Bread and milk

I have two observations to make about a recent trip to a local supermarket.

For some time I’ve suspected that the price of bread has gone up, but today I am certain. I know that last year I was often paying around 1 Euro for a loaf of bread, depending on the type.

Here is the price that greeted me today:

Now, while the price of bread may be going up, the milk-producing farmers are complaining that they are not getting enough for a pint – sorry, litre – of milk. So they have gone on strike and are not supplying the dairies that in turn supply the supermarkets.

So there is a shortage of normal quality milk. The more expensive brands are still in stock, but this is what the normal milk area looked like today:

There’s none left! Apparently the strike ended today, so I shall be hoping to see a new delivery soon.

What was particularly interesting was that it was a discounter that made the first move to increase the amount paid to farmers for their milk. But at first the strike continued anyway. Now the price for the consumer is set to go back down again, leaving us with the threat of new strikes.

All of which leaves me wondering: when will we be able to buy milk again, and what we will have to pay for it?

La Rueda II

La Rueda II ist ein sogenanntes Tex-Mex Restaurant in der Altstadt von Puerto del Carmen. Obwohl es in der Avenida del Varadero liegt ist der tatsächliche Eingang in einer Seitenstraße auf der anderen Seite (Virgen del Carmen, an der Ecke von Calle Lanzarote). Hier wird man normalerweise begrüßt und eingeladen ins Restaurant zu kommen. Sogar wenn man sich entscheidet nicht in das Restaurant zu gehen bekommen Kinder einen Lutscher geschenkt.

La Rueda II

Das Essen schmeckt sehr gut und eines der Highlights sind die Fajitas, das Fleisch kommt in einer zischenden Pfanne wo du selbst die Fajitas zusammenrollst. Dies ist tatsächlich auch eine der besten Speisen der Karte vom Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis.

Das Restaurant hat einen großen Balkon mit Tischen jeder Größe von denen aus man über den Hafen schauen kann. Am Rand des Balkons kann man hinunter auf die Bowlingbahn schauen oder einfach gegenüber auf die Insel Fuerteventura.

Die Telefonnummer um einen Tisch zu buchen: 928 515821.

Parking regulations

I am often intrigued and sometimes even puzzled by parking regulations in Germany.

There are some quite simple rules, usually involving a think called a Parkscheibe or quite simply a ticket machine.

But every now and then I come across a sign that causes confusion so that I myself become unsure about where to park.

What is really annoying though, is when I sign is quite definite about whether you can park or not, and people just ignore it.

Precisely that is happening in front of our block of flats at the moment on a regular basis. There is a turning circle which you are meant to leave free for other people to turn round in, it being the end of the road (unless you have some form of special permission, eg. the district nurse).

But some drivers are so blatantly ignoring the signs – that they actually park directly under them! Try talking your way out of this:

The last time I looked, the fine for parking here was 25 Euros. I’m sure if the town were to check here a bit more often, they could make several hundred Euros every day!

P.S. it happens in the UK as well 🙂

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