Summary
Laughland describes her recent Christmas trip to southern Bavaria, where she discovered a land of impenetrable forest, knee-deep in snow and peopled by unfathomable beings. She found her brain in a spin due to the incompatibility of Bavaria's grim stolidity with the playfulness that produced a sublime flowering of baroque architecture, wonderful music and an obsession with fantasy for fantasy's sake.
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Sadism and Sentimentality
Frau Heigl opened the door of the Blue Goat Inn with a scowl on her face. Looking for a Narnia-esque winter wonderland, I had decided to spend Christmas in southern Bavaria, and I certainly found a land of impenetrable forest, knee-deep in snow and peopled by unfathomable beings, not the least of whom was Frau Heigl. Throughout my stay, I f...
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