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a holiday--again!
May. 28th, 2007 10:41 amGermany is one of those countries with a spectacular number of holidays. Unfortunately, I don't know how to celebrate most of them. Today is Pentecost Monday. What, pray tell, does one do to celebrate Pentecost? I mean, we have to uh, speak in tongues every day, so why is today any different?? Not that I don't like holidays, but 1) everything in the whole country shuts down, 2) public transit runs on an abbreviated schedule, which is bad for those of us who have to use it to get anywhere, and 3) it rains on every holiday we have, so we can't even WALK somewhere. Guess what the weather is like today?
The nice thing is that today kicks off two weeks of school vacation, so after today we are off, but the rest of the business world is back in session. (School goes until the end of July, in case you're wondering.) This week we hope to visit our local family-friendly beer festival (we don't drink, but there's plenty of other stuff to do). It's kinda like the fair, without livestock, and with rides and wurst and a carnival-like atmosphere. Ours is smaller, but older than Oktoberfest, if that helps describe it any. Then next week (if we can get accomodations to work out) we're going to Vienna for a couple days. We haven't been too many places in Europe outside of Germany, so this should be fun. And since this is my third time living here and I still haven't seen the Alps, it's about time!! Anyone been there? Have recommendations of free/cheap things to see that one can see with children along? Any child-friendly views of the Lippizzaner horses? We have a couple of horse freaks in the family. The week after that, the school has excused our kids to go to a conference from our sponsoring program. It will be in Berlin, and the whole family is invited to meet the German president. (I hope he's prepared for this!)
Regarding son's school trip, I found a web site for the hostel hosting it. They even describe the program the class will be doing. It sounds a little like scout camp, only in dorms. I think my son will like it, if only he can get along with the class. So that makes me feel a little better.
All of this means more raw material to work into writing somehow, but not much time to actually write. I have 1/2 - 3/4 of a chapter to finish for my May goal, which means that erk, I need to get busy.
The nice thing is that today kicks off two weeks of school vacation, so after today we are off, but the rest of the business world is back in session. (School goes until the end of July, in case you're wondering.) This week we hope to visit our local family-friendly beer festival (we don't drink, but there's plenty of other stuff to do). It's kinda like the fair, without livestock, and with rides and wurst and a carnival-like atmosphere. Ours is smaller, but older than Oktoberfest, if that helps describe it any. Then next week (if we can get accomodations to work out) we're going to Vienna for a couple days. We haven't been too many places in Europe outside of Germany, so this should be fun. And since this is my third time living here and I still haven't seen the Alps, it's about time!! Anyone been there? Have recommendations of free/cheap things to see that one can see with children along? Any child-friendly views of the Lippizzaner horses? We have a couple of horse freaks in the family. The week after that, the school has excused our kids to go to a conference from our sponsoring program. It will be in Berlin, and the whole family is invited to meet the German president. (I hope he's prepared for this!)
Regarding son's school trip, I found a web site for the hostel hosting it. They even describe the program the class will be doing. It sounds a little like scout camp, only in dorms. I think my son will like it, if only he can get along with the class. So that makes me feel a little better.
All of this means more raw material to work into writing somehow, but not much time to actually write. I have 1/2 - 3/4 of a chapter to finish for my May goal, which means that erk, I need to get busy.
