NEIGHBOURS (4)

Last night was the annual street party with our neighbours. This year it was held in the workshop of the man who dug our optic fibre trench. Topics of conversation included the post office's ridiculous new law about where you can and cannot place your letter box when living in a rural area; and the possibility that the kommune will force us to be connected to the town sewage system miles away (we all have perfectly well-functioning septic tank systems, so connecting us will give us nothing except a large bill). Such is life in the country.

As usual, it was very hyggeligt, and gave me an alcoholic headache.

Walter Blotscher