<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/germany" title="Germany" rel="lonelyplanet">Germany</a> 2009. About Germany, France and.... Europe ....! Soon it will be the "Tag Der Deutschen Einheit" - (“ Day of German Unity ”). So what - you may say - Well, it was an important moment in Europe's history, even if the nuclear threat has moved theatre, towards the Asian and Oriental parts of the World. Nuclear threat became more remote in Europe, and that's probably worth celebrating. I lived in Germany, East and West for more than 40 years, and I'm now a German Pensioner! For the Germans', the fall of the borders, peacefully, was not seen by ALL Germans as a welcome event. I recall, at the time, hearing often, in Western Germany, many people saying that now life would become expensive. The whole Eastern Zone needed complete and total "reinstalling...

Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, Thursday 17 June was ( I am told from reliable sources) the start of "The World Clown Festival" in Mexico . That very same evening, there were another 14 or 15 clowns to be seen - in South Africa , and again Mexico was involved! The clowns didn't have big red noses and big floppy shoes, no - they were dressed up in mainly Blue, with a touch of red and white here and there, but clowns they were - no doubt! A few of them never got on stage, but tried to hide as mummified poor little critturs,from the cold! I beleive they were still paid! The fact of the matter is that not only was the evening the total dissasembly of French football , but was in particular, one man's "end reckoning" with various things. End reckoning with football administrators, with the Press, with the Public, and in particular with certain professional footballers all of whom had attempted a "putsch" - a take over, who had tried to undermine t...