Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Stormy Sturmfrei

The literal term sturmfrei (storm-free) is used German, when the parents are not home for at least one night. I have a kind of storm-free condition because my flatmate Tigresa is off to Scotland until next Tuesday.

Tigresa will have the opposite of sturmfrei. The weather forecast for Scotland can be summarized with cool, breezy and showery.

I've been there once with a friend in November. We could not afford to go to a sunny & cosy place and we believed in the prejudice that it rains in Scotland anyway. Hence, it would not make any difference to make a visit in November, when it rains at every affordable spot. It was indeed cool, breezy and showery. Without a doubt, Tigresa will confirm our rain prejudice in due course.

However, what the heck is the use of sturmfrei, when it's cool, breezy and showery in Switzerland too. We can't celebrate dirty parties on Gomad Mansion's balcony under such conditions.

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