The most recent weekend – from 18 to 20 July – I went to Melt! Festival somewhere in rural Saxony-Anhalt approximately 100 km south of Berlin. Located in an interesting setting, Ferropolis, “the city of steel” is an open museum of old huge industrial machines … Read More →
Monthly Archives: July 2008
William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
After attending ‘Das Fest’ (English: ‘The Party’) as part of the Bavarian Theatre Days in late May, last night (22 July) there was another reason for Bettina and me to go to Ingolstadt. Having gotten tickets for my birthday, we went to watch rather a … Read More →
Come snow, come rain, come shine – it’s barbecue time!
… Or how not to get completely mentally insane while watching the latest Charlie (Charlieeeeeee!!!) – the unicorn episode! Be warned! [youtube QFCSXr6qnv4] After not being able to attend the well established winter barbecue usually held in Dec or Jan due to me being abroad, … Read More →
First weekend in July odyssey at Openair Empfenbach 2008
A beautiful setting surrounded by lush green hop gardens once again was the place to be from 4 to 6 July. Well-resourced my sister and I went there Friday late afternoon and met with Hannes at the already crowded camping site, had our car parked … Read More →
A mild summer night in Munich
Weekends have been slightly busy the recent months. Last Saturday we fortunately found time to convene and spend some jovial hours horsing around Munich downtown. Hannes, Bettina, Ari and I started off with a very nice dinner at Mich’s place. Along with the great food … Read More →