Sunday, 19 August 2012

more things about me

Part of being a blogger is talking about yourself so I grabbed another tag from lovely Miss W.

What do you like for breakfast?
It varies...when I was a teenager I didn't really do breakfast but now I never leave the house without. Can be a muesli with lots of fruit, could be a nutella sandwich, rarely it could be bacon and eggs or a bowl of porridge...but always with something hot to drink, in the morning preferably tea.


Which colour do you wear on your nails right now?
China Glaze "Cream Puff"




What do you usually order in a bar?
I can be horribly stingy when it comes to (alcolholic) drinks: A cocktail if there is a happy hour, if not maybe a glass of rose wine or, if I'm in Hesse, apple wine...but normally I stick with latte macchiato or diet coke.

Which are your favourite pair of shoes?
at the moment: brogues in any shape or colour. Stylish, comfy, tidy and a liiittle bit edgy.

What is your favourite spaghetti dish?
Unfortunately I love nearly all of them.

Which is your favourite colour?
in general greens and violets. But always the muddy, dusky and sort of "impure" shades, never the clear and bright ones. Apart from that I love a pale ballet shoe pink.



If you could chose one supernatural power, which one would it be?
Turning invisible whenever I want to - means never paying for flights or concerts again and sneaking around other peoples houses, hehe.


What is your signature dish?
I love cooking and cook nearly everyday so it would be a bit sad to reduce this all to one single dish. But if I had to pick a failsafe one - Spaghetti Bolognese with little meat and loads of vegetables.

What annoys you most?
Way too many things which can make life challenging sometimes...people around me eating noisily or licking their fingers is my pet hate

If you could go back in life, which period would you like to live in again?
Not sure, painful question...good that this option is not available really.




Which loyalty cards are in your wallet?
I'm a sucker for loyalty cards but have tidied them a lot and now only have those that I really use. In my German wallet are the Paypack card, the IKEA family card, the Miles&More card from Lufthansa and several stamp cards from my favourite coffee shops.
In my English wallet there are cards from Tesco, Nectar (Sainsbury's),  Boots, Superdrug, Matalan,  Waterstones, Costa Coffee and loads of Caffe Nero stamp cards. Trust me, this IS the state after the big tidy!

What item was the last you repaired?
...that's the reason why I got married...;-)

Friday, 17 August 2012

Divas and Dreams Photo Challenge: Cake


Freitags-Füller 14

Bei diesem Wetter geht es mir nicht anders als sonst auch, diesen Hype ums Wetter kann ich nie nachvollziehen, kann doch eh nix dran geaendert werden.



Die Tatsache mehrere Tage nicht zum Bloggen gekommen zu sein, verursacht mir Unbehagen.

Ich habe gehört, dass Prince Philip wieder im Krankenhaus liegt. Hoffentlich geht es nochmal aufwaerts.



Nicht viel hilft gegen Mückenstiche, zum Glueck haben wir hier so gut wie keine rumschwirren.

Eiskalte Getraenke sind nicht so mein Ding, wenn ich waehlen kann dann alles immer ohne Eiswuerfel.

In wenigen Tagen ist die schoene Zeit in England schon wieder vorbei. Aber ich komme ja wieder :-)



Was das Wochenende angeht, heute Abend freue ich mich auf zum zweiten Male den Buckingham Palace zu besichtigen, morgen habe ein ganz besonderes Blind-Date in London geplant und Sonntag möchte ich auf den groessten Car Boot Sale der Umgebung und schauen was sich diesmal so findet!

Sunday, 12 August 2012

Glasto!!!

Between wandering through Bath and exploring Bristol we went to the famous Glastonbury.
Normally a pretty small village, every year during THE festival the centre of the music world.
I fell in love instantly and violently...a charming cosy village, hardly any chain stores but fascinating new age shops heaving with incense, cheap independent cafes and the streets full of old hippies, gurus and...cats.
I decided to move there one day...and I mean it.
Inside of me is a hippie wanting to come out :-)










Boxhagener Platz

Regie: Matti Geschonneck
Jahr: 2010
mit: Gudrun Ritter, Michael Gwisdek, Horst Krause, Meret Becker, etc.


Story: Ost-Berlin 1968, Holger besucht häufig seine Großmutter Otti Henschel, weil sich seine Eltern häufig streiten. Otti hat im Laufe ihres Lebens schon mehrere ihrer Partner überlebt, auf dem Friedhof bändelt sie mit dem ehemaligen Widerstands-Kämpfer Karl Wegner an. Als sie dies ihrem aktuellen Partner Rudi gestehen will, stirbt der kurz darauf. Auch der Fischhändler Winkler interessiert sich für Otti. Die nimmt zwar seine Fischgeschenke, zeigt ihm aber sonst die kalte Schulter. Kurz darauf wird Fisch-Winkler erschlagen aufgefunden. Die ermittelnde Volkspolizei verhaftet Wegner...

mir gefallen: skurile Typen, Berliner Schnauze und diese besondere "Flair" das Filme die in diesem Setting spielen eben so haben (z.B. die Einrichtung, Spleen von mir...).Ich sehe auch Meret Becker und Michael Gwisdek sehr gerne.
mir nicht gefallen: teilweise war die Berliner Schnauze so stark das ich Otti kaum verstanden habe! Generell konnte ich mit Gudrun Ritter nicht sonderlich viel anfangen und ihre Anziehungskraft auf die Maennerwelt bleibt mir raetselhaft.



Fazit: "Was hat er denn?" - "Nuescht hat er, tot is er"
Ein recht ruhiger Film den ich mir gerne angeschaut habe aber der mich auch nicht tiefer beruehrt hat.

Friday, 10 August 2012

achat en gros

Last tuesday we drove the long way from Germany back to England again. Not without stopping in Belgium to buy a few things and dip my feet into the north sea once again...and certainly not without shopping at Carrefour, Calais.You probably already know that I have a thing for foreign supermarkets - I find them entertaining, I end up buying too much cause I'm curious or the packaging is nice and I love comparing them to the supermarkets at home. France of course is not really that new and exciting to me but still...we left with two very full bags and with 85Euros less.


Cheap wine and champagne (yes, in the 2litre plastic bottle), fun shaped pasta, exotic jams and bread spreads, my beloved Mr. Propre "Savon de Marseille" floor cleaner, some lovely macarons (only to take a picture for the blog really ;-)), two "Le Petit Marseillais" shower gels smelling of white peach and lilac,...


...and of course tons of cheese, biscuits, yogurts, tabbouleh for the addict, more cheese etc.
Vive la France!