Woke to the the very pleasant views down across the ancient volcanic landscape. The sun was showing its colours early, with the day beginning to shape as another hot one. We had breakfast and then took a walk to the “Maar” - the term in this area of Eifel for a lake of volcanic origin. This maar, the Pulvermaar, was formed somewhere around 20,000 years ago - Neanderthal man would have seen these eruptions!
Pulvermaar is famous for it’s almost circular shape - being about 700m in diameter. The maar is filled only by rainwater, with no streams flowing into it. It’s depth at the moment is around 70 metres, only a fraction of its original depth of 300m. Because of it’s great depth the temperature remains at a constant 4 degrees Celsius.
The very popular maar is set up for a number of water sports with swimming being the most popular. The area reminds us of the Basin in Launceston, Tasmania.
During the day a number of jet fighters flew overhead, and also, what we thought was an American Super Galaxy supply aircraft. The largest American airforce base in Germany is situated just north of where we are, and it is the centre for supplying forces in the Middle East.
We relaxed for the rest of the afternoon, had our evening meal before settling into an evening of
Rummikub.
Still very warm when we said our good nights and headed for bed.
Fancy looking at a maar that was formed some 20,000 years ago, history is astonishing. Loved the pic the vibrant coloured geraniums and of course the last one of you two, just lovely. Did you have a win at rummikub. Nice part of the world you are in!! Oh, and you have a doggie with you, lucky fellow xxxx
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