Vernal Equinox: Fail!

People are out and about, frolicking in the sunshine: girls in short skirts and strappy sandals, guys with beer bellies and freshly shaven beards - everybody's celebrating the end of what was officially the darkest winter on record in 43 years here in germany.

I, too, shall leave the house to smell the flowers, and dance with butterflies and fairies. As soon as I find the keys for the snowmobile.


Spiegel Online international: "Germany Weathers Darkest Winter in 43 Years"