This summer seems shorter than usual, not only because I spent most of January in Germany and Hong Kong and thus experienced an extra winter (although I am hopeful that I can be compensated!) but also because the weather is indeed cooler than the previous summers. Stretches of days above 30 degrees were few and far in between, and more often were the days with grey skies, dreary rain and cool temperatures. No wonder another German colleague and I both felt some semblance to a typical German summer. 這個夏天好像比正常短，除了因為我一月大部份時間到了德國和香港，平白多過了一個冬天外（雖然我是有希望可以補償的！）天氣也的確比前幾個夏天清涼，連續幾天高於30度的日子絕無僅有，更多的是天灰灰雨綿綿「涼浸浸」的時候，我和另一個德國同事都不期然覺得有點像德國的夏天。 The whole summer has kept me occupied as my time was always filled up with things to do even after work. Fortunately there was still time to take some diversions. 整個夏天，就算工娛都忙這忙那，時間排得密密麻麻的，幸好也有可以忙裡偷閑的時候。 Last summer my family went quite a long way for picking strawberries; this summer we went instead to a farm belonging to one of my cousin’s colleagues fo