It only seems like two minutes since I came back from Vienna… and yet next week I have more time off! I’m working Monday then picking my brother up from the airport that evening, after which I have the rest of the week off. So far plans include a trip to Basel and a trip to Frankfurt (we’ve discovered there’s a Dialog im Dunkeln there too, so we’re doing that, and also going to the German Film Musem). What else we do will be up to my bro. But before that it’s the weeeeekend… and also about time I reintroduced Friday letters. It seems to have been a while.
Dear Deutsche Bahn. I realise technical errors happen and it’s not necessarily your fault, but having to take a regional (aka slow!) train to work the other day after every long-distance train going in my direction was delayed by 30 minutes and more would have been much less annoying if you’d just provided some information! I assume you know what’s going on, so tell people! Trust me, it will make your staff’s lives a lot easier. Oh, and while I’m at it, I do agree that air conditioning is a wonderful thing on a hot day, but if I need to bring a cardigan with me just for the train you’re probably overdoing it a bit!
Dear Good Reads. I was told you were fun, so I joined up. But nobody mentioned that being on your site would be very bad for my bank account. I get enough temptation from Amazon without your newsletters being added to the mix!
Dear Germany. Well done on your World Cup win! It’s nice to have a good team to fall back on since England are obviously never going to get their act together!
Dear weather. Pleeeeease stay exactly as you are and don’t return to the endless rain of last week. I want to actually do stuff outdoors while my brother is here!
Dear boyfriend. Thanks for buying teabags before I even realised we were almost out. You’re obviously a keeper 😉
Dear brother. Can’t wait to see you on Monday!
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you have a great weekend. I have plans to go with a friend to an event of an English-speaking meetup group tonight. I don’t often go out of my way to meet English speakers so we’ll see what happens there…
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Confuzzledom 
My sentiments exactly about the Germany win! Wir sind Weltmeister! Woooo! (Yes us too, we’ve lived here long enough and paid enough taxes and we have Deutsche Männer! 😉 )
Haha. totally agree. 😉
YES! For the world cup win!! And you are coming to Frankfurt?! Hopefully the nice weather keeps up for you 🙂
It’s supposed to rain/thunderstorm at the beginning of the week but hopefully it will clear up again after that.
Hurrah for Germany! 🙂 Hope you have a great time with your bro! And yes, running out of teabags is the worst – Janis is definitely a keeper!
The Dialog museum in Frankfurt is awesome! I’ve been there once – a little expensive but really amazing experience.
Yeah, the Vienna one was kind of expensive too but soo worth it!
I don’t dare link up to Good Reads – I am such a sucker for a new book! 🙂 I hope you have a lovely time with your brother.
Haha, yes, it’s dangerous. And we’re running out of room for books!
Me too! I’ve had to cull them and send quite a few to the charity shop.
Weltmeister!!Sometimes you really freeze to death in those trains, I don’t know what is wrong with them. I mean, usually Germans don’t even use air conditioning that much!
Do you want to be my friend on Goodreads? 🙂
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9071162-katrin
I’ve added you 🙂 I’m Carnelian.
WM fever is still raging… pretty sure half the kids I saw this weekend were in team jerseys. Not adorable at all. 😉
Keep cool and enjoy your visitor!
We took our flags down the day after the final, but there are so many cars that still have theirs on!