Hey guys,
I wish all of you and your families a very merry christmas. Enjoy the nice days.
And here are greatings from Santa's workshop
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Donnerstag, 24. Dezember 2009
Freitag, 18. Dezember 2009
I'll be back!
Hey guys,
in a couple of hours I've to catch up my flight back to Germany. I'll stay there a month for Christmas vacation. Hope to see you there. But this isn't the end of this BLOG! With the words of the T-800: "I'll be back!" I'll be back in Dundee. And there will be more interesting stories from me in Scotland
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in a couple of hours I've to catch up my flight back to Germany. I'll stay there a month for Christmas vacation. Hope to see you there. But this isn't the end of this BLOG! With the words of the T-800: "I'll be back!" I'll be back in Dundee. And there will be more interesting stories from me in Scotland
Sören
Mittwoch, 16. Dezember 2009
Dundee United vs. Glasgow Rangers, Reloaded
Hey guys,
yesterday night was the rearranged match between Dundee United FC and the Glasgow Rangers. The weather was really good this time, cloadless heaven and not so windy like due the last time.
And this game had every thing, 3 goals (all for Glasgow), 2 balls leaving the stadion and one guy who was arrested by the police during the game.
Unfortuantely I was a little bit in stress during the last week, because of my review at the university. Nevertheless, I still had a lot of fun, because my cousin and Bundebruder Torsten came for a visit for the week. While I was during the day at the university drawing my CADs, he was visiting Scotland. And at the evenings we went together to the city to have fun.
Friday, after the review, Torsten and I visited together the Discovery in Dundee and went up to the 2 football stations, where I got the ticket for the Rangers game. Hope to see more famous faces.
Sören
P.S.: I can still beet him in beerboys *G*
yesterday night was the rearranged match between Dundee United FC and the Glasgow Rangers. The weather was really good this time, cloadless heaven and not so windy like due the last time.
And this game had every thing, 3 goals (all for Glasgow), 2 balls leaving the stadion and one guy who was arrested by the police during the game.
Unfortuantely I was a little bit in stress during the last week, because of my review at the university. Nevertheless, I still had a lot of fun, because my cousin and Bundebruder Torsten came for a visit for the week. While I was during the day at the university drawing my CADs, he was visiting Scotland. And at the evenings we went together to the city to have fun.
Friday, after the review, Torsten and I visited together the Discovery in Dundee and went up to the 2 football stations, where I got the ticket for the Rangers game. Hope to see more famous faces.
Sören
P.S.: I can still beet him in beerboys *G*
Sonntag, 29. November 2009
Dundee Christmas Fair
Ho ho ho guys,
today on the first advent and reading of friends in Germany who are joining Christmas fairs, I got the first Christmas feelings of the year. So I went to the city today. There was this week a kind of Christmas fair. There were a lot of food booths with international fare and booths where you got all kinds of jumble.
I took this as a chance to have some lunch. I started with a German bratwurst. Awesome!! I mean some of the stuff which I had here was really good. But they can't make good sausages! And this one tasted really like a German one. After that I also tried a Kangaroo Burger and a portion of Paella, which was made by a Frenchman!
A bit freezing I was looking for a stand, where I could buy a warm drink. I just walked along the fair. I mean, I was sure I wouldn't find one which sold mulled wine. But I couldn't find anything. Therefore I turned back I started walking home. When I passed the last booths I couldn't contain myself. One of the stands sold mulled wine. Perfect ending! OK, it wasn't the best I ever had, but it was mulled wine. And that's what count.
At last I had a Christmas Pudding for tea time. Actually it tastes very good!
Sören
today on the first advent and reading of friends in Germany who are joining Christmas fairs, I got the first Christmas feelings of the year. So I went to the city today. There was this week a kind of Christmas fair. There were a lot of food booths with international fare and booths where you got all kinds of jumble.
I took this as a chance to have some lunch. I started with a German bratwurst. Awesome!! I mean some of the stuff which I had here was really good. But they can't make good sausages! And this one tasted really like a German one. After that I also tried a Kangaroo Burger and a portion of Paella, which was made by a Frenchman!
A bit freezing I was looking for a stand, where I could buy a warm drink. I just walked along the fair. I mean, I was sure I wouldn't find one which sold mulled wine. But I couldn't find anything. Therefore I turned back I started walking home. When I passed the last booths I couldn't contain myself. One of the stands sold mulled wine. Perfect ending! OK, it wasn't the best I ever had, but it was mulled wine. And that's what count.
At last I had a Christmas Pudding for tea time. Actually it tastes very good!
Sören
Sonntag, 22. November 2009
Glasgow
Hey guys,
this week I said to myself "You need to see more from Scotland!" So I booked a ticket for one of the earliest busses to Glasgow on Saturday morning. This ride took about two hours.
When I arrived in Glasgow I just walked straight to the George Square, the main place of Glasgow. Mirjam and Karla told me that there will be busses for city tours. And they were there, but they weren't driving so soon. I had to wait for an hour. But that was fine, because I was hungry and started looking for a Café. In the rest of the time I was just walking through the city centre, making a lot of photos.
At half ten, I took one of the busses and started with the tour. It's a really cool thing, because you buy a ticket and can leave the bus on several points, visit what ever you want and just get into another bus.
I took this chance to leave the bus after an hour of the tour to visit Charles Rennie Mackintosh's School of Art, which is of such an importance for architects. The representative of the Arts and Crafts movement built the school from 1897 - 1909 which is still in use. The guide told us, that there will be a big celebration in this December, on the occasion of 100 years completion. It is a so beautiful building and it was a shame that we weren't allowed to make photos. For that reason I sometimes fell back to make at least a few photos.
After the visit it was already lunch time. Therefore I went to another building designed by Mackintosh. The Willow Tearooms, which are less then five minutes away from the School of Art. There is a nice ambience there and it was interesting to sit o a replica of Mackintosh's famous chairs. The Scottish Chilli and the Earl Grey tea I had were really good.
After that I continued my ride with the tourist bus and it was funny to see that it was the same one I had left a few hours before. Than back at George Square I went to the Gallery of Modern Art.
By the fact that it's getting dark around 4 pm all the lights on the street were switched on, especially the Christmas decoration. A bit pathetic was to my opinion the Christmas fair. I mean each German village has a bigger one.
When I left the museum I decided to go shopping and this one of the big points for Glasgow. You can spend a lot of money in these untold thousands of shops. I was first looking for Dichloromethane, which I use to glue my architecture models. But I couldn't get it anywhere in Dundee. So I went into a big art store, with the hope to get it there. But they also didn't have it. So I just bought something I thought this may also work. On my further way I passed a model railway store. With my last hope I went in there, and they had it! God save the model-makers!!
All these Christmas lights remind me, that I also have to get some Christmas presents. And I got some.
Oh and I saw these guys, which we also have in Mainz, but I can't remember where they are?! That's Crazy!
After a dinner in a nice and really good Sushi Bar I took the bus back to Dundee!
More photos are here: http://www.directupload.net/galerie/150580/ahf28PRzTt/
Sören
this week I said to myself "You need to see more from Scotland!" So I booked a ticket for one of the earliest busses to Glasgow on Saturday morning. This ride took about two hours.
When I arrived in Glasgow I just walked straight to the George Square, the main place of Glasgow. Mirjam and Karla told me that there will be busses for city tours. And they were there, but they weren't driving so soon. I had to wait for an hour. But that was fine, because I was hungry and started looking for a Café. In the rest of the time I was just walking through the city centre, making a lot of photos.
At half ten, I took one of the busses and started with the tour. It's a really cool thing, because you buy a ticket and can leave the bus on several points, visit what ever you want and just get into another bus.
I took this chance to leave the bus after an hour of the tour to visit Charles Rennie Mackintosh's School of Art, which is of such an importance for architects. The representative of the Arts and Crafts movement built the school from 1897 - 1909 which is still in use. The guide told us, that there will be a big celebration in this December, on the occasion of 100 years completion. It is a so beautiful building and it was a shame that we weren't allowed to make photos. For that reason I sometimes fell back to make at least a few photos.
After the visit it was already lunch time. Therefore I went to another building designed by Mackintosh. The Willow Tearooms, which are less then five minutes away from the School of Art. There is a nice ambience there and it was interesting to sit o a replica of Mackintosh's famous chairs. The Scottish Chilli and the Earl Grey tea I had were really good.
After that I continued my ride with the tourist bus and it was funny to see that it was the same one I had left a few hours before. Than back at George Square I went to the Gallery of Modern Art.
By the fact that it's getting dark around 4 pm all the lights on the street were switched on, especially the Christmas decoration. A bit pathetic was to my opinion the Christmas fair. I mean each German village has a bigger one.
When I left the museum I decided to go shopping and this one of the big points for Glasgow. You can spend a lot of money in these untold thousands of shops. I was first looking for Dichloromethane, which I use to glue my architecture models. But I couldn't get it anywhere in Dundee. So I went into a big art store, with the hope to get it there. But they also didn't have it. So I just bought something I thought this may also work. On my further way I passed a model railway store. With my last hope I went in there, and they had it! God save the model-makers!!
All these Christmas lights remind me, that I also have to get some Christmas presents. And I got some.
Oh and I saw these guys, which we also have in Mainz, but I can't remember where they are?! That's Crazy!
After a dinner in a nice and really good Sushi Bar I took the bus back to Dundee!
More photos are here: http://www.directupload.net/galerie/150580/ahf28PRzTt/
Sören
Sonntag, 15. November 2009
Scottish Breakfast
Hey guys,
thanks to the low-pressure area over Scotland, we have a nice day, today. The fact, that I have a closing door and opening window since yesterday, and got a good response to my design this week, made this to a perfect Sunday.
But when I woke up I had real tummy rumbles. So I said: "Let's have a Scottish Breakfast to start through the day!"
Here are the ingredients I bought for this breakfast:
White beans in tomato sauce, cherry tomatoes, an egg, mushrooms, bacon, sausages, Scottish butter, toast and haggis!
And here is the result. After that I was full up.
I am sorry for you in Germany, my friends. While we have nice weather through the low-pressure area, you have a cloudy weather. Hope you still have a nice day.
Sören
thanks to the low-pressure area over Scotland, we have a nice day, today. The fact, that I have a closing door and opening window since yesterday, and got a good response to my design this week, made this to a perfect Sunday.
But when I woke up I had real tummy rumbles. So I said: "Let's have a Scottish Breakfast to start through the day!"
Here are the ingredients I bought for this breakfast:
White beans in tomato sauce, cherry tomatoes, an egg, mushrooms, bacon, sausages, Scottish butter, toast and haggis!
And here is the result. After that I was full up.
I am sorry for you in Germany, my friends. While we have nice weather through the low-pressure area, you have a cloudy weather. Hope you still have a nice day.
Sören
Mittwoch, 11. November 2009
5th Season in Scotland
Hey guys,
or I shall better say HELAU GUYS! Yes, the 5th season is finally back! And where am I? In Scotland! A land without any form of carnival! Boring! But you can also celebrate on your own.
What do you need for a small party? Music! So I checked the internet for some carnival songs. On Musicload I found this CD
Unfortunately I couldn't download any songs from Musicload, because I don't live in Germany. Damn it! And now it's going to be funny. I checked just for fun the Amazon.co.uk MP3-Store and they had it in store. I just downloaded it and was so happy. In fact Amazon was even cheaper.
What else do you need for a party? Oh yeah, a party pipe. So, on my way to university I made a small side trip to Tesco to get some of them. I really regret that I couldn't get a clown's nose.
The only annoying in my plan was that I totally forgot the alcohol. I had no beer or wine. Last one wasn't that bad, because the Britons make bad Weck (rolls) and Woscht (sausages). But it wasn't that bad, because I had a workshop starting at 11 UK time. Means I just had 49 minutes to celebrate. But it was a lot of fun and some of my fellow students sat there and just grinned seeing a silly German!
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or I shall better say HELAU GUYS! Yes, the 5th season is finally back! And where am I? In Scotland! A land without any form of carnival! Boring! But you can also celebrate on your own.
What do you need for a small party? Music! So I checked the internet for some carnival songs. On Musicload I found this CD
Unfortunately I couldn't download any songs from Musicload, because I don't live in Germany. Damn it! And now it's going to be funny. I checked just for fun the Amazon.co.uk MP3-Store and they had it in store. I just downloaded it and was so happy. In fact Amazon was even cheaper.
What else do you need for a party? Oh yeah, a party pipe. So, on my way to university I made a small side trip to Tesco to get some of them. I really regret that I couldn't get a clown's nose.
The only annoying in my plan was that I totally forgot the alcohol. I had no beer or wine. Last one wasn't that bad, because the Britons make bad Weck (rolls) and Woscht (sausages). But it wasn't that bad, because I had a workshop starting at 11 UK time. Means I just had 49 minutes to celebrate. But it was a lot of fun and some of my fellow students sat there and just grinned seeing a silly German!
Sören
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