A fun and thanks to sparnight quite cheap trip. But the city was a mess (see below). Trash everywhere. Garbage collectors are striking to protect there 38.5 hour work week against a 40 hour work week.

At first sight unrelated, Stefan found some great underwear at Wal-Mart. Why is that exiting? Well Wal-Mart itself is exiting. I just started collecting facts for a paper about Wal-Mart's data warehouse and I'm blown away. This single company drives world wide productivity in ways never seen before. Simply by demanding everyday low prices.

Sadly this pressure scars workers all over Europe into striks aging the open economy.

Addition: After eight years in Germany, WalMart announced in July 2006 that they will aboundant their business in Germany.

Happy Birthday Lutzi!