1a. Summer has arrived. In other words, I am sunburned already. 1b. It is possible to wind up with sunburn despite not having actually left the safety of the car.
1c. The resultant sunburn will, however, only be on the one side which was exposed to sunlight.
2. A two word definition of ''sauna'': my car. I am not genetically equipped for 33 degrees without air-con.3. How to brake on black ice (I am aware that this is not something normally required in May) and emergency brake through various obstacle courses. Driver safety training was well cool. And made all the more entertaining through the instructor's walkie-talkie commentary throughout the duration of the day; ''remember: when performing an emergency stop, smile nicely''.
4. There is nothing that cannot be built with Playmobil.
5. Nor is there anything that cannot be built with Lego.
6. There are a lot of bank holidays in May.
7. Living in the age of the internet isn't always all that bad. To the E (you asked for a no. 7 shout out) and F of the House of JEF, I know you'd do it. HUGS.
8. Upon returning to London for 48 hours at the start of the month, I was struck by:a. i). how ridiculously, super, over-the-top-friendly cashiers are.
a. ii) how impatient I now get if people small-talk at checkouts. Sorry, M&S.
b. i). how risky the Brits are in that throwing-themselves-out-into-oncoming-traffic-in-an-attempt-to-cross-the-road habit of theirs.
c. the Brits are the last to open their umbrellas.
d. how much I have missed Crème Eggs.
9. There is such an instrument as a musical saw.
10. English bathrooms are qualified by Colgate toothpaste, German bathrooms by Schwarzkopf shampoo.
11a. You are never too old for giant teddy bears. 11b. Ditto giant slides.
11c. Margarete Steiff was pretty cool.
12. With the assistance of the cleaner, I have now twigged how to work the soap dispenser at the local shopping centre: hit it.
13a. Elbows can turn blue/green/yellow.
13b. The eating chocolate whilst climbing stairs was probably never exactly the best combo.
14. Do not leave chocolate in warm environments. It will melt, and frozen chocolate is frustratingly tricky to eat.
15. It is possible to buy clotted cream in Frankfurt.
16a. English salt and vinegar Pringles taste different than their European counterparts.
16b. The flavour selection is also different. And dominated by paprika.
16c. Upon trying to research why the flavours differ so, I stumbled across the fact that as of 2008 Pringles are not classified as crisps anymore. WHAT ELSE ARE THEY, THEN?!
17a. The term ''public viewing'' exists in English and in German. In English it refers to an open coffin, which people visit to pay tribute to the [no longer living] person inside it. In German it refers to TV broadcasts and crowds. Put into context, watching the World Cup live on a big screen. 
17b. The German version is SUPER COOL, especially when it winds up Germany 4- Portugal 0. 
18. The England football team isn't exactly the most reliable. 19. The water in the ''Blautopf''' is, like the name suggests, blue.
20a. The Karl-May-Festspiele are thoroughly to be recommended.
20b. It is physically possible for 21 horses to fit onto one stage.
21. Whoever came up with the phrase ''those who can't do, teach'' was extremely ignorant and I do not agree with them at all. To everyone at PRS, thank you, thank you, thank you.
