RE: 1. Bodensee-Stamm(tisch), so the chair is back :)

I also get up at the same time on holidays here. And after breakfast, some friends come to my house, we sit for months, chat, drink tea, and then go out into the night in the same way you used to go with your friends, and then there. Going out to eat and drink a bottle is better than chatting with friends and the time passes much better. If your friend's are honest, life becomes much more peaceful. When you are sitting with your friends, you don't know the time.