(no translation for very German-specific information about German citizens emergency retrieval programme and how to apply. For the UK equivalent, go to LOCATE. US citizens should check out STEP. It is OK to laugh if you're from the UK or the US because your programs are called STEP and LOCATE while the German program is appearently called ELEFAND).
Wenn man sich als Europäer im Ausland aufhält, hat man die Möglichkeit, seiner Regierung einen kleinen "Ich bin dann mal weg, und zwar in ..." Hinweis zu geben. Das ganze ist freiwillig (also Datensammlungsparanoiker müssen es nicht tun) aber kann sehr sinnvoll sein,
wenn man längere Zeit ...
English translation in italic letters =)
So. Das wars also. Man kann sich ja monatelang mental darauf vorbereiten und am Ende ist es doch ... einfach nur..."komisch". Diesen Freitag, 10. Juni 2011 wird der letzte Arbeitstag für uns sein.
So this is it. You can prepare yourself for months and in the end it is just... weird. This Friday, June 10th, 2011 will be our last official day at work.
Für mich/Kerstin bedeutet dies, das Unternehmen zu verlassen in dem ich insgesamt 7 Jahren gearbeitet habe. Wenn man dann seine Abschieds-Info-Email an die weltweiten Kunden und Kollegen schickt, ist es wie gesagt.. einfach "komisch". Mit jedem einzelnen der -zahlreiche...
When we started out, we declared april our no spend month. We got the inspiration from Rachel at the small notebook blog and have always wanted to try it.
Now we did it, since we need to scrape together every penny for the trip we hoped this would help to boost our budget for Belize a bit.
The rules were simple:
This means, the only expenses allowed are:
Food (as little spending as possible within our quality limits)
Gas
Medicine
Regular expenses (rent, phone, etc.)
Expenses directly related to the trip that can’t wait
Expenses directly related to the wedding that can’t wait.
Amongst the things we will not spend money on are
Hobbies
Going out /...
Wann? / When? 04. 06. // ab 16:00h
Wo? / Where? Renettenstr 18, Frankfurt
Was mitbringen? / What to bring? NICHTS ausser Grillgut und Getränke - NOTHING but food for the barby + drinks.
Was mitnehmen? / What to take? Was Euch gefällt (und nicht schon vergeben ist) - Whatever you see (and is not reserved yet) =)
Details:
Wie Ihr als treue Leser wisst, sind wir fleißig dabei uns impfen zu lassen.
As you as our loyal reader have followed: we are just in the middle of getting our vaccinations!
Es fehlen auch nur noch zwei Impfungen gegen Tollwut (schonmal ne Vogelspinne mit Schaum vorm Maul gesehen...?! Da will man schon geschützt sein! =) ) und dann sind wir soweit durch.
There are only two more vaccinations against rabies missing (have you ever seen a tarantula with foam around her mouth...?! You better want to be prepared =) ) and then we're done.
Bis auf die üblichen Zimperlein "Au! Au! Autsch" und "Das tut soooooo weh" (Holger) soweit auch alles gut überstanden... zuminde...
Soo liebe Fans, hier dann mal ein kurzer Zwischenstand was unsere Ebay-Aktivitäten angeht: Wir haben mit den letzten beiden Sessions die 500 EUR Marke geknackt!! Wooohooo!!
Und es ist noch kein Ende in Sicht... das Fotografieren, Ausmessen, Einstellen, Verpacken, zur Post/Hermes düsen geht weiter =)
Dear lovely fans, here we proudly present you the interim score from our ebay-sellings: With the last two sessions, we made it and scored more than 500 EUR! Woohoo!
And there is way more to come... Taking pictures, measurements, packing, seeing the post office and so on continues =)
Hier mal der Zwischenstand aus der Versandzentrale (Schlafzimmer)
Here the cu...
We have been given the opportunity to make a public presentation, explaining our trip, our motives and reasons behind it. The presentation will be on wednesday, May 11th, 7:30 pm in Frankfurt. It will be held at my freemason lodge and is open to the public. Address: Finkenhofstr. 17, 60322 Frankfurt am Main.
For everyone who doesn't know contemporary freemasonry, let me try to explain it to you in a nutshell from my point of view: I have been a mason for almost 10 years now. The lodge is an incorporated society, the board is registered by name at the German registry of associations and democratically elected every year just like in any other club. We meet weekly, thre...
So, there's some medical stuff we need to take care of that I thought I'd share with you.
Es gibt ein paar medizinische Vorbereitungen, die wir treffen müssen. Ich dachte mir, die interessieren Euch vielleicht.
1) Get in shape
Fortunately, we're not too bad cases of couch potatoism (though we do love our couch. Want to buy it?) as it is. Kerstin goes to the gym twice a week, beats people up once a week and rides her horse at least twice a week. (Until last week I didn't consider this much of an exercise until I offered to help her take care of the horse twice - I needed a shower afterwards each time). I try to hit the gym 2-3 times a week and play squash once a...
