World Cup Beauties

2006/06/27 1 comment

After living for two years in Stuttgart I can honestly say (no offense) it is a gray city. The weather, the mood, the sadness in the air, it is all there. And I think for people from southern countries it can even be depressing.

Yet I don’t know why, about two weeks ago, I sensed some kind of change. Call me paranoid, but I think something is going on! It all started when after being close to 0 degrees in the beginning of June, the sun decided to show up. I felt a strange warmth on my white skin. I think we may have changed the season of the year, you know, from Winter to Summer (until September, when it switches back).

With the new situation I even felt cheerful for no reason. I wanted to go out and wander around the streets of Stuttgart. At this point, I started to get suspicious, something had happened! Instead of the gray and empty streets I remembered, a hughe crowd was there. A demonstration? maybe, but the people didn’t seem angry nor german.

I had to find more about that misterious event, so the following days I checked the streets again with the same result, yet I stopped looking for reasons and started paying more attention to the people there. They seemed all terribly happy and that feeling invaded me too. For no apparent reason I felt joy, as if something bigger than any of us is going on in Germany.

After a long long winter, all I can say is… let’s enjoy it while we can!