Sommer
Hallo noch einmal! Hello again! It's hard to believe that we're already half way through Summer ( Sommer ). It's been challenging for us here in northern Europe where most homes and many businesses don't have air conditioning. I see a lot of Americans questioning why we don't have AC here. The reasons vary, but it's mostly due to the fact that historically it just never got that hot for a long enough time each year to justify the expense. There's also a lot of pushback against AC for environmental reasons as well. One of the other reasons is that many of the buildings in Europe are older than America, so retrofitting them to use AC would be extremely cost prohibitive. So for the few days that it gets up into the 30s or higher (90+ in Fahrenheit), Clarke and I try to cool down our apartment by opening the windows at night, and then closing them in the morning before it gets too warm, and closing the blinds to keep the sun from heating up the rooms. A couple o...