ConcreteJungle

so...no dust, nor sun, nor sea here...(Michau, Peter is right, find and watch 'The return' if not done yet!! The movie is a photo gallery, you'll see ;])
Good that the Mikontalo-and-Baltic-Coast-surveyance keeps going on. How'd it go without you?!
Working like never, i'm lovin'it. City eats us. Sounds like some of you are in the same kind of boat, under a better sun.

Flower, area will be soon cleared for landing in Paris!

overdose...

i promised these pictures some month ago to Adam. Banks of the Seine, South-East of Paris : the
'Disneyland of architecture'...
scroll!
pieces by X'tu / Beckmann - N'Thepe / Frederic Borel /and much more

it's useless but twinkling - i wanna have it!

in the category 'things the world probably don't need - at least not before 2045' this water is my nominee.
from 'the institute for responsible hydration' comes the vitaminwater in 8 tastes and combinations of water, vitamins, minerals and 13g sugar.
the funny thing about it, are actually the short stories printed on the label.
today I grew up and didn't get old (starring for hours on the screen).

if you thing, that this is a comercial, your not right. don't buy it, don't let your sister buy it and even don't drink it from strangers. it's just water!
...but it brightens my grey office days.

long time expected and finally found!

Berlin, du bist so wunderbar

Just some impressions of good things and my favourite scary S-Bahn station.






The one and only.







[Just a bit of playing with my new scanner... Not too satisfied with the results yet, but it's a start.]

we could have one guest account

[10:06:55] Marie Blanke napisał(a): we could have one guest account
[10:07:03] Marie Blanke napisał(a): and nice people may write from time to time


I think it's a great idea, so i created a guest gmail account.
If you ever have a feeling like posting on our page, feel free to do this! Hope to read from all of you soon.

Just log into blogger.com with this gmail account!

gmail data
name: Iam Yourguest
mail: becauseiamguest@gmail.com
pass: becauseweare

autumn sea

Cause after last post i got dryness and i think some of you might got it as well - take a pill! - Baltic in September.

desert express

it's time for some dusty pictures.
with some fellows I went at the holidays (Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year) to the south of Israel. squeezed between Egypt and Jordan the wannabe Las Vegas city Eilat was the spot to reach. at the Red Sea.
we slept in a catholic hostel (hui) and continued Thu morning to the Jordan border. in Aqaba, Jordan we rented a car and headed the antique sight Petra. everything sounds so easy, doesn't it? but actually it was a mess at the beginning:
the call agent of the famous Israeli bus company messed the dates so that we had no valid tickets for the trip TLV - Eilat. after some urgent calls and detaining the bus driver we were supposed to pay again and to stand for 5h in the bus. the floor was everything but not inviting to sit down. Eilat finally was not my cup of tea. bad beaches, empty streets (New Year) and this religous wanna read the bible accommodation.
so the border crossing the next daywas an highlight. took us 1andahalf hour and some departure taxes. behind the border: Arabia! Bargaining! Taxi, Rental Car...everything. I love it. you never lose the feeling to be fooled. So my famous digusting view was cut into my face (helps bargaining).
we saw Petra slept and one night in Jordan after a dinner in a men dominated city. no girls neither in the cafes, restaurants, nor streets. our hotel was called Venus Hotel. What a name! but anyway no hot water in the pipe.
on Fri we stood some hours in the Wadi Rum, a desert in Jordan. the group prefered also to ride Camels. Peer pressure forced me to rip my ass and tought me, never again!
back in Eilat at Fri night we spend a night in the most beautiful Youth Hostel I've ever seen. Clean rooms with fresh flowers and sea view, breakfast buffet and tons of Grannies and her husbands or lovers. strange world. I missed the German Jugendherberge with the crappy cheese rolls.
At Sat we went snorkeling in the sea. which was very interesting and nice. we also found Nemo but had no time for a BBQ.
The 5h bus trip we were allowed to sit on payed seats, a fact that actually kept us away from our new favorite activity: silly sleeping people watching. but okay. no complains. we slept instead. beautiful like prince and princess.
back in town I fight for the money refund and try to rent some bikes for the next holiday, Jom Kippur. a day where Israel pretends to be dead. No shopping, eating, drinking, dancing, driving, smiling, sex and no leather on the body not even shoes.
we will see where the sox will carry us to...


some selected impressions:


autumn. empty beaches and the sparely visited Port.

the Dead Sea

Negev desert

someone messed it up? ei, ei...
l 2 r: Bernhard, Paul, Janette, Viktoria and me.



Petra is clompletely cut into the stones.

like 2000 years ago





the Wadi Rum. May you can't figure out the scale but under the tree in the left are 4 people, 5 Camels and a jeep. we climbed high to see nothin but stunning landscapes.

what's left to say is that I beg for one trip that really works from the beginning to end. but I guess this is the wrong region. I take it with humor and cry it into my pillow.

I hope some pictures of the snorkeling will follow. my cam was empty then but I try to catch some of the others.
thanks for scrolling!

mikontalo becomes deluxi

in the German student network StudiVZ circulate some pics of our beloved Finnish summer+winter house:

C building.

for the French guests some French balconies

2009 brand new but still massive like an Finnish nude drawing model

I really don't wanna miss it, but I do. The same to the Candy King shelf.
See you all(!) next year for Juhannus in Suomi!

yes, the oneandonly super-marie asked for pictures in StudiVZ. thanks Marie, bisou.

Bitter Sweet Home Suomi

As promised... Some Suomi report now.
Right at the beginning... I have hardly taken any photos. Tuhannesti anteeksi. But whenever I had my camera with me, I didn't really feel like taking any. Just imagine Finland a couple of months ago... Nothing has changed.

So so.
About the first night there is nothing more to say. Guess you got the proper atmosphere.
So, the second day.
I spent this one by not doing a lot.
* Breakfast in Juvenes. No minced meat. No rice. No milk.
* Visited DUO formerly known as Taps.
* Mikontalo tour. A big mess. A big construction site. And building C is not orange anymore but violet now. I managed to get a photo for you. Even worse than the violet stuff: Nobody seems to live in C 169 anymore. Who's taking care of the Winnie Pooh carpet now? The leftover Riga beer we left there for the next ones?

Miko with... ehm... balconies???

* Tampere city tour. Walked through every possible street. Hämeenkatu up and down. Vapriikki area, Tammerkoski area, everywhere.
* Cafe Europa. Drinking wine and tea and eating one candy. Haven't borrowed anything. Really!

And now I have to tell you: Without you it was nothing. Walking through the city where everyday life hasn't stopped when I left really hurt when I became aware there was no one to call and ask for having a coffee with me. Nobody who took the walk to the Hervanta lake (I will probably never remember its name) with me. Yeah, I missed you a lot then.
Without you this place is not the place it used to be! Still, fortunately Jani was there who did Europa with me. Nice!

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Thursday: Enough of Tampere. Headed off for Turku and Daniel who had started his Erasmus a couple of days earlier. Wohooo! Had a great time there, another Kiitos for this. A couple of days in a nice city, even spoke a lot of Finnish although Swedish would have been useful as well - Daniel is studying at the Swedish university of Finland, Åbo Akademi.
One of the best things about this Turku trip was for sure meeting some great people, big Danke to Miri and Tina for the hours-lasting "breakfast" (German breakfast, heh) and the "five minutes" of farewell talk. Even if it has to be in Siegen, I'll even come there for meeting you again!

Yeah... Last year's photo. But of the same place we've been this year!

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Monday: Back to Tampere. Was good to have the Turku break before because this day was great. Spent it with Jani in some Kirpputalos, on the rock in Pyynikki, on the observation tower - the first time I was there I had a view onto a city I hardly knew yet, the second time onto a city that was covered with nice memories - and in Juvenes of course. Met another nice Miriam in my hostel and fell into bed completely wasted. Great!

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Tuesday: HEL! How could I spend some days in Finland without visiting Kiasma. Some people say I'd only go there for Kiasma store.... Nonsense of course! So, the new exhibition - Time of the storytellers - is absolutely worth seeing. Spent one hour there and another one in Kiasmakauppa.... :] Didn't do the Landscape exhibition once again. Three times is enough.

After walking around in the city - without a map but with a perfect orientation, just as you know me! - and paying a horrible amount of money for the Wiidakko album (I hope all of you remember the Yo-Talo concert with the singer in pink shoes!) - the best part of the day started. I met Henrik, one of the cool Finns we met at Immergut, and his girlfriend for having some coffee, beer and Karhu glasses. Great evening and great to meet you again!
So, we'll meet altogether next year at Immergut. Nice. :]

So, this last day ended with Ruisleipä and Tervasnapsi. Most of it on my pullover. Yummie.

And now? Missing Suomi again. Of course.
Suomi I love you but you're bringing me down!

And there will be no excuses for this plan: We'll all meet again. Right there. Midsummer next year. Yippie!