Why I became a criminal over the weekend
It was a nice Sunday.
Finally the temperatures are rising and everyone is enjoying the blossoming surroundings.
I took Joy down to the river.
We are in lockdown pretty much a year now, we had a long, cold winter where everyone was more or less isolated.
Now spring is around the corner and we all want to be outside.
It releases stress and lifts the mood.
Traveling within Germany is forbidden, so what else do you do when it is finally nice outside?
Yes, you do your activities around your neighborhood.
That's what most of us did and saw the last year, our neighborhoods and nearby surroundings.
At least we were able to meet with a few people.
Which was fine...until now.
Last week a new law was passed, which came into force this Saturday.
According to that law we have new restrictions when the Corona incidence reaches 100, meaning 100 people get infected out of 100000. Which is the case in our area and most of Germany, for quite some time I have to say.
We are now only allowed to meet with 1 other person from another household and there is a curfew from 22-05, amongst other things written in the law.
Oh shit, I just became a criminal.
Why?
Because I am considered 1 household and according to the new law I am only supposed to meet with 1 other person from a different household.
And what happened yesterday while hanging out at the river? Outside? Fresh air and sunshine?
I met 3 people I know. Those were the people I met with once in a while over the course of the last months.
Pretty much all family members.
But all together 4 different households.
Do you see the error in this?
Well, we decided to just walk together.
We were outside, keeping the distance and none of us is sick.
So why the hell should we not meet outside on a sunny spring day and enjoy some company?
We walked up to a place where they sell coffee and cake to go.
There is a restaurant that is next to the river. A nice place where you usually can sit and relax with a nice view.
We walked up to the shop and two of us went inside to get the coffee and cake, with distance and masks of course.
In between the occasional 'Joy with his water canister' pic lol.
And now the situation on the terrace.
Where you could sit and enjoy the scenery with a nice cup of coffee and a homemade piece of cake.
Well, not during Corona times.
Empty terrace since a year lol.
Well not so empty as one individual was taking a seat while waiting for the others to come out with our coffee and cake to go.
We were waiting for them but it was forbidden to even sit there alone.
Isn't that a nice place to sit and have a coffee and a cake?
We weren't allowed to be there, get it, so we took all our cups to go and the cake and walked down to the river where Joy took a dip.
We found some stairs to sit on, with distance, off course lol.
It was right underneath the terrace but a better spot for Joy as he could just hang out in the water.
We all had Strawberry cake and Caffe latte. What a nice, illegal Sunday get together lol.
Now check out this view in between.
Pretty in the spring and finally we see some greenery.
That's why so many people were outside that day.
What else can you do?
Of course someone had to take pics, evidence of a criminal act lol.
Do you recognize that I cut my hair? Since a year I haven't been to a hair stylist, I'm doing it by myself.
Corona times mehhh.
I am emphasizing that it was a safe criminal act, as we were outside, keeping the distance. We recognized that officially we weren't supposed to do that, even though there where groups of people with 10 persons walking around.
It is weird, if we would live together it would be fine, but just because we all live by ourselves it is forbidden.
Oh well, it is what it is, crazy.
At least we laughed a lot, doesn't happen too often lately.
Joy was having fun as well.
I called him up for the occasional selfie attempt.
He looks so cute lol.
In between a pic for the parents.
They live further away and officially we still aren't allowed to travel there.
So a fam pic had to be.
And off we walked to our cars.
Besides all the circumstances it was a nice Sunday walk and a lot of other people did the same as us.
Meeting outside on a beautiful day, walking around with distance.
Would you have walked together?
