I've been struggling how to sum up my summer holidays, both for myself and when asked by others. It's just so much easier when you can reply something like "Oh, I went to Croatia. Simply marvellous, I can tell you! The weather...I heard it's been rainy back here? And the clearest, most turquoise water you might imagine...!"
But what is there to say about spending more than 4 weeks back home-home, doing nothing in particular?
Actually, contrary (well, that's me) to that short post at the end of July, I all in all had a great time. Once I had grudgingly accepted that I wouldn't be going anywhere much this summer, let alone anywhere near the sea - one of the main bonus effects of staying at my parents' being not having to pay for food or anything else for a month, thereby trying to contain the chronic leakage in my bank account - I actually settled down far too well and enjoyed doing, well... nothing much. Extremely relaxing!
So here are some favourite nothings:
There were strange sights to behold. Never underestimate the creativity triggered by the scrap found in a farm yard in rural Lower Saxony... Note the octopus in the bucket.
Another favourite sight of mine: Having the local outdoor swimming pool all to myself! Yeees, well, the grey clouds may be a hint as to why no one else was there, but that's really the only weather condition inducing my swimming-pool-misanthropic self to actually go. (I spent the best part of those four weeks practicing not to let those battleship-I-always-swim-in-lane-8-pensioners ruin my good mood...)
Well, definitely a favourite, this one! Instant moodlifter!
Of course, there was still plenty of time for hanging around...
Ah, yes, come to think of it, I did do something useful after all! I had the honour of being my mum's technical assistant for these 30 little actors' school musical production called "Life in Space". I must admit I was truly impressed by their fantastic memories and their goose-pimples-inducing energy when, arms linked, they bellowed the final chorus together. The songs were stuck in my head for weeks...
But somehow...
No other picture captures the mood of this summer for me quite like this one:
"A new shirt to mark the annual parish fair."
The business sense, the composition... oozing the quintessence of Lower Saxony... Perfect!
But what is there to say about spending more than 4 weeks back home-home, doing nothing in particular?
Actually, contrary (well, that's me) to that short post at the end of July, I all in all had a great time. Once I had grudgingly accepted that I wouldn't be going anywhere much this summer, let alone anywhere near the sea - one of the main bonus effects of staying at my parents' being not having to pay for food or anything else for a month, thereby trying to contain the chronic leakage in my bank account - I actually settled down far too well and enjoyed doing, well... nothing much. Extremely relaxing!
So here are some favourite nothings:
There were strange sights to behold. Never underestimate the creativity triggered by the scrap found in a farm yard in rural Lower Saxony... Note the octopus in the bucket.
Another favourite sight of mine: Having the local outdoor swimming pool all to myself! Yeees, well, the grey clouds may be a hint as to why no one else was there, but that's really the only weather condition inducing my swimming-pool-misanthropic self to actually go. (I spent the best part of those four weeks practicing not to let those battleship-I-always-swim-in-lane-8-pensioners ruin my good mood...)
Well, definitely a favourite, this one! Instant moodlifter!
Of course, there was still plenty of time for hanging around...
Ah, yes, come to think of it, I did do something useful after all! I had the honour of being my mum's technical assistant for these 30 little actors' school musical production called "Life in Space". I must admit I was truly impressed by their fantastic memories and their goose-pimples-inducing energy when, arms linked, they bellowed the final chorus together. The songs were stuck in my head for weeks...But somehow...
No other picture captures the mood of this summer for me quite like this one:
"A new shirt to mark the annual parish fair."The business sense, the composition... oozing the quintessence of Lower Saxony... Perfect!
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