Tanz in den Mai!

Four day weekend this weekend, owing to May Day. Summer weather arrived in Hannover and it is glorious.

On Saturday and Sunday the glider club offered introductory flights to two dozen interested university students (after having advertised by setting up a glider in front of the cafeteria on thursday). We went out on Saturday and Kate took an intro flight too; she made this great little video: http://youtu.be/oWSzhma22O4

Monday I was back at the glider field, enjoying the superb weather. Unfortunately, though, I didn't get much flight time-- we had gotten to a rather late start. (Our club's winch is broken, so we're sharing the neighbor-club's winch; they didn't set up until noon for some reason.)

Monday night, Hannover seemed to be full of parties, and today those continued, everyone setting up picnics and barbecues in the parks. Some of Kate's new unicycling friends invited us to a great brunch in Calendberger Neustadt, and afterwards we also enjoyed lazing around in the park. After dinner we discovered a beautiful new-to-us area of the city, right near our apartment: the Lindener Berg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day#Germany
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgisnacht

This time of year is full of holidays. We had the 4-day weekend of Easter not too long ago. This weekend was May Day, and then later this month we have both Ascension ("Himmelfahrt"!) day and Pentecost, two christian holidays previously unknown to me. We're thinking of a trip to Prague.