Marzipanium on Saturday

As long as the path is there, as long as the cliff does not collapse, as long as the farmers do not close it down...

Marzipanium on Sunday

Marzipanium on Sunday

Finally, the good weather arrived, and we could bask in the sun, sweat in the heat, and melt.

Eat your team

And I wonder... do they taste like curry wurst? Do they have the same product adapted to different countries?

In the name of silence

This says our "Hausordnung" (rules regarding how to behave inside your apartment and in the building)
- Thou shalt not: make noise between 13:00 and 15:00 and 22:00 and 7:00, as well as Sundays and bank holidays until 9:00. Specially, avoid loud music, TV, radio or stuff that makes noise. Think about your neighbours when using such system with open windows or on the terrace.
- Thou shalt not: shower/bathe between 22:00 and 6:00 (or be noisy about it)
- Thou shalt : use noisy electronic appliances only on weekdays between 7:00 and 13:00, and 15:00 and 20:00
- Thou shalt control your children and prevent them from making noise in the stairs

And of course, there is the "Ruhetagordnung", which basically says that if you dare to make noise on a Sunday, the wrath of god (the catholic, and the protestant one) will fall upon you.

Two sundays ago, two guys where removing snow at 6am, using a hot air gun. So much for holy Sunday, "Ruhetag", "Hausordnung" (although this was on the street) and common sense.

This morning somebody (the same guys?) with a hot air gun was removing snow at 6am, to no avail, since when I went out at 8 everything was covered by snow.

I am pissed.

What it takes to keep Lübeck clean

Not too long ago, Ana Botella, Madrid's new major, proposed to use volunteers to deal with work that should be done by public workers. Free work in a country with over five million unemployed. Not many people liked the idea.

I wonder if she got the idea from Lübeck. Every year, there is a "Clean Lübeck" activity. Good-willed citizens (kids are also welcomed) may take to the streets and clean up the mess. Of course, the city provides working gloves, bags and professional "supervisors".

Coming from a big city, it seems strange. What is the point of paying taxes, if you have to take care of one of the most basic services you expect from the city? It is obvious that it wouldn't harm anybody if they cleaned on a more regular basis. Firecracker left-over from New Year's could be seen on our street up to three weeks after New Year. You can imagine how long dog poop stays on the street. As long as it takes to step it away.