Tuesday, May 02, 2006

The May day tree in front of my house

May day is a holiday through most of Europe. This tree is across the street from my apartment, taken from the direction of my apartment, towards the other side of the street.

My work colleague explained that one does not usually see such things in the city, they are more of a country thing in Germany. She explained something about how if a boy likes a girl, he puts th colored streamers on the tree so she will know. She is then supposed to do something so that he knows that she knows.

Notice the bicycles in the photo, this is very common in Cologne.

2 comments:

Anna Weltman said...

So, did some guy leave that ribbon on the tree for you to notice?

LOL
Anna

heather in europe said...

Actually no. But it appears that the sender found his answer...at the end of the week there was a written response tied to the tree.