Vol. 9 My neighbor ... and me

We've had quite a few experiences with our neighbors over the course of our lives living in the apartment. For example, there was the neighbor who had nothing else to do all day long but stand behind the curtain and watch closely who was doing what. And then, whenever something happened, they would quickly leave the house for a gossip session.  ‘Have you heard...“,were always her first words – if you fell into her clutches. ­ Since we moved into our house in the countryside a few years ago, we now have Gurken-Heinrich as our neighbor. A very special specimen growing behind our garden fence... äh ... lives. A know-it-all by profession, a pseudo-environmentalist, and also blessed with a pair of hedge trimmers that he thinks he can zip over our hedge every now and then... ­ Yes, that's how it is with neighbors. But of course there are also many good neighborhoods. The stories in this book tell of these and those.