firsts and lasts
*Ate a heaping plate of “spaghetti” ice cream
*Ate lunch at the Bonn university cafeteria (now I know why I’ve avoided doing so for the past five years)
*Had my banker offer me a glass of beer (went there to try and take care of business during the middle of a Carnival celebration!)
*Ate a slice of German cheese cake
*Got cut off by an Audi driver on the autobahn
leaving death behind
I took what will likely be my last walk through Poppelsdorf today. So it seems fitting to also post this last picture of the local undertaker, who has entertained us all these years with seasonally-appropriate displays of death.
death à la mode
I managed to get a picture of the local undertaker’s window just days before the display changed to winter. Pumpkins are not a vegetable I ever associated with death…until now. There is something kind of sinister about them. Especially the goopy insides.
sans cooler
I have been asking around about the possibility of borrowing a really big cooler. You know, the type you take to a picnic that can fit a 24-pack of Miller with tons of ice, etc. Or a 20 pound turkey. Yet it seems that Germans have not discovered the usefulness of big coolers. One colleague pointed out: why would I want to own a cooler so big that it would be too heavy to carry easily? So that your beer can be ice cold. Instead of lukewarm like it usually is at German picnics.
