves on hillsides, winding roads. 

I called ahead, and it took a minute or two to find someone who speaks English, and they were really nice, yes, you can come in person and shop, and we are open from 8AM to 5PM, yes, I will be here tomorrow, I can help you (in English) with your shopping. 

The rest you can imagine. Like a kindergarten kid, lost in a sugarshop.