Autumn days
Autumn has definitely come to Karlsruhe. I can see the pretty coloured trees from my window (Red! Orange! Yellow!). It’s just a shame these pretty days never last very long. Right now the sun is shining, but I know that in another week, or possibly two if we’re lucky, most of the trees will have shed their leaves, it will have stopped being light when I leave work (darkness when I get up is already established) and the rain and wind and mist will have set in. For now though the sun is shining and I intend to enjoy it. Here are some of my favourite things about Autumn:
- Pumpkins. Such a versatile vegetable and so delicious. I just wish it wasn’t so hard to chop!
- Roast chesnuts. I may treat myself to some of those later today.
- Those few weeks at the beginning when the weather’s still nice and it’s no longer as ridiculously hot as in summer when I just want to hide away with a large supply of ice.
- Pretty trees
- Conkers! I don’t collect them, but I love to see them lying there, all shiny and red
It’s also Stadtfest this weekend – that’s city festival to all you English speakers; something like a village fair but not in a village, obviously. There are stalls at Marktplatz and live music can be seen/heard in various places. We missed it last year because we were in England for my Grandparent’s golden wedding anmiversary the week it was on. It’s also “verkaufsoffener Sonntag” this Sunday, i.e the one Sunday in the year when the shops are actually *gasp* allowed to open. There’s still a law here that says the usually can’t! Not that I particularly want to go shopping on Sunday, but it’s always nice to know that it’s possible to pop and buy some milk if you happen to run out. Usually the only places you can actually buy anything are the ridiculously overpriced petrol garages. Or, in my case, the shop at the train station, which is just as overpriced but at least open…
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This post makes me miss Germany.
ha, you should live in my beautiful city! i usually shop on sundays as the train station here is full of shops (groceries, drug stores, clothes, shoes…) that are allowed to open on sundays. not all do, granted, but my rewe and aldi are open and that’s all i need to buy me some lunch
I love that it’s Autumn there. And meanwhile, here in my corner of the world it’s all i can do to avoid getting heat stroke! I much prefer Autumn to Summer.
Amanda – you should come back!
Franzi – I wish my Rewe was open on sundays!
sleepyjane – It’s actually kind of annoying here right now: when I leave for work it’s like winter, but by the time I come home it’s more like summer. Makes deciding what to wear incredibly difficult!
I’m planning on it! In June of 2011!
What are conkers? Your autumn in Germany sounds a lot like autumn here in Ottawa, Canada! Pretty leaves and (usually) great weather until hellish winter arrives!
Enjoy the festival!
Conkers are also chestnuts, but the kind you can’t eat