Archives for March 2009

Aktuelle Kindermode

Kindermode im Supermarkt
Kindermode im Supermarkt

Am Wochenende war ich wieder einmal mit meiner Familie in England. Wir haben nach Kleidung für meine Tochter geschaut, aber ich war von vielen Sachen nicht so sonderlich begeistert.

Ich finde man fühlt sich, vor allem bei den Sommerkleidern, locker 40 Jahre zurückversetzt. Für Erwachsene mag das noch, oder vielleicht eher wieder, schön sein. Jedoch sehen diese Muster und Farben, meiner Meinung nach, an Kindern nicht so passend aus.

Im Laden hatte ich dann meinen Spaß mit meiner Tochter, denn ihr gefielen diese zum Teil sehr bunt gemischten Farben und Muster. Und da wusste ich nicht was ich machen sollte. Einerseits gab es Sachen wo ich dachte, nein, das gefällt mir wirklich nicht, andererseits muss es ja meiner Tochter gefallen. Nur bei einigen Kleidungsstücken konnte ich mich durchsetzen, weil ihr das wirklich nicht stehen würde.

Wir haben trotzdem Sachen gefunden die ihr gefallen und mit denen ich auch gut leben kann.

Children are welcome…

… as long as they can be seen.

That was the impression left by a visit to one of our favourite service stations on the way from England yesterday.  The sign on the door says “Kinder sind hier gern gesehen”, meaning “children are welcome”, but actually translated as something like “children are gladly seen”.

Kinder sind hier gern gesehen

"Kinder sind hier gern gesehen"

Anyway, we like this particular stop because they have good value family meals and it is at about the right place to have a break on the 6 hour journey from Calais to Frankfurt.  As usual, we stopped there yesterday and ordered our meal at the warm food counter.  We then let our daughter go to play in the childrens’ area which is located between the food section and the seating.  This was our mistake.

When we came to pay at the cash desk, we were charged the full price for our drinks because the cashier could not see our daughter from her viewpoint.  This all made very little sense, as she was still prepared to charge the food as a family meal, so accepting that we could have the deal on the food but not on the accompanying drinks on the same tray!

Strangely, my offer to go and get our daughter to “prove” to her that she really was with us made her change her mind and she duly removed one of the drinks from the bill.  Perhaps she didn’t want us to hold up the queue anymore?  (Sound familiar?)

Gründonnerstag

Gründonnerstag is the German name for Maundy Thursday.  It is the day before Karfreitag.

On this day, people go to Church to be freed of their sins in order to make a “clean” start for Easter, thus leading to one explanation of the name: the idea is that “green wood” is said to be fresh.

Another reason for the name may be that it is the end of the fasting season, and people used to eat mainly vegetables on this day.

It is a normal working day, although many people do take the day off to go away for a long weekend.

To hear a simple explanation and a short discussion in German, listen to the podcast:

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