It amazes me from time to time how quick things change. My little brother, who I could hold in my hand and his head would rest on my forearm eleven years ago, will tomorrow take his first flight alone to visit us here in Hamburg (which, by the way, is an awesome thing - Lufthansa has a service that takes great care of alone-travelling children - they even have special lounges for them with toys, computers and staff, and a stewardess brings them safely to - and from the plane).
On a totally unrelated note, we went go-carting today, and it was loads of fun. Did two 10min-rounds indoors and one outdoors… it is just great being able to drive like you normally only can in the realms of a gaming console!
Now we will open the weekend with a farewell dinner for Hanno, who’ll be going back to the US tomorrow. Just right on the occasion, due to a political party meeting in his hotel, there is about one thousand one hundred demonstrants (100 right wing people, and 1000 left wing counter-demonstrators) surrounding the place, which means he cannot leave on foot, only through the nearby train station, and has to undergo severe security checks upon returning to the hotel. That will sure give him a story to tell back home 
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