messingblog

A sunny morning in Munich. I am near the Marienplatz. A small woman with brown hair and brown eyes looks up at me.

“Excuse me, can you tell me what all the fuss is about?”

Sure, it must have been a strange experience for outstanding people. Right here in a pedestrian area, a huge crowd had gathered, with almost no visible cause for doing so. And young people in turquois and orange t-shirts were running around cheering “München, München, München, München”.

“Do you know Apple, I mean, the company Apple?” I pointed to the big, white apple with a byte on the right side that was mounted on the huge glass front of the store before us. The woman nodded. read more »

Tomorrow, on December 6th, Apple will open its first retail store on German soil ever. Many avid Apple fans were eagerly waiting for this to happen. The gossip started in February when Apple was looking for sales stuff in the Munich area. But as always with Apple, no comment about when and where. read more »

Someone might ask what a weird name for a blog, messingblog. Let’s see, what the dictionary says:

mess verb

1 [ trans. ] make untidy or dirty : you’ve messed up my beautiful carpet.• [ intrans. ] (of a domestic animal) defecate : they had some problems with dogs messing in the store.• make dirty by defecating : he feared he would mess the bed. read more »