I promised to post a few photos from the A 40 event yesterday, when 60 km of the main highway in our metropolitan area was closed down and turned into a party location. It was amazing and so much fun to see this. Even though I only cycled on the highway for a short distance, because it got so so crowded. Just like we are used to when we drive there ( Read more... )

I don't want to complain about the weather. Not that I like the temperatures at the moment, far from it. But everyone is complaining about the weather this days, that's nothing new. And I'm blessed with a apartement where the temperatures don't rise about 25 °C, no matter how tropical it is outside. I just can't open the windows during the day, but ( Read more... )

Before I reach the moment where I can't keep my eyes open and will withdraw to some comfy place, close my eyes and resume listening to the Outlander narration, I'll try to put up my 2nd post for the Day of Song concert. I didn't take a lot of photos throughout the days, because I just didn't have the time. I wasn't there for my own entertainment, ( Read more... )

Post #02 of NaBloPoMo in May 2010. This month’s theme is: Look Up

I spent yesterday at the volunteer training for the "Shaft Sign" event of the European Capital of Culture. There is extensive website (unfortunately only in German) www.schachtzeichen.de but there are also quite a few details in English about this project on the RUHR2010 Website.

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It's too bad that I don't have any idea how to translate the saying "Nur die Harten kommen in 'en Garten" for the non-German-speakers. Because that basically sums up what I think about all the news regarding "Daisy" a blizzard that is expected to hit Germany on the weekend and how Daisy might ruin the Grand Opening of RUHR2010 (European Capital of ( Read more... )