Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz

Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Mon 29 Nov 2010 16:32
44:04.61N 012:34.35E Grapto is wintering in Rimini, Italy. The skipper is in
Stuttgart, Germany, Monday 29th Nov 2010

In times of trouble, us British make tea, Germans reach for a sausage. Harsh
but true.

Heike's mum's funeral was on Thursday in Neukoelln-Berlin. The funeral was
nice, as these things go, and included various leitmotif of Rosemarie's
life. Flowers were based around peach-coloured roses and the mausoleum
memorial stone included a carving of empty adirondak chairs facing out to
sea. Florida beach seashells also decorated the lunch table which guests
were invited to home as souvenirs.

We flew to Stuttgart, in Germany's deep southwest, yesterday. Heiki is
running a training course here. Stuttgart is the home of Mercedes and
Porsche cars. It seems like a prosperous city and I will be out exploring
once it stops snowing. The Christmas markets are already in full swing which
feels like almost three weeks to early for me.

M