The monday after...

After all the hype about sports going into this weekend, it turned out that Germany didn't really end up having much to celebrate by Sunday evening. After Bayern were surgically taken apart in the football on Saturday night (see below), hosts Germany also got a couple of trouncings in the ice hockey world championships too - at the hands of Russia and Sweden.

So, Berliners probably quite enjoyed just getting up late and moping about on Monday morning in their pyjamas and feeling a bit sorry for themselves. For many here that's nothing new of course, but this time they didn't even need to feel a bit guilty about it. Why? Because it's Whit Monday! Yay!!! Everyone's favourite holiday, even if not everyone knows what it's for.

Some christian experts from my local area who came to my door today told me that Whit Monday is the Monday after Pentecost, which occurs 50 days after Easter Sunday and which celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ. If you grew up in Germany you knew that already of course. For the other Whit please click here.