Today, further restrictions have begun for schools, doing sports, and the placement of a curfew from 10pm – 5am. None of them affect me. Even if they did, it is quite easy for me to adjust my life style accordingly. That’s what I learned from living in foreign countries for almost ten years.
Since the COVID situation is not getting any better, I have opted for ‘Outdoor Isolation’, which means we have picnics (restaurants are still closed for indoor and outdoor dining) as often as we can. This way, we are isolated from others, but not from sight. It is nice to see ordinary people passing by without a mask.
Today, we went to the Maasgrund Pond in Oberursel, where we have not been since our kids were in primary/elementary school.
What’s this swimming in the water..? This is a nutria (or: coypu), a native from Louisiana, USA.
It fetched something in the water to eat it on the bank.
After our picnic of British Tea sandwiches, fruit, cheese, crackers, and white wine (not for the driver), we took a stroll around the pond.
We can see St. Ursula Church in the background. It was a beautiful sunny late afternoon.
A new initiative to save the bees is taking place in Oberursel. The yellow vending machine sells bee food for 50 cents. On the left, there is a container collecting the empty capsules for recycling.
Oberursel has many half-timbered houses, but this one is a half-timbered villa.
