Thursday, May 1, 2008

May 1st, 2008

The Germans loved and hated May 1st this year. The reason being it was two public holidays on one day, meaning they lost a day off. The first of May is always a holiday and the other one was Men's Day.

Men's Day comes 6 weeks after Easter, having something to do with the church, giving everyone the day off, and the men a big reason to celebrate and party. I went with my roomate and a group of friends to the town where he came from. We then traveled out to a hill a couple kilometers away with two wagons, one with a large stereo system and the other with a grill, sausages and beer. We met up with a bunch of other guys, and chilled on a hill next to sheep with great views of the area, and no one else around. It was awesome to get out into Thuringen, the state I live in. Known as the green heart of Germany, we went through lots of fields, creeks and hills to get to the Men's Day hill. Lot's of people out and about on bikes and hiking on the holiday.

On the way to the hill with our wagons

Myself with Gerrit and Stefan on the hill

Sheep on our hill, enjoying the good weather

Stefan and a friend's dog

On the walk back, through the fields, jumping as always

A sunset in Thuringen, the green heart of Germany

1 comment:

JW Doom said...

Men's day. That would NEVER fly over here.