Feierabend

In a blog dated September 9, 2010, I wrote, "The English translation of Feierabend is "quitting time," but this does not transmit the sentimental German meaning: Imagine a farmer or a blacksmith sitting on a bench under the linden tree in his village. After a hard day's work, he has folded his brawny hands in his lap, watching the sunset. A German Feierabend!"

On the other hand, Feierabend stands for a bunch of people of the older generation interested in computer activities that generally meet on the second Saturday of each month for a coffee morning in Freiburg. Some members are even more active in arranging excursions, bicycle tours, and visits to museums or exhibitions. 

Red Baron took part in a few excursions and blogged about three.

On September 9, 2010, some Feierabend members hiked to a nearby chapel St. Odile.

On Juli 4, 2014, a couple of Feierabend members took a bus to Constance to visit the anniversary exhibition of a World Event of the Middle Ages.

Red Baron was in his element and gave a debriefing talk. My German-speaking readers may like to read the full story about the Council of Constance here.

On October 9, 2014, I participated in a "Feierabend" visit to another place steeped in history, the Hartmannsweilerkopf in the Vosges Mountains.

This is all in the past tense because we didn't meet anymore due to the pandemic. The last entry on Feierabend's website dates back to last fall.

Will the Feierabend activities start following the pandemic? How many of its members remain and come back? Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Last Tuesday, I saw some of the still familiar faces at the obsequies of one of the Freiburg regional Feierabend group founders. Now there is hope for a meeting next week.

Indeed, some hard-core addicts meet weekly for a coffee downtown at the cafeteria of the Karstadt department store on Wednesdays.

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