My Daily Banana

Photo of the Day:

My first photo after arriving home

Event of the Day:

26th June 1498

The toothbrush was invented in China,

it was invented by the Chinese Emperer and was made of hogback-bristles set in a bone or bamboo stick which acted as a handle. Until then cleaning the teeth was done by chewing a fibrous stick

Birthday of Today:

26th June 1943

Georgie Fame

Singer from Liegh, Greater Manchester. He had his time in the sixties recording rythm and blues and jazz songs such as Sunny

Died on this Day:

26th June 2003

Sir Dennis Thatcher MBE

The hidden husband of Dame Margaret Thatcher

Thoughts:

Let's start with a Simon and Garfunkel song:

"Keep the Customer Satisfied"

My trip back home to Niebüll was sooo laid back. The roads in England, Denmark and Germany carried me as if on a hovercraft, I glided through the country sides, my convertible roof open and the sun shining its warm rays over me. That's the way to travel. I arrived at Harwich with three hours to spare so I took the opportunity to do some sightseeing in the town. It wasn't worth it, the town centre is a heap of rubble; at some time in history it must have been a prospering town, but now other than the property prices the town is a dump.

I got to the ferry port at five pm an hour before departure and boarded a half an hour later, don't ask me why but I was knackered and had a laydown when I got to the cabin. This short laydown lasted until nine o'clock the next morning. Then it was enough, time for a shower and a "good" cup of cappuccino, well it should have been "good" at four quid a cup (about five Euros). The cup was half full and the chocolate topping was real cocoa and not like I know it chocolate powder plus it was Danish coffee, that's not the best coffee at any time. Otherwise the morning was cool, I sat in the Lighthouse cafe and the kiddies had a small magical show; it was nice to watch the kiddies enjoying the magic and really getting carried away by simple tricks. It's nothing for grownups think we are too clever and always want to know what's behind the trick.

After the show was over it was soon arrival time in Esbjerg and time to drive down to Germany and home to Heike, and I managed to keep my appointment at the hairdresser (is a female coiffeur called a hairdresser or a barber?)

Here some impressions of Harwich