And so it is

I am still without regular access to the internets. Something I hate. The past five years of my life I have been connected to the world via a small fiber optic cable or wireless signal. Because of this severe travesty, I have been forced to do things like watch CNN and bad german tv or worse, read a book. Psh! Who does that?

Yesterday was a holiday here in The Fatherland. October 3rd is "Tages des Deutsches Einheit" or day of German Unity. Celebration of the day when East and West Germany combined into one country again. More of a holiday in the East than the West as many people on this side see the East as different people completely and an economic burden. Forty years of stiff communist oppression will do this to you. Having lived in Dresden, I'm inclined to disagree with the fact that they are still an economic burden. Dresden has a booming economy and unemployment is falling, in some cases faster than here in the west. However, one thing that has increased is the rise of Neo-Nazi groups again. This is no good. Rural parts of the former East where unemployment is at its highest and education at its lowest suffer the most. Let's hope this gets nipped in the bud.

For my holiday, I traveled to Bonn to meet up with fellow German club member Eric. He just flew in from the States so was feeling a bit rough. We had a walk throughout the former capital of West Germany and dinner. At first I was not impressed with Bonn, but further investigation into the city proved to be more delightful. Much to our surprise their was a free light/water show taking place. Imagine a wall of water with different lights shining through. It was pretty awesome. I found the English site for this show, so if you want to learn more you can read here.

I am determined to get internet in my home soon. Now I have to away to this company 45 minutes outside of Aachen.