Miami – Art, Beaches, Condos and: Everglades! For the first time, Thomas and me booked a trip in the Everglades. Best weather, sunshine and light wind from the southwest.
Our – or better: the internet’s choice – has been ‘Airboat in Everglades’ and we were happy to get a private tour on Sunday at short notice. A 40 minutes drive later we reached our destination and we hastily sprayed tons of sun and mosquito protection on our skins.
Starting point with the airboat has been north of the Tamiami Trail, right into the Water Conservation Area of the Everglades with our guide Stanley. Saw grass prairie is the main plant cover, besides some gulf cypresses, orchids… The boats are fast, “cruising speed” is up to 25 miles per hour but they speed up to 75.
This is really fast and you feel like being part of a Miami Vice or James Bond movie… Fear of falling off the boat? No, not at all. And if you would fall into the water – it is hip high for me, so what…
And when the motor is off you feel the heat, hear the wind slightly whispering through the grass. Fine tones, almost quiet. Alligators have been around – did not see the big ones but one year olds.
Birds and ducks around as well. No flamingos, they live in another part of the Everglades – the region totally infra-structured with the classic tourist sensations. One region out of several of course – lots to discover. Not to forget a mini tiny (compared to the rest of the Everglades) American Native Reservation in the North.
These reservations have a story of their own – what we did not know and Stanley told us, is the fact, that on the islands in the Everglades the American Indians lived. Used their canoes all over the Everglades (and in summer, when the Everglades sometimes dried out?). Relicts have been found on these islands, pottery e.g. We had the possibility to step on one of these islands – “Watch out there are pythons!” Stanley warned – and have been surrounded by trees even Stanley did not know the name of… and only met a gecko.
Stanley, thank you for taking us and having made this tour a really personal one. This text is for you (and your son who takes care of the boat).
A propos relicts: Even in Downtown Miami they discover relicts – old houses built on stilts
(no tipis?). And in this very specific American “l’Art pour l’Art” an investor bought the land and schwuppdi another site specific attraction has gone. OMG – no learning effect that these relicts could be money bringers as well? Hey, may be not the billions you’re blinded with
(not with science or by the light like some singers pointed out before…), but regarding a more social money making
LEARN – understand and honor the land and the people who lived there ever since.
Hello!
Always sunny at the fair
Look at my cap – I’m in
Eva, Thomas and me in front of Markus Linnenbrink’s painted SLS building
Some short noted snippets for the kind readers of my blog:
Snippet No. 1:
She: “TV is not working, there are no images on the screen.”
He: “You pressed the wrong button as always.”
She: “No.”
He: “Yes.”
She: “No.”
He: “Yes.”
(…) half an hour later :
He: “Oh, I see, TV needs an update.”
She: “…”.
Snippet No. 2:
Had a walk in the woods lately, met a huge but still young dog with his mistress.
We started to play a little bit and have been asking:
“Oh, nice, what’s your dog’s name?” “Rambo.” was the short answer,
the name pronounced in German, with an ‘ah!’.
“Hi Rämbo” I greeted the dog because immediateley I remembered the Rambo movies.
“No, Rambo.”, again pronounced with the German ‘ah!’ was the short and humourless correction.
“(…)”
Snippet No. 3:
Lots of cyclists are using the sidewalks meanwhile, a bit annoying for us using the sidewalks in the way they are meant to be used: For walking.
Here are some recommendations, me and other dog owners worked out for you
showing your anger but are not too offensive at the same time:
“Oh, still under 10 years old?”
“This is a walkway, not a driveway.”
“Please dismount and walk.”
Or just say nothing at all: “(…).
More ideas? Welcome!
Snippet No. 4: And to all the dog owners in the city: Dispose your doggie dos correctly.
Throw that beat, ah, sorry, no, this a song 😉 So: Throw the doggie dos into the public trash cans. Nobody really wants to step into ‘you know what I mean…’.
In the countryside please follow other regulations as indicated.
Miami Art Fairs, the busy-buzzy art days in Miami are over. 24 fairs, more or less related
to the Arts. Anyone who made the 24? I constantly reported some ideas and stories –
and selected my tops for you. Focus: Tricky language (believe it or not).
All written ex post, not “postfaktisch (loan rendition of your “post truth”) – this is another thing and the “Word of the Year 2016” in Germany. The British, the editorial team of the noble Oxford English Dictionary, were a little bit faster here in predicting it
(November 2016 already).
So, here we go with my POST, believe it or not:
Pizza, Pizza! Late night Pizza order on the phone:
“Hello, like to order three pizzas: Two Venezia, one Gold, small size please.”
“OK, two pizzas Venezia.”
“No, three pizzas: Two Venezia number 14, one Gold number 2, small size.”
“OK, tres pizza quatorce.”
“NO – tres pizzas: Two number 14, quatorce, yes, one number 2!”
“OK, tres quatorce, Gold we don’t have.”
“But Gold is on your menue!”
“Ah, sorry, yes… tres pizzas quatorce and uno Gold, OK?”
“NO!Dos quatorce, uno Gold!”
“Yes, entonces dos quatorce, uno Gold, small size.” Guess what had been delivered? One Gold… OMG.
Stuffed? We were, the Pizza in fact was a big one in our eyes, here is one more…
(I admit, another fair, but with all these fairs, you can get really confused sometimes…): “I like all the staff you have.”
“Thank you – we are proud to show all these works here – any work you are especially interested in?”
“Ah no, I mean, your STAFF, the people you have.”
“…” 😉
Humor always is a topic and sometimes the best way to talk about things – here as well as in other countries. After Dieter Hildebrandt and others like him quit the boards, the stage has not been filled with real equivalents in my eyes… regarding political humor resp. satire.
Yet we have a Jan Böhmermann – OK, a bit hard to laugh about sometimes, as Mr. Erdogan knows, but still, he gives political satire a new twist. And appears in other formats as well. Lately, I very much enjoyed a short commercial of the “ZDF”, one of the two public TV channels in Germany:
Young woman in a supermarket, obviously lookin’ for a special product, but the shelves all filled with the same product – and obviously not with the one she intends to buy.
Cashier, famous TV news anchor Claus Cleber (I am always wondering if this is an alias, what a name…. Like Hanni Hüsch. Or Gundula Gause… come on – these names cannot be real… sound like comic characters, Gundula Gause… reminds me of Duckberg’s Gundel Gaukeley, you call her Magica de Spell…) shouts out a promotion for a fabric softener – and all of a sudden all the shelves are filled with the same fabric softener.
Young woman, irritated, asking shop assistant Jan Böhmermann: “And where do I find the olives?”
“Well, of course tomorrow at 4.10 p.m. sharp – right after the show XY.”
Brilliant. Pure comedy – on a public TV channel. Great.
P.S.: Anyone able to tell me the name of the young woman?
A lot of crazy things you really never ever had in mind years ago – especially regarding the digitalization of nearly everything became true. So, this time I am not talking about the analog election sensations we have been confronted with lately.
We can stream music and films, more and more and more often and in high speed,
high resolution, read books without turning pages, buy everything online,
the offers are just overwhelming.
It will only take a short while and our homes will be totally organized – by computers.
Finally, you do not need to speak a single word – the computers will draw your thoughts and orders directly from your brain. Too bad that the brain in fact is a chaotic system.
Ha – unbeatable. Because chaotic systems have a very special way to organize themselves.
And that helps filling the gaps, getting new ideas, coordinate things suddenly in a different way,
finding solutions nobody ever thought about before.
So, imagine your home – better keep it simple and speak out clear orders to the computer. Otherwise – well, you are dreaming about your next holiday for a moment – and suddenly the fridge’s computer already ordered tons of Caipirinhas… lets down the venetians (hey, the sun is burning!). And there you are then: In a dark home, a little bit cold (the AC is running at top speed) and you are thinking now about giving a party to kill the Caipirinhas. Guest list already prepared by the computer, dress code: Casual tropic. And so on ad nauseam. You will be busy – in just re-organizing these actions… and your insurances? Running crazy because you are changing the hard- and software so awfully often.
“Hey, you are exaggerating.” A bit, yes indeed. But take for example our cars, they are kind of totally electrified. But who will fit the snow chains then when needed? Oh yes, it is still you, of course perfectly dressed and equipped as your board computer told you before you started your trip. And there you are then – outside the car, icy wheather, snow storm… well, at least you can turn the music on, perhaps watch some funny YouTube video clips showing several methods
how to fit the snow chains properly.
I would aprreciate *this is my personal opinion* a guardian angel suddenly arriving on a snowmobile ( a dog or horse sledge also welcome) offering a helping hand… perfect – and even more when he/ she (a living being preferred, a robot would make me feel even colder) is also able to fit the snow chains. This is essential – You do not want your car being cleaned
in that very moment, don’t you?
So, need help? Ask someone. You might not get the correct answer, OK,
but the computer does not protect you against a wrong one neither.
And with a living being you are even able to share the Caipirinhas.
“And the Oscar goes to…” ah, no, wait, the Nobel Prizes are playing in another League.
But strange enough, the Nobel Prize in Literature went to: Bob Dylan.
Because they do not have a Nobel Prize for Music? They just wanted to honor Dylan after his 75th birthday? Or…? Just another indicator of a ‘civilization of brouhaha’ as Mario Vargas Llosa pointed out?
Well, Dylan at first did not react at all – the Academy was not amused, declared Dylan being ‘arrogant’. But now, weeks later, Dylan just stated the Prize left him ‘speechless’ and that he will ‘accept’ the prize.
Hey man, you are honored – do not forget about it, at least until DEC 10 when you will attend the awards show.
German and Ladin Südtirol (South Tyrol), the upper pure mountainous part of Italy – Alto Adige, ‘alto‘ (high), not only because of the high Dolomiti… the dominating river Adige flowing all the way down to the Adriatic Sea.
Visited the region for a week, my choice has been Valdaora in the Pustertal because I have never been there before and booked an offer for horse riding in combination with hotel accommodation. In fact, Valdaora consists of three small cities: Niederolang, Mitterolang and Oberolang (Low, Middle and Upper Olang), differentiated by their hight in the valley of the river Rienza. Just wanted to enjoy being in the mountains, riding horses, taste great food. And expected to get the last days of warm sunshine in autumn. In the end it turned out to be a
perfect training week – in the sunshine. “Training? Because of the horse riding lessons?”
“Well, yes, but not only for that reason…”
Dolomiti
Drove southwards the direct way from Berlin by car, as soon as I reached Munich accompanied by heavy rain and strong wind, passed Innsbruck, took the Brenner freeway, the weather still misty and rainy. So missed some fantastic views like you have while driving the pass or from the Bridge of Europe. Italy welcomed me with clear, dry and sunny conditions. Of course, after 10 hours, a little bit exhausted… Found the hotel right in the center of Oberolang, across the ‘Messner Wirt’ (any connections to the famous Messner mountaineer family?).
Early diner possible, a good start into the week.
Next day, first church bell wake up call at seven, went over to the riding stable to say hello and plan my lesson/s. With the sitting contest in the car the day before not so very easy and. Did not know some school-figures and the seat was not OK at all. A lot of work then during the next days – for the horses after a long, hard season and for me as well…
But, anyway, I kept going and apart from the riding lessons forenoon discovered the landscape. Well, mostly by foot, starting always from the Oberolang altitude of 1,000 meters.
Easy to walk a panoramic way along the Olang reservoir and back a little bit higher through the woods. Good to tune myself in again into the mountain groove.
“Well, Kronplatz and the near Antholz I know as a skier. Any other attractions?”
Kronplatz and MMM Corones is worth a hiking tour or – more comfortable – a cableway drive. Mountain bikers have different tracks so that you do not have to fear about being knocked down suddenly by them while hiking. The museum – a signature piece: Zaha Hadid architecture, clinged to the side of the summit plateau, built into the mountain as well as partly embedded into raised earth and stones. It has one of the most amazing and spectacular views onto the Alps. Named Ladin Corones (crown) to emphasize the fact of the trilingualism of the region. It is the last in the row of the six Messner Mountain Museums and no wonder it is a Messner temple… that it is a Zaha Hadid architecture seems to be not so very important…
Apart from the content you might like or not the westbound views are just overwhelming –
from the inside as well as from the outside – you can decide depending on the weather…
Messner chose Kronplatz to create a space in contrast to the winter skiing and sport hype in general, to provide an attraction and a quiet place at the same time. Mh, but visiting Kronplatz in autumn like I did is not so very nice: construction of paths between the different restaurants going on (only found one restaurant open), dung spread all over the place to rescue the rest of green apparently overused in summer… some Tipis for kids or Native Americans Wanna-Bees (?). And cableways arriving from every side… a mountain sacrificed to sports and tourism…
better only one mountain than many others.
Third tour up to the Taistner Alm – starting from a farm with restaurant (before you start get at least something into your stomach). Took the easy way up, having a rest in the Alpine hut
(really a hut you expect in the mountains: old wood, narrow ceiling, a little bit dark, people playing cards, drinking Schnaps… speaking dialects I could not understand at all). Happy not to be attacked by the watch-out-rooster outside, further up then, with the Dugakopf on the right hand side, made my way to the Lutterkopf. Some snowflakes fallin’… walking on the ridge:
An incredible quietness when entering the forest again – you could even hear the most tiny branches crackle… all the steep way down, glad to have chosen this way round, steppin’ over tree roots and some stones… a nice tour… and enough energy left to jog before diner.
Diner and food – different than I expected in Alto Adige – sounded Italian but turned out to be more Tyrolean or anything else that just pretended to be Tyrolean…
“Ah – now I understand – training every day and every day more…” Exactly – and the final effect, in the first riding lesson at home: everything I learned worked.
With more time I would have had explored the Natural Preserves of Alto Adige more, for sure… to live more “Ahs!”instead of “Ohs…”, more amazingly awesome adventures.
P.S.: Watched a Markus Lanz talkshow lately on TV with Reinhold Messner as one of the guests – by the way, both South Tyroleans – and Messner talked about his 7th life now after he became 70; seems to be dedicated to a more technical point of view onto the Alps and mountains in general… and the question about how his personal end will be. He talked about Himmelsbestattung – in fact a little bit more sugarcoated as it is practiced in real… Perhaps he will finally add yet another museum to his collection, about funeral rites in the mountains…?
Chronological this time, so here we go with some sum ups of the last week and some features at the beginning of this sunny week in Berlin (actually, we had the best summer here compared to the rest of Germany regarding sunshine…).
Global development… at least the G20 (i.e. 10% out of 194 ‘states’ (19 leading industrial and emerging countries plus Europe)), signed the Climate Agreement, now with the US and China onboard; migration control, global economic development and territorial claims: still being discussed and global economic growth to be enforced. Of course, China showed off as one of the big leaders, economically, but did not handle Obama with care – really not polite at all.
Red wine? A toast? Where is the whisky?!
Chancellor Merkel had a midnight talk with President Putin (Did they drink Vodka?); results? Other eye-to-eye meetings of course happened and we will never have a clue what they have been talking about, will we?
local politics… Well, Mrs. Merkel, she might have been sidetracked by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern elections here in Germany, in her electoral district. Being absent, the arena has been opened – for political opinions and party leaders who present themselves as the good family guys in the neighborhood but in fact perhaps are pure racists (know the joke: ‘Oh, I am pro foreigners. Everybody should have a slave.’?). It is not easy to explain that a state that ranks as number 6 regarding area, with about 1.6 million inhabitants is not willing to integrate 2% migrants (i.e. a small town, about 32.000 new people). ‘But the area is covered with lakes!’ Exactly, so use them.
‘But we ourselves we do not have a job yet!’ ‘We will not be safe!’ ‘They destroy our beautiful homeland!’ Well, hey, have a look around then and tell us something about beauty… but right, you have an unemployment rate of 9%, but this is to address to the government and to your local locals at the same time and their idea of centralizing job centers e.g. or leading communities – that in fact did not work out apparently. And may be, after the World War II when Mecklenburg and Hither-Pomerania united there have been crucial contracts been made? And the EU grants – have they been placed the right way? There has been a profound article about it in last weeks’ The ZEIT (print version).
New people, new ideas, new collaborations – take the chance… and welcome not only the tourists. And safety? Regardless the migrants, tell me: Do you feel safe at the moment?
An internal Allensbach survey for the SPD shows that economic stability alone is not the key
to feel safe.
When the cat’s away the mice will play, the AfD did it in MV and Mrs. Merkel is not amused …
so, hey, have an eye on them and a closer look how they develop their programs. Advice for the other parties. And calm down a bit: MV is – regarding number of inhabitants – no. 14 among the 16 states here. MV? Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, some just call it Mäkelburg-Vorpommern or Meckerburg-Vorpommern… kiddin’ a little, of course, but without humour you’re lost, I can tell.
plus some sports…
Leaving the political stage for a second – had the chance to visit the ISTAF outdoor meeting
in Berlin last Saturday. ISTAF? IFA, I know about, yes, of course, hey, but ISTAF? Are you sure? Ah, ISAF! Again no?
Tell me…
Berlin celebrated the 75th anniversary of ISTAF, the world’s greatest track and field meeting regarding spectators and tradition. Actually, we have 2 ISTAFs here per year,
in the Olympic Stadium (outdoor), and indoor since 2014 in the late O2 world now Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
We saw old and new Olympic heroes, some now under suspicion being doped… Dietmar Mögenburg, Astrid Kumbernuss (first woman ever who aims at gold medals in both the Olympics and Paralympics), Christina Obergföll’s very last emotional javelin throw (I just entered
the stadium in that very moment, lucky to see it) and so on. Actual Olympic winners like
Braz da Silva beaten by the Greek Filippidis, Hermaphrodite Semenya Caster –
and a very competitive – in my eyes – 3,000m Steeple Chase race where the German ladies
did a very good job.
Harting brothers, new promising Javelin throwers including the Gold Medalist Thomas Röhler. Liked the school sports races (run-like-you-like style or hidden new methods/ materials to be tested?), the mix is good – and having the rollies on the track as well is a promising sign.
But please, do not speak about the ‘German Leichtathletikherrlichkeit’ – this is really too old school. Ask Mrs. Caster. Otherwise – or for that very reason? – and because of the cannibalizing effects of other events – the number of spectators will continue to decrease. This year we had 44,500 only… so do not mix too much in your laboratories. Otherwise you have to change starter lists; Mrs. Caster will run with the men as well as with the women – she ran the 800m here in
1 minute 55,68 seconds – there is still room to beat the 1 minute 43,31 seconds of Mr. Lekuta Rudisha – too far away? You’ll never know…
One could see and almost feel that the timing of the ISTAF in an Olympic year is really tough. This explains to a great extend why athletes I have been waitin’ for did not show off.
But although the athletes seemed to be worn out – some of them could reach personal bests. Incredible? But it is written… (reminds me of an old comic I read when I was little – some spooky strange stories, comic style…).
100m Men always is a catch – and this time I could watch it in the winner’s zone.
All in all – *Happy not having forgotten my spyglass*
this week began with some funny tale tells…
Where am I?
If you want to re-register your local legal parking license here: just quit on checking the physical letter of the Administrative Office for Citizens, get physical yourself instead (hi hi), so down the stairs to your car, check it out, up the stairs again and then you can decide if you have to have a new badge or re-register the old one. OK, done. But then: at the ‘Amt‘ they tell you that you definitively have to bring your old badge – even if you have to search in your waste for it, bring it (do they really want to have strong smelling waste on their desks?) or, easier (?), make a statement on oath… SIGH, shall I always carry a bible or lawyer then under my arm to make this kind of statement? Or is one sitting right next to the administration officers?
Or do they have a service to drive me to court and back again?
… and ends resp. opens the art season:Berlin Art Week – check it out… enjoy art in different locations, like Berlin can do it.
I will end this post with a few art cites from Niklas Maak’s diner speech of the 39th member’s meeting of the ‘Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie’ (they do not want a translation?) here in Berlin: “Wenn wir nicht aufpassen, wird am Kulturforum ein gediegener, funktionaler Karton für drei Privatsammlungen errichtet, der nicht viel verändert.” (talking about the planned new Museum of the 20th century… ‘If we don’t pay attention, a solid, functional carton for 3 private collections will be located at the Kulturforum that will not change much.’ Means, ignoring the place and the cross over of 20th century art.
This will definitely not be a representation of 20th century art, and “(…) – für die Kunst der Moderne, aber auch für die Stadt des 21. Jahrhunderts. Die Geschichte der Berliner Avantgarden sollte uns dafür Verpflichtung genug sein.” /'(…) – for Modern art, but also for the city of the 21st century. History of Berlin avant-garde should be sufficient commitment enough for us.’ Case closed?
1st of all: Denmark today is a country, sovereign state, parliamentary monarchy and not an island – it consists of many. The Kingdom of Denmark covers the biggest island of the world – Greenland (as the climate change continues, the name will be really spelling…) – , the Faeroes, and besides these two constituent countries, proper Denmark with the peninsula Jutland and many other islands like Zealand with the capital Copenhagen – with the royal Slotsholmen island.
2nd: Denmark again ranks number 1 in the latest UN World Happiness Report. Besides other important factors, measuring happiness comprises important factors like how subjectively people feel about happiness, freedom, living their lifes autonomously, the personal perception of corruption and generosity in a country as well as income, life expectation plus the social network available.
3rd: It is a favorite holiday destination, easy to reach from Germany and lots of vacation houses to rent.
Our reason to spend our holidays in Denmark, northern Europe? Affordable, never been there (well, Thomas decades ago…), flat. Flat? Well, yeah, this time, why not?
We started our tour via the landline THE Saturday – holidays all over Germany and Bettenwechseltag – and of course faced some heavy traffic. But, we were cool with it, saw the landscape changing… And while driving over the long and impressing Stoebaeltsbroen (FOTO tt) we really felt like coming to a new country. No, no – no worries, not all steel and concrete like the bridge. Arriving at our house after having passed little towns, summer fields, we immediately felt being on vacation – with a wonderful green garden around the house, not a rectangular one with fences around; curves instead and different old and new plants, trees and bushes, tiny hillocks, we were really surprised. Started our speedy have-a-look-around-tour around the house straightaway and we all said ‘Hello’ to our neighbor.
Did we have plans? Yes, we had: Relax. And due to the changeable weather we planned from day to day. Worked out… the sea not far from us, other sights we easily reached by car: little harbors with amazingly excellent fresh fish like you get in Havnebyen e.g.; visited small and very small villages, cottages, mansions… Ah, missed to visit the ‘Hamlet’ castle Kronborg and others, but Dragsholm where we enjoyed the new inspiring Danish Herbal Kitchen a lot – not comparable to anything else we tasted before. Nice add on: it is a hotel also and a circular track leads through the surrounding landscape. A propos tracks: Most of the hiking tracks lead along the coastline as the inner part of Denmark is mostly cultivated.
Nevertheless, there is enough room, even for horse riding. In the State Forests you are allowed to use every path – and there are lots of. The Islandic horses in action do a great job in tölting and/ or passing/ loping through the woods. And luckily, being not too tall on an Islandic horse, we always were able to ride under the boughs… real tölt feelin’.
As the hotel prices in Copenhagen were so unbelievable high *and Rusty wanted to be there too*, we decided to make two day trips, one to visit the famous Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, the other one to Copenhagen to meet friends in the first place. Of course there are galleries and museums to visit.
On the way to the Museum we chose the ferry from Roervig (sorry for the wrong spelling but did not find the typical slashed ‘o’ on my computer…) to Hundested and drove partly along the northern coast into the worst weather we had during our holidays – freezing cold (52 degrees Fahrenheit, strong wind and heavy rain). So had only a short walk at the beach near Gilleleje, topped with great houses. After lunch we headed towards Louisiana, stopped by at the old Cistercian abbey Esrom. Louisiana then: perfect view Swedenwards and the art is just incredible. Start your tour whereever you like, in the older parts or the part with the more modern layout – you always have a terrific walk-through, through different buildings, mixed with art and greens. So, do not forget to visit the garden with art pieces you can touch and feel, step into or step on… just enjoy, unexpectably longer than usual.
Had the chance to see the Poul Gernes exhibition – as we do not know so much about Danish artists in general this has been really an experience; well, the designer Arne Jacobsen nearly everybody knows… discover more of his works live, like the old smoke house and the round house he built in Havnebyen, the National Bank in Copenhagen, … Copies and reproductions of his work are around the world anyway…
Copenhagen – another one hour drive from where we stayed. Passed by at Gitte’s gallery and had a quick glance at the works for the new exhibition, strolled through the quarter – and: found a building looking like a typical one in Miami actually , and other interesting buildings like the ‘Erlöserkirche’ (the tower we mistook for a minaret); thanks to our friend Kay, artist, and for us the perfect trip advisor too, we had a super stroll through the city center; new sensation for us – the HAY Design Warehouse and other interesting spots we do not have here.
Bicycles all over, crowded with tourists – not easy to get along with a dog, actually there were only few Rusty remembers… not allowed to enter restaurants and cafés has been OK that day, we could sit outside most of the time, otherwise… but Kay and his family were so very nice and hosted us all for a tasty diner.
Talking food… surprisingly good stuff in the supermarkets and reasonably priced. Some, but few special shops, eating out however is kind of an investment… ‘Ah, the alcohol is so expensive.’ ‘No, other reasons.’
Weather has been a topic for us as I pointed out before. Rusty loved counting the deer crossing the garden at every time of the day and by the end of our holidays we felt like having had contact with the whole deer population there. Needed the oven sometimes – and of course we were watchin’ the Olympics – from a Danish point of view, did not catch the words but the emotions we could understand; so we missed several disciplines, had a focus on the sports the Danish are good at: Badminton, Badminton, Badminton; handball; water sports, … you know more? ‘Didn’t you watch live streams?’ ‘Hey, it has always been a car drive to buy new bytes… and new bytes..’
Took another way back – had a land-water-land drive, going down to Falster island, schwupps, with the ferry to Rostock and headed to Berlin.
Denmark – islands, happy people, holiday destination. Islands all over, had the impression that they must have a special happiness, more what we call satisfaction (?). Am I right? Or not?
P.S.: Although Europe, they have no Euro there but Danish crones. Do not throw anything at people. Don’t forget your leash, but sometimes just forget it…
P.P.S.: And kisses for the nice Airdale lady in our neighborhood from Rusty…
In general I miss statements from the FDP in Germany regarding important political issues
(or are they hiding behind other opinions?) – and as far as the posters for the voting in Berlin are concerned, I have to add: Well, I see children, young and old people, did I miss the handicapped people? By the way: Thank you TAGESSPIEGEL for your comment on the posters today… main parties only, OK, expected more diversity… regarding the future, you know…
