Thursday, May 14, 2009

Finally, another post

Oh my goodness, I haven't posted in here in so long... I'm sorry! I've been lurking instead!

So um... you guys probably have much better weather than I do... it's been drizzly and rainy for most of the week and doesn't look like it'll stop. =(

There's this tradition here that on the first day of May, a lot of teenage guys put crepe-paper decorated birch trees in front of their girlfriend's house. They look somewhat like this (obviously, there are variations in color and how the crepe-paper is attached):



That one's in the village where my grandparents live.

And most villages have a village Maibaum too. You can read about it on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maypole_tradition_in_Bavaria
I know I'm not in Bavaria, but it's pretty much the same here.

And... I don't know. I'm coming back July 6. When will I see you guys?!

I'm almost finished with my end-of-the-year exams. I only have one left.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Lena

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