ToTaL BLaCk-Out

As me and my husband were drinking cappuccino this afternoon, the radio cassette and lights were off. He said, that it might be the main switch. I told him that the switch in our room's heater is not functioning right. This morning as I woke-up, our sleeping room was very cold because the electric heater is not working. We thought that the defective switch was the cause of the black-out. I told my husband to call the electric company but our telephone is also not working because there is no power.

I also heard the very loud voice of our neighbor which I guess talking to the phone. My husband went out to ask our neighbor and finally told me that probably the whole Hohenfels is of total black-out. I told my husband, "well for us, it is not a problem because we also have a wooden oven or a small fireplace". Besides that I also have a lot of candles which might last for some days.

If the power will not come back before night, I told my husband that it is pitiful for those who don't have a wooden heater. It is very cold now here in Bavaria. Sometimes the temperature in the night is going till negative degrees. I was even kidding my husband, that maybe we are already back to the "stone age".

This is my first "black-out" experience in our place here in Germany. It is still not so bad compared to the Philippines which last sometimes for some days. I can also say that black-out in the Philippines is not too bad because there is no winter time like here in Germany.

That was also very nice and romantic afternoon because I had some quite moments with my husband drinking cappuccino with candles lights. I was finally happy because after maybe 35 minutes, the power came back.