All I want to do is stick my feet in ice water until the leaves change color. I love nature. I love summer. But nature and summer in Munich seem to be testing this love.
It’s another year, which means, another bug bite battle. And I’m losing it, again. My ‘exotic’ blood is highly prized in Munich’s Englischer Garten. I can imagine these mini Bavarian vampires sipping on another boring bratwurst hemoglobin latte all the while jonesing for some pacific islander plasma coursing through my veins.
I’m so covered with mosquito bites from chest to toe and a horse fly bite on my ankle. The mosquito bites I can handle, barely, but the horse fly bite is swelling. It’s crossed my mind that I might relieve the pain and itching if I bit off my own foot and hope I grow back a new one. Still, you won’t believe that this experience is an improvement from previous summers.
I just have another 2 years to get used to these blood suckers here. Who am I kidding, I doubt I’m safe anywhere now. Still, I really want to be in denial and refuse to be lock myself indoors during flip-flop weather.
Maybe you should put on some product like OFF! before leaving the house? Maybe that’ll help.
OUCH!! Bugs LOVE me, so I feel your pain!! Can you get witch hazel over there?? Its AWESOME for taking the itch out – just dab it on right after you get bitten!
Come now, they can’t be worse than Florida can they?
I agree with Bluefish – sounds like it’s time to say “screw the environment” and start bathing in DDT.
hey all, thanks for the comments!
The stuff at the pharmacist is pretty weak here. The critters are immune. But if there’s a chance of a Malaria epidemic in Munich, I may take my chances with a DDT spiked Weißbier.
In the meantime, I’ll try the witch hazel. Getting stung isn’t bad, it’s the week of itching and swelling that follows. ty Amy!
Definitely not bigger, free man, but what ever plant these bugs are eating here, my body goes bizzerk.
I can empathize. We’re both sacrificial anodes. One day I came home and Paul said I should have been there, because if I was, he wouldn’t have gotten bit by a mosquito that was in our home.
So, I guess we’ve both renewed our domains
Just saw Germany take bronze in synchronized diving. Hooray.
just read this post and being ‘exotic’ myself, I completely sympathize. I rarely sit in the garden these days.
Pinger! yes, how did you know about the renewal? I just loved the opening ceremony, so beautiful. Very hard for me to remember all the negative reasons not to watch the games.
Thanks Duni, So sorry you can’t enjoy the your garden.