Sankt Martin

By the way, today is a special day too.. it is "Sankt Martin"/"Sint Maarten"/"Saint Martin"! Just like on Halloween's Eve, children are performing trick or treat: they ring the doorbell of people in their street and sing them a song expecting sweets in return. Only with Saint Martin the kids don't wear scary costumes but a lantern instead. In the Netherlands, the tradition is limited to the south but here in Germany it seems that it common to the north as well. And of course Malte and Gunnar wanted to get their candy too! "Silvia goes along in every stupidity, so she will go with you for sure" was their mothers nice remark. So there I went with the two whippersnappers. "To Biecks or not to Biecks?" was the question. We went to them first. The Biecks, who also have a black cat called Moorle, said that we were the first who were singing such a lovely song, the other kids had just sung something stupid. The song went like this:

Herr Joan also rewarded us rebundantly with bonbons and cookies. Five other doors later, the kids' bags were full and their stomachs would be soon. I also had gotten something. I remembered only one Sint Maarten trip in my life, that was when we lived in Terneuzen and we got home with a giantic bag full of sweets. That was "the hammer"! Now fur those Merkel kids it must have been great too, cause the 11th November is a "merkelday", or "destiny day"..