Culture...volunteers

All pressure of authority is heavy; one must always make people seem to act voluntarily. All pressure of authority is heavy; one must always make people seem to act voluntarily. (Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse)

It is similar here with volunteering. For example, this evening there was a classical concert in the neighboring village. They told us that we could go voluntarily, but they actually expected us to go. That's how it is here at the beginning with many tasks. At the moment, we are still doing them because we want to collect bonus points that we can use later. 

But the concert itself was really good for a classical concert. A pianist and a cellist tried their hand at international pieces and it sounded really good. Another plus point was that the concert didn't last too long. It started at 8 p.m. and was already over 80 minutes later. However, you had to fight against sleep in the room. 

Although there was actually a ban on cell phones in the hall, I tried to take this (very high-quality) picture. 

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You notice every day that the sun rises later and sets earlier. Sometimes you can also notice it in our routines - we want to get up later and go to bed earlier, which of course is not really possible. If it continues like this (every morning 5 minutes later and every evening 3 minutes earlier, they told us), it will soon be very dark. I'm really looking forward to winter!