A Very German Thing

Basically it's a little stall that sells (amongst other things) alcohol, water and soft drinks.  They are very popular all over Germany but with rising rents and costs, they are not as numerous as they were.  There is a project in Frankfurt to fotograf them all but I can't find the link.

Saturday - there is a very simple dinner planned.  And then I'm going to watch cricket and go to bed early.

And for your cultural lesson for today, a cracking poem from Robert Frost.

Happiness Makes Up In Height
For What It Lacks In Length

Oh stormy, stormy world,
The days you were not swirled
Around with mist and cloud,
Or wrapped as in a shroud,
And the sun’s brilliant ball
Was not in part or all
Obscured from mortal view,
Were days so very few
I can but wonder whence
I get the lasting sense
Of so much warmth and light.
If my mistrust is right
It may be altogether
From one day’s perfect weather
When starting clear at dawn
The day went clearly on
To finish clear at eve.
I verily believe
My fair impression may
Be all from that one day
No shadow crossed but ours
As through the blazing flowers
We went from house to wood
For change of solitude.