Day 42: Original postal route between Hannover and Celle

"When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Project 365: # 42

One of my regular running routes is along sections of the original postal route between Hannover and Celle that was functional between 1643 and 1784! It is not that hard to imagine what it must have been like - as many of the little towns along the way, that have been incorporated into suburbs have retained much of their old-world charm, and many of the original buildings still remain. The route is also beautiful, especially in spring. I do wonder if they also admired the vivid greenness of spring, and how they survived the thick snow and slush in winter with no snow ploughs and snow tyres!

Then around the next corner, I think about the Brother's Grimm, as we are living in their backyard, and wonder where they imagined all their fairytale characters from....some of them are pretty scary!
Sometimes I don't see another soul when I am out running, and I just get lost in all the residual history, imagining the lives of those waiting for the mail carriage to deliver some important news. I wonder if everyone was as impatient to receive their mail as they currently are, and if the mailman and horse had to gallop along these little paths. I wonder if there were bandits waiting to rob the mail carriage? Then I start wondering about the depth of history in Europe, and thinking that the great composers and artists travelled in carriages along these sorts of roads...they were all ordinary people, unable to sleep at night too....I wonder if this creative greatness is now being channelled into science and technology and exploring new realms?