it is simply amazing: the weather-gods continue to brighten up our boring lives with fantastic weather with non-stop sunshine and temperatures never had for the past 17 years. yesterday, my parents came back from germany’s 17th federal state, mallorca. and that means, that i could exit slavery of a thirsty garden and naughty dachshund today. actually, i had quite some plans for the 2 weeks at home, but as a matter of fact, i did not do anything at all besides my duties at home and some relaxing moments around mine or rené’s bbq or a quiet biergarten-session. now, i begin to wish for a day of rain, just one day, to cool down the earth, clean the air from ozone and dust, and offer us a few hours to really breath through and catch some good sleep after 10 days of just rolling around in the bed all night long. however, i read somewhere in a paper, that these temperatures cause an interesting effect: germany behaves much more mediterranean! i strongly hope for some summer-activists to come and spread the word: no stress! — meanwhile, i have received mail from bamberg, including a confirmation for my room. i know nothing execept for the date i will be handed over the key, which happens to be 1st of september already. well, the room in maastricht, full of my belongings and has not been touched yet at all, because i hoped that alice would move in for the semester to write her thesis but won’t now since she found herself an internship at t-com - given all this, i must say i am surprisingly relaxed sitting here at my parent’s place. so, next week i am going back to maastricht to fill the boxes i will take to my parents’ place and try to find some nice guy or gal (reliable, not a member of the “spassgesellschaft”) willing to move into my room for sublet. usually, it shouldn’t be any problem at all to find someone at this point in time, but honestly, i would rather like to have someone i know in there with my furniture and stuff. but we will see. contact me if you have someone in mind or are interested yourself. — soon, i will be going to the ulmtalsperre together with thomas and catch some sun and take a dip in the (hopefully) cool water. smell you later!