Did I complain about US aviation recently? Well, in the light of today's experience I have to take that back.
Some additions to yesterday's entry:
A co-worker got visited by the police for photographing the flowers on his balcony.
After six years of what, that was last weekend?, I've been to the HAM RADIO Exhibition in Friedrichshafen again. The last time I went there was also the last time the fair was at the old conference centre. The new (well, new for me that is) location has much more space, it isn't stifling anymore and everyone is quite relaxed. Unfortunately, RV camping directly on the location isn't possible any longer, which hurts the atmosphere quite a lot, compared to earlier years. It's not the same anymore.
Last weekend we went to our first rehearsal of this year's pawpet show. It's always amazing how many people and pieces of luggage can fit into my VW Golf. My travel companians were Reesa, Eisfuchs, FinFarenath and lynard_), plus a large amount of Folkmanis puppets and Eisfuchs' keyboard. The rehearsal went surprisingly well, cheetah_spotty and Eisfuchs have outdone themselves again with the story. This year's show will rely more on storytelling and less on effects — don't worry, there will still be plenty of those as well, of course. And lots of comedy. I'm afraid I cannot tell more about it for now. All I can say is: come to Eurofurence 13 and watch the show!
...couldn't be much more expensive than the hotel here in Capelle, which charged additional EUR 17 for the breakfast buffet. Per day.
I traveled to our office in Capelle yesterday. The flight to Amsterdam was delayed by 50 minutes, which was announced after boarding, the plane could use some fresh paint on the outside and the interiour has seen better days as well, but the flight itself was surprisingly smooth, even though we had to pass several thunderstorms. The Fokker 70 is my favourite plane for regional flights now... :-)
The Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung is a public authority reporting to the German minister of the interior. They sponsor and publish research about German politics and society. Recently, they published the paper "Politik bei Benjamin Blümchen und Bibi Blocksberg" (German only) which is about the political attitude of the two popular radio play series Benjamin Blümchen (a talking elephant) and Bibi Blocksberg (a young witch). The study states that both series represent the German political system quite badly: