Ludwig van Beethoven is with me!

Dear Frank, Ludwig van Beethoven is now with me!

I was at Stephansplatz in front of the Vienna Cathedral yesterday, where I found him. It was terrible to see dear Ludwig in such a miserable state! The great Beethoven...!

On the way to my apartment in the 14th district of Vienna, I bought groceries and, with his approving nod, a few bottles of sweet wine. Ludwig remained silent the whole time; he clung tightly to my arm in the supermarket. When I paid with a card at the checkout, I heard a slight growl from him.

Only in the shower did he emotionally thaw out again. It was a miracle for him how the water gushed from the shower head: first cold, then steaming hot, cold again, hot again, and so on; - it went on like this for almost an hour! "The hot water must hurt a lot?" I said to him. He, on the other hand, threw his arms up, clenched his hands, and shouted: "Ta – Ta – Ta – Taaaam". With cold water, he sang "Tarammdada – Tarammdada – Tarammdada" - apparently chords of his great fugue while shaking his bottom vigorously. Whatfun!

Only about you, dear Frank, did he have few, but truly unpleasant words ready. I spare myself and you quoting Beethoven at this point.

After the joint dinner - of course, I spoiled him with veal schnitzel à la Frauenschuh - I showed him videos on the laptop about our world today: the flight to the moon over fifty years ago, walks through the metropolises of New York and London, videos of the two terrible world wars in the 20th century; he saw the queue of mountaineering tourists on Everest, fully occupied safari vehicles in Tanzania, partying youths at a techno party, landfills in the global south, ghettos in Cape Town and homeless people in Berlin.Pictures of large open-air concerts with thousands of spectators, dream landscapes in Tuscany, mammoth trees in California, icebergs in the Arctic, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, etc., etc.

I opened the city of Vienna's internet portal for Beethoven and how he can find all useful information with the help of the search engine. He spent the whole night in front of the screen drinking a lot of wine. Now he is sleeping and I can finally send you this message. I hope you are well and I look forward to your feedback!

Many greetings from Vienna, Johannes