Cock a doodle doo!

For those of you who have been following haus maus since last year, you may recall that I've mentioned the rooster truck a time or two. It's a truck that makes a loud rooster cry about 6 times in a row -- you can't miss it -- and that way everyone knows it's here. In my district there's this truck that stops by our street on Tuesday afternoon and parks for about 15 minutes, opens up the side (like a snack truck) and sells fresh locally grown foods - I always buy the berries but there are eggs, jam, meats, cheese and everything else you can think of.

Here's the "rooster" truck...

And here are the berries that my husband ran downstairs to buy from the truck. They taste amazing, no chemical taste - no frozen and then defrosted taste - farm fresh! Yay!

The food in this region is wonderful since around it is all farmland and the farmer's bring their harvested goods into Hannover to sell at numerous markets throughout the week held all over the city (we have a farmers' market two blocks away on Wednesday even in the Winter and also another one around the corner on Friday as well). And of course, on Tuesday the truck comes with a few things so I have access to fresh food all the time. And of course, fresh flowers! If the rain doesn't come in the morning, I'll take photos for you at the local farmers' market so you can see what it's like and I'll post them here tomorrow or Thursday, okay? Then you can check out the local farmers' market - or grocery shopping outdoors German style. :) (images: holly becker)