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Being in Germany for Valentine's Day is AWESOME! It is not celebrated here! I have gone through the entire month of February without once hearing 'Every kiss begins with Kay'- though it does ring in my head whenever I remember it is Valentine's Day, so there is still some residual trauma.
At the grocery store, there are no pink, heart-shaped boxes full of disgusting 'creme' (read hydrogenated oil whipped with sugar, artificial flavor and coloring) filled brown-stuff-pretending-to be-chocolate. There are no pink teddy bears holding pink balloons with 'I heart you' on them. There are no little boxes filled with heart-shaped (edible?) chalk that say 'Be Mine'. No greeting cards asking 'Will You Be My Valentine?' (Not even ones to give to your dog...). The flower bouquets are still stocked in the same quantities as they were last month, and the prices are the same. There are no ads in the newspaper for overpriced restaurant dinners (Valentine's Day Specials = Lower quality food for twice the price! Yay!)
I do not miss any of these things. But I do miss all of you (unless you are one of those readers from Russia... not sure why my blog stats have so many hits from there...)! Have a Happy... February 14th...
Happy not V-day to you, my friend!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading my blog's stat info. One fun tidbit is the search terms that lead to the blog. Some recent goodies include "trammell of archimedes toys," "double torus," "chisel pottery with void," "glass worm lumber defect," "lederhosen," and "ceramic chicken of illinois" (in addition to the ever popular "diatomaceous earth," "radiolaria," and "klein bottle").
ceramic chicken of illinois is my fave :)
Delete... though diatomaceous earth is also a keeper. Prehistoric powder that scratches exoskeletons. Cool.
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ReplyDeleteI surely hope my wife will read this post. She never believed that I was a totally inexperienced valentine observer. Speaking of observer, for an extended stay in Germany it is essential to distinguish between the Schnitzels being on the menu. The starter set consists of four: Naturschnitzel, Jaegerschnitzel, Rahmschnitzel und Wienerschnitzel. I guess you had the latter one. M. can guide through the rest.
ReplyDeleteA belated Happy Birthday to Z.
A.
M's schnitzel-knowledge is limited, it seems. He did not think that what I had on my plate was schnitzel either. Doesn't really matter, as it was completely decadent :)
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