THE AYVALIK MOSAIC – Brasilia studio third week
This week it happened: An aquaintance of Martin from the German embassy gave us the contacts for Hans, a plumber from Germany who works in the Embassy as a security guard. I called him to install our washing machine. Of course I could have taken a local plumber – but how would I have talked to him! Whilst Hans and I are waiting that the dashing new washing machine finishes her trial run he offers me all sorts of services for connection with the worlds far away, phone and internet installation, German TV, but I wonder if he could help cutting that tree trunk that lies around in our garden and seems to be perfect to become a stand for the hardie! Hans knows the gardener Benno who also works in the embassy and comes from the community living in the south of Brasil that emigrated to Brazil from the Hundsrück, a region with a strong German accent near Frankfurt/Main. So Hundsrück – German – speaking Benno arrives at our house at the weekend and …