Trip to Otersen, founded 782, half way between Hanover and Bremen, older than Berlin

Niedersaechsischer Baustil. Lower Saxony farm house bult late seventeenth century. Typical for Otersen where once twenty-two farms thrived but now only four remain.

Niedersaechsischer Baustil. Lower Saxony farm house bult late seventeenth century. Typical for Otersen where once twenty-two farms thrived but now only four remain.

Our gracious hosts rented this timbered vacation house for us.

Our gracious hosts rented this timbered vacation house for us.

Side view.

Side view.

Our living room.

Our living room.

Our hostess’s father and sons were, as you can see, hunters. (different house)

Our hostess’s father and sons were, as you can see, hunters. (different house)

One of our hosts and his father-in-law, age 92.

One of our hosts and his father-in-law, age 92.