Travel blog
My travel companion, Rhiannon, now from Malmö, Sweden, stopped by in Oberursel on her way to Italy. We enjoyed our little reunion on the Beer Balcony.
Our next trip will take us to Cyprus in November this year. That is, if the world is okay with that. We shall see.
Rhiannon, originally from Wales, now living in Malmö, Sweden
I have started to decorate the beer balcony with more wine-related decorative items. One of them is an actual vine which I have growing behind the bench.
The change has happened gradually, and there are several reasons for this. Sunny and warm evenings, when you long for a cold beer, are becoming rarer. We have had a miserable summer so far (on the most part).
Our visiting friends are getting older as well, and we tend to drink wine instead of beer, which is less in volume. This is especially helpful, when you have to drag your drinkables 56 steps up the stairs.
Brother-in-law Rich on a visit here from Paris for a few days.
Visitors have become such a rare sight during the Covid pandemic. Bryne, our neighbor and a fellow teacher at FIS, stopped by this afternoon.
I am still trying to get rid of the Schnaps I inherited from my family home (and other sources), so I lightened our load by having one with him. And yes, we had a beer before that.
We all have been vaccinated, and do not take science and its findings for granted. Protocol can change rather quickly. But a bit of companionship goes a long way.
When all fails, because the Corona pandemic still has a grip on us, then I can rely on my adult children to become the only Beer Balcony visitors during that time. Son Thomas from London visited us during the winter 2020/2021.
Now it is our daughter’s turn to come and visit from Florida after a two-year absence.
Here we enjoyed a Radler (a mix of lemonade and beer) during halftime of the European Cup.
At first, I found it hard to believe that this is my first Beer Balcony of the year. On the other hand, this is the year in which COVID-19 dictates the rules for socializing.
This is November 2020, and we are in our second wave, but gatherings for two households are allowed at the moment. So it was time to welcome my longtime friend Martina, whom I had not seen since last year November.
We also enjoyed our first taste of Glühwein (mulled wine) for the year.
My name is Maria Shipley. I live in Oberursel, Germany with my husband, son and daughter. I … Read more
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