Thinking of the secretary at the Balkan employment agency we work with. Her favorite German word is Scheißegal (shit don’t matter).
With the dry weather we’ve got the grill shelter mostly stained. We’d be almost done if she didn’t want to paint the posts black. 😀
Weeks like this I’m glad I didn’t follow my schoolboy dream for a career in foreign policy. #Israel #Iran
Lorde/ What Was That music.youtube.com/watch
Our new grill shelter, inspired by Pinterest, designed and built by our neighbor who loves building things, so we let him. 😀
My wife’s birthday was today and when we got home from biking and dinner our son was here and we talked for two hours and that was the best part the end.
“They go from house to house, asking for donations for the “injured” Pingstbüdel (who had supposedly broken a leg, and the doctor only treated him in cash—although sweets to ease the pain were also accepted). At the end of the parade, the “spoils” are divided fairly.”
“In many villages in the Lüneburg Heath, a children’s parade takes place on Whitsunday morning, with a handcart decorated with birch branches and flowers. The cart is occupied by the “Pingstbüdel,” usually a preschool-aged boy. The rest of the group consists of other children aged 4 to 14.”
Tonight is “Pfingstbaumpflanzen” in our village. Translated from Wikipedia: Whitsun tree planting is practiced primarily in Lower Saxony. Young birch trees are planted in front of front doors. The custom is often accompanied by singing and the consumption of alcohol. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfin…
A young employee of ours was working to finance a high school exchange year in the US. The Trump decision to halt all student visas has killed that dream. 😔
Sometimes all these 80s throwbacks will fool you. Heard the first few chords of a song I thought sounded new. It wasn’t. Herbert Grönemeyer - Kinder an die Macht (1986). 😃
Finanzamt is auditing our payroll. It took a week, but we found all 56 supporting documents they requested (the last being in a mail backup for a manager who left us two years ago).
Our local Kiekeberg museum has a special event this weekend, “1945: The First Summer in Peace”, showing how residents and refugees lived in our area just after the war ended. www.kiekeberg-museum.de/ihren-bes…
Loved the interview with the Dutch women’s coach before their match against Germany in Bremen. “How will you compensate for your 3 injured stars?” “We’ll have 3 other players.”
Hoffenheim first German football club to extend contract for women players in case of pregnancy sports.yahoo.com/article/h…
Syrian refugee, 19, praised after pinning down assailant in Hamburg knife attack (he lives in Buchholz, our business home) www.theguardian.com/world/202…
Just 3 hours before we took those stairs for our train home. “Several injured in attack at Hamburg train station” www.dw.com/en/german…
