Screaming birds

Our hotel room is on the first floor and the windows face the main thoroughfare on post.  This isn't always terrible as it makes it a very quick walk to just about anywhere we need to go.

However.

It is loud.

The traffic is loud.   Troops doing PT are loud.  Reveille at 0630 is loud.  (thank god they don't use canons here for Reveille.  I can see Regiment HQ from the window and those suckers would shake me out of bed every day.)

And the birds!!

It's not all day, every day, but my theory is that when traffic is heavy, the heat from the cars attract bugs, and this, in turn attracts birds.  They fly and swoop and scream.

Yes, I said scream.

I'm not sure what kind of birds they are, but they do not chirp nor sing.  They effing scream.

I call them German birds.  I'm sure they are shouting in something in German bird language.  Organizing an efficient bug hunting front.

"Angirff!  Angriff!"  ("Attack!"  Thank you google translate and apologies if this was not used correctly.)

It's novel for about 3 minutes  30 seconds, but I am quite over them now.

Windows are better left open because of the lack of A/C.  It just keeps the air moving.

COME ON HOUSE!

OK, it's only a few more hotel days that I have to tough out.

Plus, we got excellent news yesterday.  On Tuesday, we inquired about rental cars at Vilseck's Enterprise booth.  They flatly shut us down saying they had NO cars for this weekend.  We asked if Graf's Enterprise had any vehicles available, and were told that they had the same issue - too many renters and not enough cars for this weekend.  Obviously, they would have nothing to offer us.  Don't even bother.

WELL.

We actually made it up to Graf yesterday courtesy of our lovely sponsor fill-in, Joe, and got a more comprehensive tour of not only Graf, but of surrounding towns!  (very nice!)  We happened to stop by the Enterprise on Graf.  And John walked out 10 minutes later with a rental lined up for Saturday.

We're going to be mobile soon!  (Entirely possible now that we have our USAREUR licenses.)
I'm kind of irked at the Vilseck ladies, but not irked enough to give them a second thought.  We'll get to explore soon!

And get away from the screaming birds!