Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Back in Hildesheim
Somehow, moving always is a very complex business. A mixture of all kinds of feelings, from anticipation to parting sorrow, everything in between and then some.
Especially if that move doesn't happen under the happiest of circumstances.
But, oh well. To quote myself: Life is just one damned thing after another. So there's not much use in looking back. There's a lot to do, lots of new challenges to rise to, work to tackle, words to say, thoughts to think and bits to move.
Another quote says:
"You cannot alter your fate. However, you can rise to meet it, if you choose."... So, I'll do just that, sort things out and look ahead to whatever comes next.
Wish me luck.
Posted at: 14:58 in /english/personal
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Sun, 14 Aug 2005
Long time no post
I left Frankfurt on Tuesday and hitched a ride to Freiburg, we even made a little trip to France to drop someone off at Strasbourg. After arriving at Freiburg I stayed with my sister for two nights and we were then picked up by my mom who returned from France where she'd dropped off my three French stepbrothers (Oh, did I mention I have a "broad" family?)
The next few days were spent around my home town, staying at my mom's, visiting my dad, walking around town and generally being lazy.
Nice time, but oh, the restlesness ...
Yesterday I left for Ulm where I am now.
Aaand, some random bits:
- A picture from Freiburg:
- It is a good thing to be back in Swabia. It's a wonderful place! Great food, woderful landscape, horrible dialect ;) (Naah, I love it!)
- I had a short ride on my father's new motorbike. I SO need a new one!!
- Yes, I like country music. My mother is the mixer of a country band (It's the coolest thing, she can "techtalk" and I don't understand a word :D ) and gives line dance lessons several times a week. However, I shall be taking no shit from someone on whose hard drive I recently found Alabama - Can't take the Country out of me (Mhuahaha!!)
- Yesterday we had King Prawns with a coconut and ginger sauce. Delicious!
- Currently I am sittinig on (yet another) sofa, listening to some (very loud) Propaghandi, watching two nice gentleman prepare tuna spaghetti. That's life!
- Weather still sucks! Is this what you call summer?!?
- I washed! I have socks again!!
- My time is running out, it's about time to travel back North. Also I have almost nothing left to read.
- After feeling like having lots of different people around me, I think I've had about enough of that now and long for some loneliness. Guess I'll stay on my own for the last week ...
Posted at: 21:48 in /english/travel
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Fri, 05 Aug 2005
Next sofa, next post ...
- This time the sofa belongs to Tolimar and can be found about here.
- I am noticing first flaws in my packing strategy. I prepared for ~20°C up to 35°C. So far I've only had about 20 and mostly rainy weather. Very slowly I start running out of clean warm cloths.
- More wood walking: Joggers. So many! And so ... colourful!!
- 12 angry men is a cool movie!
- There is a Weinfest right in front of Tolimar's house. I fail to produce an English word that adequately describes the concept of German Volksmusik! However, we're trying to face it with loud music of our own. (Current playlist features a weird but cool Queen song.)
- Tolimar does not have cookies but makes excellent coffee!
- Further travel plans are emerging. I'll go farther South. (Should you not be German, and planning to come here: The South is the place to go!! *ducks away from Northern German fish attacks*)
- After mentioning them in my last blog post, the squeezes are increasing.
All: Thank guys!
Some: Who *are* you?! - Sorry, no pics this time. Maybe next time.
- ...
- Ergonomic keyboard ... yargh!
Posted at: 21:36 in /english/travel
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Tue, 02 Aug 2005
Still alive (as promised)
- This post comes right from youam's sofa, which is about here.
- I walked through moor and woods.
- I was in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- I talk(ed) a lot.
- I am being squeezed repeatedly.
- Youam doesn't have (hot) coffee, but great cookies.
- I saw Mr and Mrs Smith, great movie!
- I dismanteled my laptop in order to get rid of that funny "dck dck" noise my fan makes. Didn't work out.
- Wireless works now, but unreliable.
- I am looking at a table covered with cups and screw drivers.
- Apfelstrudel is my friend!
- I forgot my laptop battery. DAMN!
- Weather is okay but could be better.
- I got a tiny glass of syrup :)
- Charles Baudelaire is travelling with me.
- I had a really nice Turkish lunch.
- It'll soon be time to travel on.
- IT IS GOOD TO BE AWAY!
Posted at: 21:30 in /english/travel
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