FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKKknTXlwv4 SIRTAKI AND GREEK WINE By Satis Shroff Georgos is a Greek and and Hans is a German. They’re old student friends sitting at their Stammtisch in a tavern in Freiburg-Kappel. The two have ordered Weizenbeer and say: ‘Prost!’ and take big gulps. ‘So what’s up in Europe?’ asks Hans. Georgos: ‘A lot.’ Hans: ‘Grexit?’ Georgos: ‘Looks like it’s inevitable.’ Hans: ‘Can Athens be saved?’ Georgos: ‘Not before Alexis Zorbas, I mean Tschipras, comes up with concrete reforms. Hans: ‘But Tschipras did come smiling with his baby-face and new savings plans and reform suggestions lately. Georgos: ‘Wolfgang Schäuble(CDU) dubbed it as an ‘extraordinary,  difficult summit debate. The European governments have lost confidence in Greece’s latest leftist government ever since they took charge in January. The hope that was evident in the past months has disappeared.’ Hans: ‘What does Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Chief of the Euro-group say?’

Liedernachmittag in the Afternoon (Satis Shroff) Went to a Liedernachmittag under the Tree of Wisdom in Kappel to sing with the mixed choir on July 12, 2015. It was a lovely day with a lot of friendly, fluffy clouds and the people were amiable. The dark-green pine trees behind us looked like sentinels. The choir sang? International and German dialect  songs and it was fun: tum balalaika, Tiritomba, Pod kopinom, Mit Leb bin ich umfangen, Dat du min Leevsten büs, Du fragsch mi, wär i bi. What we all sang? Heut kommt der Hans zu mir, Fein sein, beieinander bleiben, Vem kan segla, Only You, Jan dan duja and John Hilton’s ‘Follow me.’ There were snacks, drinks and nice chats. It’s always a delight to sing with other people. I met a couple who’d gone to Nepal to do trekking earlier three times. And there was a young lady from California staying with a German family, Lisa Blaas to be precise, and gathering valuable foreign experiences with languages and culture.