Procrastination (and other things)
I should be doing my UTS Project, but I have keine Lust and I'm also incredibly tired, having arrived home at midnight last night, after a whirlwind tour of Malaga in Spain.
First of all though, Christmas and New Years greetings to all of you out there who still read the blog... and also thanks to those who sent Luke and me birthday greetings =)
We celebrated our birthdays by holding an 'Australian Party' at our place before Christmas. We cooked Australian food, played Australian music and DVDs of Kath and Kim and the Chaser, to show our German friends a bit of Australian culture. Our guests hooked into the beer (in cans, of course, although unfortunatly, no Australian beer was to be found), and much fun was had by all!
Luke and my Christmas was spent in Frankfurt and Heidelberg with my parents and sister, and our family-members-for-the-weekend Graham and Tanja. Christmas Day rounded off my family's rushed Europe adventure... it was nice to see them again, and was good to be able to show them around Berlin!
You'll be happy to know, I'm sure, that finally after working the last 3 New Years Eves, I finally got to celebrate it! And oh, how we celebrated... after pizza, beer and wine at Luke and my place, we headed off to Magnet Club in East Berlin with Katho, Robin, Volker and Tilo. The club was typically Berlin--grungy, run-down, everything goes sort of cool--and the djs pumped out Brit Pop and indie... the sort of music I always wanted to dance to, but never got the chance!
At midnight we went outside and watched people set off their own fireworks; the air was full of smoke, excitement, and random guys trying to hump Robin (hehe). After that it was back to the warmth of the club to dance the night away!
After a lull of a couple of days, the momentum rose again as we touched down in Malaga on Thursday to visit my ex-flatmate Patricia and her boyfriend Ismael. Staying with Patri's family, we were welcomed like long lost relatives! Her mum and dad are incredibly lovely, even though we didn't understand a word each other said... Patri and Isma showed us the best parts of Malaga and Seville, and most importantly, the best food. We didn't have to go far though for a good meal; Saturday was actually Spain's quasi Christmas Day (the day presents are given out), and we were treated to a feast of seafood paella (I'm drooling just thinking about it)! Isma's family came around, as well as Claudi (our other flatmate, who also just happened to be in Malaga) and her friend Basti, and the celebrations lasted from midday into the late evening.
It's funny to think that just yesterday, it was 24 degrees, cloudless, we were near the sea, and eating seafood, and now we've voluntarily come back to cold, rainy, sea and seafoodless Berlin! The even stranger thing is that I wouldn't swap it for the world! We're down now to the last five or so weeks of our time here. I can't believe how quick it's gone. I'm sad too, to think that I'll be leaving this place that I've grown to love so much, and all our friends. But, chin up, there's a whole assignment to write before we leave!
Having said that, I'd better get to it...
liebe Gruesse, mel
First of all though, Christmas and New Years greetings to all of you out there who still read the blog... and also thanks to those who sent Luke and me birthday greetings =)
We celebrated our birthdays by holding an 'Australian Party' at our place before Christmas. We cooked Australian food, played Australian music and DVDs of Kath and Kim and the Chaser, to show our German friends a bit of Australian culture. Our guests hooked into the beer (in cans, of course, although unfortunatly, no Australian beer was to be found), and much fun was had by all!
Luke and my Christmas was spent in Frankfurt and Heidelberg with my parents and sister, and our family-members-for-the-weekend Graham and Tanja. Christmas Day rounded off my family's rushed Europe adventure... it was nice to see them again, and was good to be able to show them around Berlin!
You'll be happy to know, I'm sure, that finally after working the last 3 New Years Eves, I finally got to celebrate it! And oh, how we celebrated... after pizza, beer and wine at Luke and my place, we headed off to Magnet Club in East Berlin with Katho, Robin, Volker and Tilo. The club was typically Berlin--grungy, run-down, everything goes sort of cool--and the djs pumped out Brit Pop and indie... the sort of music I always wanted to dance to, but never got the chance!
At midnight we went outside and watched people set off their own fireworks; the air was full of smoke, excitement, and random guys trying to hump Robin (hehe). After that it was back to the warmth of the club to dance the night away!
After a lull of a couple of days, the momentum rose again as we touched down in Malaga on Thursday to visit my ex-flatmate Patricia and her boyfriend Ismael. Staying with Patri's family, we were welcomed like long lost relatives! Her mum and dad are incredibly lovely, even though we didn't understand a word each other said... Patri and Isma showed us the best parts of Malaga and Seville, and most importantly, the best food. We didn't have to go far though for a good meal; Saturday was actually Spain's quasi Christmas Day (the day presents are given out), and we were treated to a feast of seafood paella (I'm drooling just thinking about it)! Isma's family came around, as well as Claudi (our other flatmate, who also just happened to be in Malaga) and her friend Basti, and the celebrations lasted from midday into the late evening.
It's funny to think that just yesterday, it was 24 degrees, cloudless, we were near the sea, and eating seafood, and now we've voluntarily come back to cold, rainy, sea and seafoodless Berlin! The even stranger thing is that I wouldn't swap it for the world! We're down now to the last five or so weeks of our time here. I can't believe how quick it's gone. I'm sad too, to think that I'll be leaving this place that I've grown to love so much, and all our friends. But, chin up, there's a whole assignment to write before we leave!
Having said that, I'd better get to it...
liebe Gruesse, mel
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