Bridge Day

Recently I had to explain a client why he can’t expect us working on a Friday. Last Thursday was Feast of the Ascension, a federal holiday in Germany. Nowadays usually recognized as Fathers Day. A day to spend time with family. Most businesses, all schools and a lot of administrative buildings close.

What do I do on that holiday? For the past years we got the bicycles out and I made a bicycle trip with our the children to an ice cream shop. Lots of fun and even smaller children on a small bike can do that.

Having a free Thursday allows employees to use one vacation day to get a four day weekend. Or use 4 days for a 9 day vacation. For our area the schools close for the Friday. And we call such a day between an holiday and the weekend Brückentag in Germany.

Nobody expects here anyone to work on such a long weekend. And we just used it for a short staycation.

See you back Monday at work!