The main event of this month has to be the italo-anglican wedding between Hannah and Diego on June 2nd. The celebrations were accompanied by the afropean choir, as well as some musical talent shown by the bride and groom themselves. Now off on their honeymoon, they are missing the miserable weather we are currently experiencing, which is very nicely planned on their part.
Germany has caused a bit of a furore by blaming an outbreak of E.coli on Spanish cucumbers. Straight away they banned Spanish vegetables, but apparently without any actual proof. After causing huge amount of suffering to the farmers in Spain it was announced that in fact they could have been mistaken, that it might actually have come from a bean sprout farm just south of Hamburg. So nothing like pointing the finger first and then actually trying to find the truth...
In fact, they still don't know for sure the real biological cause, but are merely following the pattern of the outbreak. I wonder whether the EU, EC or whatever body feels responsible here are actually going to act on this blatant shift of blame, to another country's detriment?
What if it was found that German cars caused large radiation doses in all passengers? With the same amount of investigation (all people with high radiation doses had ridden once in a German made automobile) maybe then they will feel the other end of lousy research and despicable marketing.
So, in order to escape the ban on vegetables, Ali came over to visit us again in Oxford. Unfortunately the weather didn't hold up for the trip to London and was a little wet, but visiting the food festival in Reading was nice and bright. Hopefully she left with some good memories too. Next time we can see more dinosaurs...
Enjoy your meat...
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