Atlantic views

I have managed to upload some pics ; )

Côte Basque

I am still overwhelmed by the spectacular views over the cost and the Atlantic Ocean. I wished I could share my pictures with you BUT I cannot upload them with my iPod :( the edit functions of these posts are gone ... I will upload them as soon as I will get near to a pc.) The weather is great and we went to Saint Jean de Luz today. Cute little city. Nice place to go swimming, I still like the wild waves over here more. Thinking of going to watch the surf pro championships at the weekend, hope the weather will stay so nice and hot!

I don't know why but I am dreaming about Ru. these days, getting afraid sth happened. I never dream like that and it is a bit strange. I dream he wants to talk to me and he looks out for me but there are people who stand between us and do all to stop him of talking to me and on my side there people who hold me back so I cannot go and see him. Well, never ever will my friends consider me being in France! So he cannot get through to me. Well maybe it is only the relaxed time or the sangria with the dinner ...

Sun, sun, sun

Paris was great. The sun was shining and we took a walk around Jardin Luxembourg, enjoyed
just passing the busy streets of the French capital. Yeah, what can I say, there were thousands articles, songs and movies written about Paris and you know - all this is true! It is just a great city! In the evening we had dinner at A typical French bistro and next morning we were off at the TGV on the way to the Atlantic coast. Flying through French province at the maximum speed of 300 km per hour we are now at Biarritz. The weather is still great and the ocean incredible beautiful. We were just coming back from a kind of bar, where you get served great Basque tapas and wine with a spectacular view at the sun going down over the Atlantic ocean.... what else can I say - holidays!

Tomorrow : PARIS!!!

Yeah, yeah... I am going to France tomorrow.... first to Paris and later to Biarritz! See you soon!

Happy Easter!

I know it is late. And Easter almost over. I was having strange dreams during this Easter. Memories in my dreams. Memories of Easter spent in China. Well, X-Mas I was always home, Easter was traveling time. Easter in China was special, so special. Hope you are all fine out there. Happy Easter.

Luxembourg

Nice weather and we are driving to Luxembourg... Very nice, everything made up and so tidy... cannot believe it it is even more than over here in Germany

Ohhh second hand food....

Down a the Grund

Baby baby

Nike

Guerilla Gardening

We did it.....
Did you hear about guerilla gardening??? Well, we got some flowers and since we do not have an own garden.... I decided to set the flowers free... 1 am in the night... well, nobody saw us... I think the mask was worse than the flowers...
more here:  http://www.guerrillagardening.org/
well, I think there were also some other neighbors who planted some flowers. Now I smile every morning when I see the flowers..

My great friends in British Columbia

Once upon a time it happened in a distant Asian country.... working in Bangkok I met two brothers from Canada. They were travelling for some months around Asia. Bangkok was their base camp :) and we became really good friends. We still are, actually.Thay live in British Columbia, and do not like snow....and it snows there six month a year....
I always think of them as such good company and nowadays we keep in touch over skype. Sometimes they send me a surprise parcel.... like recently Thank you guys so much... you sent me all thethings I like most - Japanese candy from Canada. The super lemon candy is superb!

My private Sakura

At the moment I have my private sakura in front of our balcony… A beauty for the next few days… I remember the cherry tree was o full blossom, when we saw this apartment for the first time.

and it is so beautiful.....

Japan

One month after the tragedy in Japan and all my thoughts are still with our friends there. One of our friends is teaching at the university in Sendai. Friends in Tokyo are still there and I worry every day and hope the radioactivity will decrease. R. is not flying to Japan at the moment, his company canceled all business trips to Japan for the time being.

Books on sale

I decided to put some of the books we read, or not because they from our point of view not so good or we do not like them or simply I NEED some space on my shelf on sale....

Actually I have been selling two up to four books in a month for the last two years. Not much work putting them on amazon. Today I am wondering I will be able to sell the Japanese mangas, too. Let's try. Still there more new books arriving so I need space for them :)

My boss approved my three weeks off in May.... so now I hope I can travel somewhere this time, well compared to last year, anything can be better!!!
First next Saturday I will go to Berlin again and I am really looking forward to this visit. Berlin, Berlin....

Sunday`s dining out!

We went to have brunch at PÉGA at the InterContinental Düsseldorf today. Very nice. High quality food, interesting new tastes, a touch of molecular gastronomy and all in a very casual atmosphere. We really liked it. A nice Sunday. I am having a slow weekend. Small party yesterday, nice friends. Cinema on Friday - Black Swan and a fabulous drink at a new Jazz bar with a good friend of mine. What can I say - nice.

Now I am sitting here drinking green tea and enjoying green tea cake. Wrapped in a furoshiki, original from Japan, neat. It tastes a bit different as my green cake, a real Japanese taste. It was a present for my birthday and I am enjoying :) I really like it!

Found a gem on the net

This is a real fine piece of art....



and by the way happy New Year !!! Year of the Rabbit!

Snow...

I am really happy I don't have to drive to work today because the whole country is crazy because of the first heavy snow this year...

so beautiful looking out my window... :)

Last Saturday I was walking downtown and I noticed this:

Maybe a trip to London? Hmmmm, did not think about this lately. I was thinking to going to Brussels on 10th but since R. will travel to Japan to work I will stay here and maybe meet some friends. X-Mas markets started everywhere. Christmas is coming so fast... I  do not feel like liking having Christmas yet.... there is still something missing... Brussels might be great..

Meeting old friends

Ohh yeah my prof got old and got gray hair. I was a bit surprised to see so many people last evening there and then not to see so many other people there... we went to a pub we used to spend our evenings after hard days at the university.. and the pub is still the same and the stuff remembered us... got scared they are still studying... well, nice meeting the people who work now at the China Institute..

the pub still looks great and nothing changed.. 222 different beers offered and other nice beverages...

Tonight I am fighting my ipod

I have lost all my music after accidentally connecting my ipod to another computer. I was naive thinking you could ADD some music to my ipod instead it just deleted all my music and added all the OTHER music and stuff, I did not want and since I have changed my computed in between. So now I am importing all my CDs... Miles Davis... Lemongrass and other great Jazz ...again and again... so I can listen to MY music tomorrow in the car... unfortunately it takes really a long time to import it all and I will be sure not to do this mistake ever again....

Tomorrow there is another meeting for the alumni of my university... another official meeting and some outing at the evening. I am working, so I think I will join them in the evening. I am always wondering why they organize it on Friday in the afternoon... most people are working and it is really difficult to be there a three o`clock... In the last years it was the main reason, why there we so little people I will see who will be there tomorrow... and I will meet my old professor... :)

Berlin, Berlin....

Three days with best friends in Berlin means good conversation, good food and remembering our dreams and talking about our lives nowadays and yes life is good and yes we miss the days which passed and our time when  China was still a dream. We all were there and we all don't want to miss the time. Life is different now but friendship is still the best.

This was our preparing for the famous Chinese hot pot.... yummy!
Proof for being there :)

 Modern art everywhere

Tomorrow BERLIN

Tomorrow 9:24 am we are leaving and going to Berlin and yes it will be fun with friends, nice food and enjoying the air... see ya

and by the way the new Jamiroquai CD is great!

Travelling

The weather was so beautiful last weekend and it was a pleasure to drive some kilometers and enjoy the colours

 and then we went for a walk....

 you could find very nice creatures on your way

so we enjoyed the beauty together

View from my window

Isn't it a great view from my window?