In a week-long, every free minute used, marathon-session of typing I managed to finish my second Staatsarbeit (the big paper that has to be written before I can do my oral exams ( Read more... )

Sadly during the last few days all the nice snow melted away and turned into wet sludge until nothing was left at all.
Tonight though it started snowing.
Heavily.
And it isn't stopping.
Should I get worried about getting to work tomorrow?

( In the space of one hour we went from nothing at all... )

Today's great revelation: Students are children no matter their age. How else would you explain the great excitement today when one of them noticed the snow flakes falling. Delighted exclamations all around and all lesson long. One would think they had never seen snow before.
Personally, I like the cold weather but I have the suspicion that now the ( Read more... )

There I am, hoping for a somewhat quiet weekend after the stress of the last few weeks. Sitting on the couch, watching cute animals on TV when suddenly something smells like it is burning ( Read more... )

So yesterday evening my parents had a little get-together with the neighbours. Talk and drink until after midnight. Somewhere in the early hours of the morning Dad climbed out of bed and went to the toilet only to fall and hit his head against the heater.
Did he wake anyone? Did he at least tell Mum who woke up for a short time and went to the ( Read more... )

I actually went to the Museum of Natural History and the British Museum today. I thought yesterday that my feet were hurting, today I actually can’t walk anymore.

From 10 on I was in the Museum of Natural History. Waiting around in the long queue paid of, the place is great. The geology exibits were very fascinating and the Dinosaurs anyway. You ( Read more... )

I did this to myself. I just have to remember this. It was my decision to stay an additional two days in London.

Still, my feet are not thankful.

Started the day with the Museum of London. Nice place for everyone interested in history. I especially liked the “Victorian Street”, a reconstruction of a shopping district of Victorian times. One ( Read more... )

Well, our dear tour guide was in a hurry again today but we saw enough.

First Bath. I don’t know what to think of that town. The architecture was quite nice and at times it was like walking through a Jane Austin literature film. On the other hand everything looked kind of dirty and beyond its best times. Might have been the weather but I didn’t ( Read more... )

Cardiff Castle, the Bay, the Doctor Who Exhibition and the National Museum. My feet are KILLING me!

It was a great day and finally some time without our tour guide hurrying us along. The day started with a fast tour around Cardiff ending at the Castle at about 11 o’clock. The castle is a very interesting place with a rich history - and the audio ( Read more... )

The day started early like always - this vacation clearly isn’t meant to relax. Hearty breakfast and finding new friends (still gleeful about finding fellow German Who-Fans!) and then off to see some of the town. Chester truly is nice, the neo-historic buildings, the old city wall and the cathedral (which has a rather steep admittance fee, by the ( Read more... )