> Hard to find good bread in Germany

Must be a different Germany in a different Universe..

Back in Germany anybody who (realy) cares about bread wouldn't even think about buying those mass-baked chemicals from the stores. For bread you go to a craft bakery which you can find everywhere - if you don't just look for around the neighborhood of the big Supermarkets.

And in those magical craft bakeries you'll find it hard not to buy anything at once, but at least a good dark, handmade in the night before, bread.

I've been around quite a bit, it's hard to find something comparable to a German or Central European dark bread enywhere else.