The Bear's Not There

I was heading into town to do a little shopping when I noticed that the Bear had gone.  I'm sure that it has found a good home - possibly with other bears to play with.

That cheered me up no end after my frst day back at work.  A million e-mails and lots of talking in German again make for an exhausting day.

And when I left the office and was waiting for the bus, it was like the sun was painting me with heat.  Jacket straight into the rucksack for me.  Some colleagues loosened their scarves.  I don't know how they do it - I had the window open all  day and it never got lower than 25°C.

I read a bit about the storm that they had in Wiesbaden last week.  The pictures are very dramatic (click on Bilder to see them).  I'm glad we missed that.