Going to a library

I don't know if someone out there knew - using a library is hell of an expensive in Germany. Even little kids pay minimum 4 EUR a year if they wanna use the public library in Hamburg. For a student it's minimum 15 EUR. Plus minumum 50 Cents for every item you borrow. This is the regular price. If you give the books back later the charge you at least 40 Cents a day. No, we don't talk about the University's bib. We talk about the public library with a branch office in every quarter - which is there for people to read. Well, in the village where I grew up there was only the school library - or I could have gone to the next bigger town (but compared with the school library the choice was poor) or to Hannover - hell of a ride for a book.

So instead we bought books. (Did I mention I'm a book snob?) My daddy's collection is awesome, but there are several added that he inherited. But without Benni's girlfriend Jonna, a Finnish girl, I would have never ever thought of this as something special. Of course book are expensive as well, and there is a controlled price but it there are various possibilities to buy them at discount.