The Little Helicopter Who Could

That isn't, in fact, a little helicopter. It was actually very big and noisy, so you can imagine how huge that advertising flag-thing must be. I thought it looked quite impressive against the clouds. I think if you embiggened this, it might look even better.

I'm sure the people at Möbel Martin will be thrilled at a 100 or more people knowing that they've just opened in Mainz.

Saturday after the exams and things have been mainly low key. I have practised a bit more German (to the extent I nearly wrote that out using a German sentence construction "I have a bit more German practised") and wrote my latest Dear Angela postcard, so I'm not being completely lazy.

If you like cryptic crossword puzzles, I can recommend the prize one in today's Guardian. Took about an hour and a half.