Xmas market in Köln

[pvaneynd]

On Saturday we went to the market in Köln. After driving 2 hours searching a place to park took 1 hour, mainly because the indications were wrong, misleading and just evil. The market itself was just a slowing moving block of people.

The city changed a lot in the last 20 years. Actually there was little I recognized, but when we searched for the way home instincts drove me to select the highway towards Krefelt, which goes directly to the region where I lived as a kid.

The amount of smokers in .de is so much higher then in .be it was disappointing. I even saw cigarette vending machines in the street. They are outlawed over here, because selling the drugs to minors is an offense.

All in all a trip that should have been done outside of the Xmas madness.

Comments

[rbarclay.livejournal.com]

The amount of smokers in .de is so much higher then in .be it was disappointing. I even saw cigarette vending machines in the street. They are outlawed over here, because selling the drugs to minors is an offense.

The anti-smoking madness isn't yet as bad in .de and .at as elsewhere. And a good thing, that.

[pvaneynd]

Being allergic to smoke I have a different opinion.

But even if I wasn't I think I would feel irritated by the manipulations of the industry, just as I feel irritated and boycott alcohol-pops or the 'miracle cleaning product of the week' junk. Let us not mention the "we are losing money, so we have to charge more for a basic account", later that day, "record profits this quarter" banks.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

ENJOY YOUR LUNG CANCER PAL

[rbarclay.livejournal.com]

It would be even more enjoyable if you wouldn't SCREAM.