tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178983502024-03-05T19:34:42.562+01:00SuDoku4BreakfastNot everything in life is logical...Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-71704790170123976952011-10-19T23:08:00.000+02:002011-10-19T23:08:37.212+02:00Jackpot, Tag 81 - 308: Mischbrot mit RückblickMein glutenfreies Brot ist mal wieder verschimmelt und inzwischen hab ich's eh' über. Also beschließe ich, mir heute neben einem Käsebrötchen beim Bäcker auch ein halbes Mischbrot zu kaufen. Die Wochenendrötchen und/oder der -kuchen waren schon das eine oder andere Mal glutenhaltig. Vielleicht geht das inzwischen ja auch wieder dauerhaft gut?!<br />
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Mein halbes Jahr ohne Gluten und Ei ist um, in Maßen scheint beides wieder verträglich. Zu 12 Monaten ohne Milch fehlen noch 2, da bleibe ich auch einigermaßen standhaft, denn Milch geht noch nicht.<br />
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Die 227 Tage seit meinem letzten Post waren mal einfacher und schwieriger - wer hätte das gedacht? ;)<br />
In Paris war's ganz einfach: ein vorzügliches Abendessen im <a href="http://www.dessietdesmets.com/">"Des Si et des Mets"</a>, dem Restaurant Sans Gluten, und ein kleiner Einkauf bei <a href="http://www.naturalia.fr/">Naturalia</a>, einer gutsortierten Biomarktkette, bei der es sogar frisches glutenfreies Brot gibt.<br />
Selbiges habe ich mit nach Armenien genommen, denn ich ahnte schon, dass ein glutenfreier Aufenthalt dort nicht leicht werden würde. Wie schon in Paris war es kein Problem, zum Frühstück das eigene Brot mitzubringen. Essen gehen oder Lebensmittel einkaufen waren aufgrund der fremden Sprache jedoch sehr schwierig. In Begleitung von Muttersprachlern fand sich immerhin ein glutenfreies Gericht auf der Speisekarte im Restaurant. Wirklich verbreitet scheinen derartige Allergien und Unverträglichkeiten aber nicht. Am letzten Tag verschwand mein Rest Brot aus meinem Zimmer. Wurde es versehentlich entsorgt oder brauchte es jemand dringend?<br />
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Aus sprachlicher Sicht kompliziert wäre es auch in Polen gewesen, hätte ich nicht auch hier einheimische Hilfe gehabt. Hotel und Caterer in Sopot bei Danzig boten glutenfreies Brot und Mittagessen an, das vorbestellte Abendessen im Restaurant hatte eine leckere glutenfreie Alternative, und bei Spontanbesuchen in anderen Lokalen bemühte man sich immerhin.<br />
In Deutschland kommt man ganz gut zurecht. Irgendwann weiß man ja, wo man einkaufen und was man essen kann. Sehr hilfreich war auch das glutenfreie Mensa-Essen unseres Studentenwerks.<br />
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Ansonsten habe ich herausgefunden, dass mein Brot im Backautomaten besser gelingt, wenn ich es von Hand bzw. mit dem Mixer rühre und dann im Automaten nur backen lasse. Übermäßig lecker isses leider trotzdem nicht.<br />
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Nun bin ich gespannt, wie's weitergeht. Wieviel Gluten verträgt der Mensch? Und klappt's irgendwann auch wieder mit der Milch?<br />
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PS: Dieses Jahr gibt's Grünkohl mit Gluten - und weniger Alkohol :D<br><br>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-6811702607483791852011-03-05T21:51:00.033+01:002011-04-24T22:14:35.442+02:00Jackpot, Tag 38 - 80: Grünkohl II und ein glutenfreier GeburtstagGrünkohl geht auch ohne Gluten! Und er ist lecker!<br />
Das habe ich Anfang Februar erfahren. Da war ich nämlich bei den Eltern einer Freundin zum Kohlessen eingeladen und sie haben extra eine Portion ohne Hafergrütze gemacht - klasse! Und es war ein toller Abend - nur ein bissl zu viel Alkohol <a href="http://www.greensmilies.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Smilie by GreenSmilies.com" border="0" src="http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_eek.gif" /></a><br />
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Kurz darauf: Mein Geburtstag.<br />
Geburtstagskuchen für die Arbeitskollegen: Brownies (mit und ohne Gluten). Die Backmischung von Bauckhof ist der Hammer und kommt noch besser an als die gekauften glutenhaltigen Brownies. Ruckzuck sind alle Stücke vertilgt.<br />
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Ermutigt backe ich eine Woche später Buchteln aus gluten-, milch- und eifreiem Hefeteig. Dieser riecht verführerisch, als er im Ofen steht; auch als er aus dem Ofen darf, ein Gedicht. <br />
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Dann die Ernüchterung: Ausgekühlt ist der Teig hart und trocken <a href="http://www.greensmilies.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Smilie by GreenSmilies.com" border="0" src="http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_sad.gif" /></a><br />
Ein paar Stücken sind noch eingefroren... Mal schauen, was ich damit mache. Vorerst beschließe ich jedoch, bei den Brownies zu bleiben.<br />
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<br/>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-2079766108439961252011-01-21T23:24:00.000+01:002011-01-21T23:24:37.901+01:00Jackpot, Tag 19 - 37: Mensaessen, Gulaschsuppe und BrotDrei Wochen Mensaessen in der <a href="http://www.studentenwerk-rostock.de/index.php?lang=de&mainmenue=4&submenue=109">Mensa Südstadt</a> - großartig!<br />
"Auf Anmeldung gluten- und kennzeichnungsfreies Essen" <a href="http://www.studentenwerk-rostock.de/index.php?lang=de&mainmenue=4&submenue=46&type=details&detail=124">warb</a> die Mensa - prima, das kann ich doch direkt mal ausprobieren! Noch im Dezember hatte ich angefragt, ob ich ab Januar entsprechend meiner "roten Liste" Essen bekommen könnte. Der Chef meinte sofort, das sei kein Problem, ich sollte einfach mittags an der Theke nachfragen, und nahm eine Kopie meiner Liste entgegen.<br />
Die ersten zwei, drei Tage waren etwas nervig, weil ich mitten im Fluss der Hungrigen rumstehen und auf mein Sonderessen warten musste. Dann verabredeten wir jedoch, dass ich morgens in der Mensa anrufe und mein Essen dort abspreche. Je nach Angebot kann ich ein oder zwei Gerichte bzw. Komponenten direkt von den Theken wählen oder ich bekomme etwas extra zubereitet. Da ich quasi immer zur gleichen Zeit mit meinen Kollegen in die Mensa pilgere, können die Mitarbeiter mein Essen zeitlich eintakten. Inzwischen bin ich dort auch bekannt ;) Ich hoffe, die rollen nicht jeden Morgen mit den Augen, wenn ich anrufe.<br />
Auf jeden Fall ist es total entspannend, dass ich täglich dort essen kann und mir nicht etwas von Zuhause mitbringen muss! Ein dickes Lob ans Studentenwerk Rostock!<br />
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Für mich selbst zu kochen ist mehr oder weniger erfolgreich. An aufwendige Gerichte traue ich mich noch nicht ran - hab derzeit auch gar keine Zeit dazu. Also gibt's am Wochenende Pellkartoffeln mit Butter. Letztens war der Plan, eine Gulaschsuppe für einen Abend mit Freunden zu kochen. Die Zutatenliste war perfekt; ich hätte mitessen können... bis die ungarische Gulaschpaste ins Spiel kam, deren Zutatenliste völlig harmlos klang. Nun ja, den anderen schmeckte die Suppe :)<br />
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Dafür war mein erster Versuch, Brot zu backen ganz ok. Ich habe so einen Mehl-Mix von Schär genommen, der ließ sich ganz gut verarbeiten. Während es backte, roch es seeeehr lecker. Es schmeckte nur etwas fad. Wie das abgepackte Brot wird es besser, wenn es aufgetoastet wird...<br />
Beim nächsten Mal muss mindestens irgendwas mit in den Teig: Kräuter oder irgendwelches Gewürz.<br />
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Mann, mann, mann, ich habe schon lange nicht mehr sooo viel über Essen nachgedacht wie in den letzten 37 Tagen. Dabei stehe ich da eigentlich so gar nicht drauf. Auch von Diäten halte ich nix, sondern war bisher davon überzeugt, dass man sich nur ausgewogen ernähren muss und dann "passt das schon alles". Nun gut. Irgendwann kommt da vielleicht auch etwas Routine rein.<br />
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Übrigens war der <a href="http://www.arberger-hof.de/">Arberger Hof</a> in Bremen superklasse! <br />
Eigentlich wollte ich dort zusammen <a href="http://coord.info/GC26TDA">mit anderen Geocachern Grünkohl essen</a>, doch der wird mit Hafergrütze angedickt und ist damit tabu für mich. Ich bekam stattdessen ein sehr leckeres Ersatzessen - superklasse!Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-12520470971107449212011-01-02T22:21:00.000+01:002011-01-09T22:25:18.073+01:00Jackpot Tag 12 - 18Entspannen zwischen den Jahren, ein bisschen cachen, ein bisschen mehr cachen gehen und das Jahr cachend ausklingen lassen ;)<br />
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Positiv überrascht war ich vom Kaufland daheim, das eine ganze Reihe glutenfreier Produkte im Sortiment hat. Mein Einkauf hat mindestens doppelt so lange gedauert wie normal, weil ich überall gucken und das Kleingedruckte lesen musste :) Leider fällt noch eine ganze Menge Zeug weg, weil Milch und/oder Ei drin ist *seufz* Aber immerhin, man bekommt die Sachen relativ problemlos zu kaufen. Und sogar günstiger als in den Geschäften, die ich bisher in Rostock aufgesucht habe.<br />
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Ein bisschen rumprobieren muss ich aber noch, um Cachen und Ernährung zusammenzubringen. Wohin geht man nach 2 Nachtcaches, wenn man so richtig durchgefroren ist? In ein Bistro - weil grad kein Schachtelwirt in der Nähe ist. Pizza und Döner fallen ja derzeit weg - aber die gefüllte Aubergine mit Reis war prima. Und eine nette Abwechslung zu den Pommes beim Schachtelwirt. Die Garnitur aus Tomate und Gurke habe ich quasi automatisch mitgegessen - auweia! Ist aber nix passiert. Vielleicht sind Allergien mit Stärke 1 nicht so schlimm? Ich hatte ja schon beschlossen, auf diese Lebensmittel nicht ganz zu strikt zu verzichten.<br />
Ätzend ist, sich vorher genau zu überlegen, was man während einer Cachetour so isst, zumal dieses glutenfreie Brot ungetoastet bzw. lange nach dem Toasten eher bescheiden schmeckt. Das Landbrot von Schär war ganz besonders unangenehm, das hat irgendwie sehr eigenartig geschmeckt. Bäh!<br />
Außerdem hab ich seit der Ernährungsumstellung gefühlt ständig Hunger. Ist das glutenfreie Brot weniger gehaltvoll oder esse ich nur weniger von diesen Brotscheibchen? Die sind viel kleiner als normales Brot.<br />
Besonders eigenartig finde ich ja, jetzt ständig weißes Brot zu essen, das noch dazu etwas süßlich schmeckt. Haben wir nicht immer gelernt, dass dunkles Brot viel gesünder ist als weißes? Tja, meine Strategie, immer gutes Roggenvollkornbrot zu essen, war, wie ich heute weiß, völlig falsch. Dann eben Weißbrot...<br />
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Wieder zurück in Rostock habe ich mich übrigens gleich noch mal im gluten-, milch- und eifreien Backen versucht und das eingelegte Obst aus meinem <a href="http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/93171036580074/Weihnachtslikoer.html">Weihnachtslikör</a> zu <a href="http://www.chefkoch.de/rezept-anzeige/ID.210701088231586/ID2./">Plätzchen</a> verbacken. Seeeehr lecker. Nur etwas feucht(-fröhlich).<br />
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Mitbringparty zu Silvester: Massenhaft Bouletten, bei deren Vernichtung ich nicht helfen durfte, ein Kartoffelsalat ohne Mayonnaise, der lecker war - wenn der Balsamico ihn nur nicht so grau hätte aussehen lassen, ein Reissalat, von dem ich noch 3 Tage lang gegessen habe, und Pfannkuchen, an denen ich leider nur schnuppern durfte. Ist in Apfelkorn eigentlich auch Gluten?<br />
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<b>Frohes neues Jahr! </b>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-76120965953701377622010-12-26T21:54:00.000+01:002011-01-09T21:55:51.577+01:00Jackpot, Tag 9 - 11: Weihnachten überstanden!Die Schlemmertage sind überstanden - und so schlimm war's gar nicht. Letztendlich sind mir eine Menge Kalorien erspart geblieben ;)<br />
Die Weihnachtsgans war perfekt und absolut speiseplankonform. Ok, die Soße nicht, aber ich mag das Gänsefett eh viel lieber.<br />
Meine Familie hat sich inzwischen wohl auch an meinen extra Toaster gewöhnt. Alles prima für den Moment.Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-61827781016066468222010-12-24T17:06:00.001+01:002010-12-24T17:06:55.942+01:00Jackpot, Tag 9: Mein erster KuchenIch will Kuchen! :D<br />
Die Zutaten für meinen erste gluten-, milch- und eifreien Backversuch:<br />
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Mehl-Mix C von Schär (inklusive dem Rührkuchenrezept auf der Rückseite der Tüte),<br />
Butter, <br />
Ei-Ersatz von 3 Pauly,<br />
Sojamilch,<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Weinstein-Backpulver von Werz,</span> <br />
Zucker,<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Klingt merkwürdig, schmeckt aber ganz gut. Und bekommt! Ist sogar ein bissl aufgegangen...</span><br />
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<b>Frohe Weihnachten!</b>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-37667537385161895952010-12-20T22:19:00.001+01:002010-12-20T22:27:17.375+01:00Jackpot, Tag 5: ein Toaster und ein FehlgriffDer Titel sagt schon fast alles. Der Toaster ist gekauft - wird morgen zum Frühstück eingeweiht - und ich hab irgendwas falsches erwischt. Vermutlich die Krakauer, dabei stand in der Zutatenliste nix Verdächtiges... War gleich wieder wie früher :( Nun ja, Rückschläge gehören wohl dazu...<br />
Die Mitgliedschaft bei der <a href="http://www.dzg-online.de/">DZG</a> ist beantragt. Mal gucken, wie lange es dauert, bis der Einkaufsführer bei mir eintrudelt und was da im Detail drinsteht. Zumindest das Gluten sollte sich dann nicht mehr vor mir verstecken können...<br />
Nach einiger Suche zeigte sich im real heute auch das Regal mit den glutenfreien Dingen... Für mich waren Cornflakes dabei - wie lange habe ich schon keine Cornflakes mehr gegessen?! Und dann jetzt mit Sojamilch... Öfter mal was Neues *g*<br />
Mensa war heute langweilig: Kartoffeln, Blumenkohl und Mischgemüse. Fleisch und Fisch fielen komplett aus. Im Januar werd ich mal testen, wie die Mensa glutenfrei kocht und ob sie das auch milch- und eifrei hinkriegt.Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-91660601157777230992010-12-19T23:18:00.000+01:002010-12-19T23:18:13.240+01:00Jackpot, Tag 3 + 4<span class="post-labels"> Wochenende... vorbei!</span><br />
<span class="post-labels">Habe gestern 2 Zöliakie-Kochbücher geliehen bekommen, die zumindest einen Hauch Normalität vermuten lassen. Muss natürlich gucken, was in den Rezepten jeweils an Milch- oder Eihaltigem aufgeführt ist, aber immerhin ist's ein Anhaltspunkt, was die unterschiedlichen Mehle usw. angeht. Hab mir direkt noch ein Buch mit Rezepten ohne Milch und Ei bestellt - wenn ich das dann kombiniere, habe ich hoffentlich brauchbare Rezepte. Anscheinend gibt's ne ganze Menge an Rezepten und Infos zu Laktoseintoleranz, aber nicht ganz so viel, wenn's ums Milcheiweiß geht. Na, mal schauen.</span><br />
<span class="post-labels">Am späten Nachmittag ging's in die Stadt, ins Weihnachtseinkaufsgetümmel - gar nicht meins! Wollte aber unbedingt Gummibärchen (gluten- und laktosefrei) und einen Toaster (bei Saturn ab 30 €, musste erstmal ausfallen). Statt des Toasters gab's ein paar Vorräte bei viv und dm. Die Auswahl ist in beiden Geschäften nicht schlecht, aber immer die Zutatenliste lesen, das nervt mich jetzt schon!</span><br />
<span class="post-labels">Eine Tasse Glühwein auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt und zwischendurch ein paar Gummibärchen, ganz ohne irgendwelche Beschwerden - ich bin begeistert!</span><br />
<span class="post-labels">Abends wurde ich bekocht mit Kartoffeln, Blumenkohl und Schweinefilet - statt Soße gab's etwas zerlassene Butter - und ein Glas Rotwein dazu. Perfekt!</span><br />
<span class="post-labels"><a href="http://sudoku4breakfast.blogspot.com/search/label/Typ-III-Allergien" rel="tag"></a>Heute auf Cachetour, den ganzen Tag unterwegs. Härtetest. Selbstgebackene Plätzchen: Nein danke. Unsere heißgeliebten - weil so praktischen - Fertigbouletten und Frischeiwaffeln: Nope.</span><br />
<span class="post-labels">Nach erfolgreicher Dosensuche ging's zur Abwechslung mal nicht zu Mc Donald's, sondern zur Burger King. Gleich mal checken, was dort geht. Auf der Rückseite des 'Tray liners', des Papierchens auf dem Tablett, steht ne Menge drauf, aber viel bleibt nicht übrig, nachdem ich mal alles ausgekreuzt habe: Apfelpommes (in Stäbchen geschnittener Apfel), Wasser, Cola (auch light und zero), der Delight Salad (der aber Tomate und Gurke enthält...), Fanta, FruchtTiger, Orangensaft, Pommes (... habe im Netz Gegenteiliges gefunden...), Apfelschorle, Eistee, Sprite, Balsamicodressing.</span><br />
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<span class="post-labels">Getränk + Salat + Pommes könnte also funktionieren. Alles andere ist fürs nächste Jahr tabu.<a href="http://sudoku4breakfast.blogspot.com/search/label/Typ-III-Allergien" rel="tag"></a> *seufz*<br />
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<span class="post-labels">Heute bleibt's auf jeden Fall bei einem heißen Tee und mitgebrachten Keksen und nem Apfel-Zimt-Riegel.</span><br />
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<span class="post-labels">Aber, was soll ich sagen? Insgesamt fühlt sich das Ganze wesentlich besser an als noch vor 4 Tagen!</span><br />
<span class="post-labels">Wenn das kein Erfolg ist?!</span><br />
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<a href="http://sudoku4breakfast.blogspot.com/search/label/Typ-III-Allergien" rel="tag"></a></span>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-55810328893406279102010-12-17T21:33:00.001+01:002010-12-17T21:35:04.575+01:00Jackpot, Tag 2Als der Doc sagte, ich hätte den Jackpot gezogen, glaubte ich noch, er meinte das positiv...<br />
Dann kam der Hammer: Typ-III-Allergien gegen<br />
<ul><li>Stärke 4 von 4, "sehr stark": Kuhmilch </li>
<li>Stärke 3, "stark": Sauermilchprodukte, Ziegenmilch, Schafsmilch, Gluten, Dinkel, Gerste, Hafer, Roggen, Weizen, Vollei</li>
<li>Stärke 2, "deutlich": Haselnuss,</li>
<li>Stärke 1, "schwach": Rind, Gurke, Tomate, Himbeere, Labkäse, Senfkorn, Meerrettich, Sonnenblumenkerne, Honig</li>
</ul>Was da übrig bleibt? Auf den ersten Blick nicht viel... Was der zweite Blick bringt, wird sich in der nächsten Zeit herausstellen... Mindestens 3 Monate auf die Nahrungsmittel mit Stärke 1 und 2 verzichten, 6 Monate auf Stärke 3 und 1 Jahr auf Stärke 4. Dann hat mein Körper die Allergien vielleicht "vergessen".<br />
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Super Timing, so kurz vor Weihnachten! Aber genau genommen habe ich es so gewollt.<br />
Seit 8+ Jahren schlage ich mich immer wieder mit Darmpilzen rum. Wenn der Leidensdruck hoch genug ist, geht's zum Arzt. Der verschreibt Nystatin, aber damit ist's nicht getan, wie ich jetzt weiß. Die Ursache muss beseitigt werden. Diesmal war ich beim Heilpraktiker, der (standardmäßig?) von Schwermetalleinlagerungen und Nahrungsmittelallergien sprach. 200 € später hatte ich ne hübsche Tabelle mit rotgefärbten Feldern in der Hand (Ok, die Rechnung kam noch nicht, ist aber angekündigt). Neben der Ausleitung verzichte ich jetzt also auf die obengenannten Lebensmittel - und auf Zucker, denn der Pilz ist ja auch noch da.<br />
Wie das geht? Keine Ahnung. Werden wir sehen.<br />
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<b>Herausforderung Nr. 1: Brot.</b> Überraschend große Auswahl im Bioladen um die Ecke, aber die erste Kostprobe war nur mittelmäßig lecker. Dafür war die Verkäuferin im Laden total lieb.<br />
Beim Brot soll ein Toaster helfen, steht jetzt also auf dem Einkaufszettel. Ich besaß bisher keinen, wollte aber sowieso einen kaufen. Trifft sich gut.<br />
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<b>Herausforderung Nr. 2:</b> der tägliche <b>Mensa</b>-Besuch mit den Kollegen. In unserer Mensa kann man glutenfreies Essen vorbestellen. Nicht schlecht! Habe ich gestern und heute aber nicht gemacht, sondern einfach mal so probiert, was ich finde. Gestern waren es Kartoffeln, Hühnchen und Bohnen, heute Bratkartoffeln mit Erbsen und Möhren (pur, nicht angedickt). War gar nicht schlimm ;)<br />
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Bilde ich es mir ein oder geht's mir heute tatsächlich schon besser? Keine Ahnung, welche Rolle die Psyche dabei spielt. Sicher keine unwesentliche.<br />
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Damit geht's auf ins Wochenende.Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-37597974136920166572010-05-04T22:16:00.001+02:002010-05-04T22:17:45.947+02:00Geocaching Treasures - Coole Dinge in DosenManchmal findet man wirklich coole Dinge in einem Cache. Heute: Eine Zeitungsente.<br />
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Here's one of my favorite items I found in a geocache: a canard (newspaper hoax).Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-62118556148240659032010-05-02T01:08:00.002+02:002010-05-02T01:09:20.574+02:0010 Jahre! Rostock, GermanyWir feiern 10 Jahre Geocaching und lassen die Cache-Entwicklung in MV einmal Revue passieren. <br />
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Die folgenden Tabellen listen für die verschiedenen Cachetypen auf, wie viele Caches jedes Jahres noch aktiv sind, wie viele in den folgenden Jahren archiviert wurden und folglich wie viele Caches insgesamt pro Jahr gelegt wurden.<br />
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Die Zahlen stimmen wahrscheinlich nicht 100%ig, Tendenzen sind aber in jedem Fall sichtbar. Danke an xylanthrop und SiGMa04.<br/><br/>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-53463032482791155502010-04-05T22:17:00.001+02:002010-04-05T22:19:37.059+02:00April Fool's CacheFor our traditional <a href="http://coord.info/GC24EEQ">kebab event</a> on Holy Thursday ("Dönerstag" = kebab day), we were invited to go for a <i>First to Find</i> on a new multi cache. The listing was sent to anyone who logged a "Will attend" for the event the night before. The story sounded interesting enough, air-raid shelters underneath an old park/cemetery in Rostock. Equipment to get the cache included a roll of toilet paper or paper towels and about 1m of ribbon. Curious enough! The cache owner and event host promised kebab coupons for the FTV (sic!).<br />
I thought there were letters missing in the first paragraph, but postponed a closer look until the next day. I could still go caching after work, before the event.<br />
Still I thought about the new cache all next morning and decided to take a closer look. The missing letters spelled "april"! I knew it! I asked the owner, if FTV would mean <i>First to Verarscht</i> (=kid, sh**) and while first trying to tell me it was a typo since F and V are very close to each other on the keyboard, he soon asked me not to tell anyone. I learned that the box at the 2nd station, which, according to the listing, would contain instruction notes, held a note saying "April, April" and a number of laminated medals to be attached to the ribbon.<br />
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When I arrived to the event, I learned that one of Rostock's newbie geocachers won the FTV (= First To Veräppelt) and a few more had tried to find it. One even wanted it to be his 500th find!<br />
Most people kept quiet about it, so other teams left early to go for the cache. In the end I went with a close friend, another team, the owner and his girlfriend. She knew about the fake geocache, so it was only 3 people who "really" went geocaching. We followed the instructions and collected all information until we reached the box at the 2nd station. <br />
<b>You've been fooled!</b> :D<br />
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This April Fool geocache was a lot more fun than my radio station telling me it was one hour later than it actually was, more fun than another radio station telling me 13 secret Beatles songs have been discovered, playing one of the exclusively - which I could sing along immediately (I forgot what it was) or telling that a Dutch millionaire got Jens Lehmann (1st Bundesliga) to play for Hansa Rostock (2nd liga and fighting)... Thanks to the owner!!!<br><br />
<br>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-30746602357002846652010-03-12T20:24:00.015+01:002010-03-12T21:10:30.568+01:00Wall Tattoo Project (Part I)Here's Yet Another Wall Tattoo Project (YAWTP):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPTdfVfPME_hJi466TI6RwcG3gARvkwQ5e3X_lA7fVY9-sloVQe1-yq5LMfd0bDUZKeo9CfGgJ4YrOWDnAvtoR0WYQClAeIL9T3rdE1pUJ6IsvoDWyDTw3b1KxetbgRqfzyEz/s1600-h/wandtattoo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPTdfVfPME_hJi466TI6RwcG3gARvkwQ5e3X_lA7fVY9-sloVQe1-yq5LMfd0bDUZKeo9CfGgJ4YrOWDnAvtoR0WYQClAeIL9T3rdE1pUJ6IsvoDWyDTw3b1KxetbgRqfzyEz/s320/wandtattoo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447831807695711154" /></a>I started out with a set of wall tattoo stickers I have bought a while ago but have never used. Actually I moved away from the place I intended to use the tattoos at and in my new place the color just didn't fit in.<br /><br />Luckily I still found a way to use them :) <br /><br />I have bought pink paint for my bedroom which sported plain white walls ever since I moved in.<br /><br /><br />However, painting the whole room in pink would be boring - even a whole wall would be, so decided to use the wall tattoo as some kind of inverted stencil.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieodWjmGdD3rJ6bMyypYfc1u7Nnb4uVNYQdTDWV7GxhL_PylkT9UUovsStQXFafBPqIPw9qVWU-lPPIHvcaA2RaJcQa_KJ-8Xe_sDWb7CCrdj8jKWh20MnngdND5M7W_dW_ocb/s1600-h/P1010017_Wandtattoo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieodWjmGdD3rJ6bMyypYfc1u7Nnb4uVNYQdTDWV7GxhL_PylkT9UUovsStQXFafBPqIPw9qVWU-lPPIHvcaA2RaJcQa_KJ-8Xe_sDWb7CCrdj8jKWh20MnngdND5M7W_dW_ocb/s320/P1010017_Wandtattoo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447833727153428178" /></a>Before painting the wall, I stuck the different parts of the tattoo to the wall.<br /><br />The only nasty part about this project was the fact that the tattoo has a transparent border - to make the delicate parts more durable I guess. This transparent border would spoil my very own version of the tattoo, as the paint will not show all those litte details. The only way to deal with that was to cut away the border.<br /><br /><br />I used small scissors and all this cutting hurt my thumb... So this is probably easier with wall tattoos with less details or without transparent borders ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPEjqPgi8MbZ9TpMpUVJNnKL5px43dvZjsnpJWXPHaFOo02BjDo0Ooel9PRv0eFttVAsoWowkKDM2SKel-cWhoTtfv7B1FC7i8msLlA4kFzXRLxpQ71GMp-sEaT8fjIb6ZLn_/s1600-h/P1010013_closeup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPEjqPgi8MbZ9TpMpUVJNnKL5px43dvZjsnpJWXPHaFOo02BjDo0Ooel9PRv0eFttVAsoWowkKDM2SKel-cWhoTtfv7B1FC7i8msLlA4kFzXRLxpQ71GMp-sEaT8fjIb6ZLn_/s320/P1010013_closeup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447837030905618626" /></a>When all stickers were placed on the wall I painted it in pretty pink, generously spreading paint all over the stickers. Afterwards I removed the stickers dumping them into the trash (Sorry stickers!).<br /><br />Make sure to tightly press the edges to wall so the paint won't go between the wall and the stickers! You can see it didn't really stick to my woodchip walls...<br /><br />I tried to fix some of the not-so-nice edges using Q-tips and a small paintbrush until I decided to just go with the funny effect.<br /><br />And here's the final result. Not too bad, eh?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAQp0CxTIhGhuUKU9qnPoO7qxxZx_0DjyNLvb5Ny9oSVGGeo8UNOUmWQGRIXwBJF8njprFYDt3C5V1wZHvl7ziVaGSk-KYHB0ExcrK27Jszga7G6BURdx_BawY8EPaWSunB3V/s1600-h/P1010009_fertig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAQp0CxTIhGhuUKU9qnPoO7qxxZx_0DjyNLvb5Ny9oSVGGeo8UNOUmWQGRIXwBJF8njprFYDt3C5V1wZHvl7ziVaGSk-KYHB0ExcrK27Jszga7G6BURdx_BawY8EPaWSunB3V/s400/P1010009_fertig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447840690756749042" /></a>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-19788698577268150062009-12-29T12:13:00.015+01:002010-01-07T21:27:20.510+01:00Geocaching CookiesChristmas is over, I know. <br />Still, it doesn't have to be Christmas to prepare a treat for your geocaching friends!<br />I made them for our "<a href="http://coord.info/GC213QE">mulled wine event</a>" held at Rostock's Christmas Market on December 12.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nM_j_TjbJh5ZPcrPV0-4Xy1ZYzrz-Y0M38fOrVKp_kPgvlTyBwlDNBuPYnxM4u8DEmpozJUxlAWKh2htWuE6aY-NfcQt62NrP6BIytEMnm0YkPkJeD9v2sG_FB-AGNyEldKm/s1600-h/01_Keksteig.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0px 20px 10px 0px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nM_j_TjbJh5ZPcrPV0-4Xy1ZYzrz-Y0M38fOrVKp_kPgvlTyBwlDNBuPYnxM4u8DEmpozJUxlAWKh2htWuE6aY-NfcQt62NrP6BIytEMnm0YkPkJeD9v2sG_FB-AGNyEldKm/s200/01_Keksteig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420616347343763986" /></a>Actually, you can use your favorite cookie receipe; any receipe that is good for cutting cookies. So the cookie dough is the easy part ;)<br /><br />When you're ready, roll out the dough with a rolling pin (or a glass bottle, if you don't have a rolling pin. I don't have one and an empty wine bottle works just as well!). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbRYr1um7N-uA1yLweJueCMkNqb85xLYFXqTkToW6CnCCGhSnhPLsU0P3ubmfetoltnIAZTeDBj_Ez_N3s9T67S6mhLrzTScQzJPAOC5CzYaovDmcPXR60rVeB_IBmRZXjubJ/s1600-h/02_Micro-Kekse.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0px 20px 10px 0px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbRYr1um7N-uA1yLweJueCMkNqb85xLYFXqTkToW6CnCCGhSnhPLsU0P3ubmfetoltnIAZTeDBj_Ez_N3s9T67S6mhLrzTScQzJPAOC5CzYaovDmcPXR60rVeB_IBmRZXjubJ/s200/02_Micro-Kekse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420618557872044066" /></a>I came up with 3 different shapes for my geocaching cookies: A "micro cache" film canister, a GPS device, and the geocaching.com logo. <br /><br />For the micro cache and the GPS device I cut their shapes from cardboard and used a knife to cut the dough into shape.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPg3Nt9hYpUqujGDUEWUKJVNq17xhiWu76NtUgD8P4ijlJk-37Wx-BRTTSz4TfRJQVl5aPczQb0Qil0xV5Hd25qYCSF7Y0nNgetGspTWVrgXecGiWWa-ZiGndxRNbzrYT0DZm1/s1600-h/03_GPS-Kekse.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0px 20px 10px 0px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPg3Nt9hYpUqujGDUEWUKJVNq17xhiWu76NtUgD8P4ijlJk-37Wx-BRTTSz4TfRJQVl5aPczQb0Qil0xV5Hd25qYCSF7Y0nNgetGspTWVrgXecGiWWa-ZiGndxRNbzrYT0DZm1/s200/03_GPS-Kekse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420618728210498258" /></a>While starting to cut the micro cache cookies, I found there's an easier way: Use a (juice / water / wine) glass to cut circles, then use a knife to cut the circle into 3 parts, the middle one being the micro cache cookie.<br /><br />The little GPS devices are hand-cut, sorry. But it's not too much work, really.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b9FoQcYc9N0YgU6jG20dSMZQxPIlC9xp2TpaxnLjtLWXRYo431bjW_9XQqhjqcipohsbBCd450ZAgP8LkJRG3WK7sCbW5jrM09_Qxo1S3JI3_HLsejpl76JJ1r6L649DbsDh/s1600-h/04_Micros-und-GPSe.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0px 20px 10px 0px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b9FoQcYc9N0YgU6jG20dSMZQxPIlC9xp2TpaxnLjtLWXRYo431bjW_9XQqhjqcipohsbBCd450ZAgP8LkJRG3WK7sCbW5jrM09_Qxo1S3JI3_HLsejpl76JJ1r6L649DbsDh/s200/04_Micros-und-GPSe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420620710059952482" /></a>What's really easy, is cutting squares for the geocaching.com logos. Just cut the size you want them to be.<br /><br />Here they are - ready to go into the oven! See the little witches on the right?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0cnU0eNXeLrYRvM_hF_M6X78LxF9RIkC3KPXZn8QSNvNm04Vq8uapZ-yxZD3U4HhKpQ60HBdF9EdaE9XMi-r35pnv5Nw69x79tO6ndlnvxQ4zNR7KrVO3nbHqQIkWzeSPasg/s1600-h/05_frisch-gebacken.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0px 20px 10px 0px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0cnU0eNXeLrYRvM_hF_M6X78LxF9RIkC3KPXZn8QSNvNm04Vq8uapZ-yxZD3U4HhKpQ60HBdF9EdaE9XMi-r35pnv5Nw69x79tO6ndlnvxQ4zNR7KrVO3nbHqQIkWzeSPasg/s200/05_frisch-gebacken.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420620825898704018" /></a>Unfortunately their brooms broke off and they didn't look too nice with their chocolate cover, but they were quite tasty anyway ;)<br /><br />When you're done, bake your cookies according to receipe and let them cool off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ0r7yj9OcD93neim5qGQ04g-Q7ZZMIB2_4z5Zuf-939cuQIB_GkOlZRLT-t0P65CKSzMm_S4hiXXuTsEKeN_xu6goGWU9Q_bNGfZpG59KL2dZteTDgoTCOIhXuvQoCwu7jxS/s1600-h/06_beschriftet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ0r7yj9OcD93neim5qGQ04g-Q7ZZMIB2_4z5Zuf-939cuQIB_GkOlZRLT-t0P65CKSzMm_S4hiXXuTsEKeN_xu6goGWU9Q_bNGfZpG59KL2dZteTDgoTCOIhXuvQoCwu7jxS/s320/06_beschriftet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423364491053936258" /></a><br />Next comes the fun part: decoration!<br /><br />I dipped the little GPS antennas into melted chocolate and let them dry before continuing with the names on them. I also dipped the micro cache cookies into the chocolate to make it look like the lid. And guess what: the micro cache cookies are done!<br /><br />I used <a href="http://www.schwartau-backwelt.de/produktvielfalt/produkt/44.Zucker%20Schrift%20(Gr%C3%BCn%2C%20Gelb%2C%20Rot%2C%20Braun)/">Schwartau Zuckerschrift</a> to write the names of the geocachers onto the little GPS cookies according to their "will attend" logs in the cache listing.<br /><br />I decided to make one cookie per team plus a few "Cacher" cookies for those who would attend without "will attend" log.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYE0wHoHZG0frycFT4y67pNlRNQUHiuQFWYujj9vQCjUnVF7NoBedU2qjgCcc7h4aj3shr8EEQFkRpisiIz9WCQSFo8eoDC0Fg783YUt-5gK58_lBPncR4tOLfdyd4zwQBEsXo/s1600-h/07_GC-Logos-und-Micros.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYE0wHoHZG0frycFT4y67pNlRNQUHiuQFWYujj9vQCjUnVF7NoBedU2qjgCcc7h4aj3shr8EEQFkRpisiIz9WCQSFo8eoDC0Fg783YUt-5gK58_lBPncR4tOLfdyd4zwQBEsXo/s320/07_GC-Logos-und-Micros.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423364639460409218" /></a>For the geocaching logos I used <a href="http://www.schwartau-backwelt.de/produktvielfalt/produkt/46.4%20Back%20%26%20Speisefarben%20(Gr%C3%BCn%2C%20Gelb%2C%20Rot%2C%20Blau)/">Back- und Speisefarben</a> to dye the frosting. I only made one color frosting at a time starting with yellow (so I could reuse the rest for the red rosting). It was fairly easy to put the frosting on the cookies using a simple teaspoon. Just make sure it is not too runny - use more powdered sugar if it is. After the yellow frosting I made the red one as the fields are opposite each other on the logo and I didn't have to worry about the frostings running into each other. While I let them dry I continued with writing names to my little GPS cookies. Blue and green were easy to do, too. When everything was dry I used the rest of the chocolate to make the circles symbolizing the details on the logo.<br /><br />The cookies were a big success at our geocaching event. People marveled at the effort and were delighted with finding their names on the GPS cookies. Plus they were a nice treat to enjoy along with the mulled wine :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/9f1e19f3-4b02-437e-a1e6-a4abdcbbd435.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/9f1e19f3-4b02-437e-a1e6-a4abdcbbd435.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;text-align:center">(c) TeddyOnTour<br /></span><br />What do you think? Wanna give it a try?<br><br /><br>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-27233485431846872382009-12-10T19:37:00.018+01:002009-12-10T21:48:58.524+01:00Candy Flower BouquetEver wondered what to give someone who already has everything or who doesn't want anything?<br />I was invited to a wedding in Singapore and the couple didn't want anything as their biggest gift from their friends for them was us coming to Singapore for their special day.<br />Still I didn't want to come empty-handed, so I came up with the idea of a candy flower bouquet. And here is how I made it:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwimGHfVtYQHWRV0SuPVtwvmCTqxSMbxDiL0m0DmpQA1KJEgSjgpvFvtzHDvmH-xRmUwoC0L-E9zKc-xErjCVOhNe6jsB_tvw9Ns8YqzEZwA7qKawFDutZ__lDMKlze2ONUM6A/s1600-h/01_schnueren.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwimGHfVtYQHWRV0SuPVtwvmCTqxSMbxDiL0m0DmpQA1KJEgSjgpvFvtzHDvmH-xRmUwoC0L-E9zKc-xErjCVOhNe6jsB_tvw9Ns8YqzEZwA7qKawFDutZ__lDMKlze2ONUM6A/s320/01_schnueren.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413682239720631474" /></a><br />I bought all kinds of chocolates and candys (about 60 items, all separately wrapped and 2 of each type for the happy couple) and tied sewing thread around one end of their wrapping (about 30 cm per candy using a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_hitch">Cow Hitch</a> knot).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5s11DF8GFisNgFsopbWILfcZrReVOSIbMZgH5rkGUsJi_rJbnOgfFq02Qt1uWeSfq5LFxsQePfQoDc9_03_McZ9UGLXr0iynW_sMnEgQWgPZnavTLGBxN2wXu1Ag5G03NRtl/s1600-h/06_straeusschen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width: 320px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5s11DF8GFisNgFsopbWILfcZrReVOSIbMZgH5rkGUsJi_rJbnOgfFq02Qt1uWeSfq5LFxsQePfQoDc9_03_McZ9UGLXr0iynW_sMnEgQWgPZnavTLGBxN2wXu1Ag5G03NRtl/s320/06_straeusschen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413682635506358898" /></a><br />The next step was to arrange 4-6 chocolates into a small bunch and tie them together. I used small pieces of wire which were quite easy to handle, but more thread can be used, too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA739UEnPC4Ws0CkOIXBRawK7_e9mvVehCJLSzJpqgN45FVqrOPvmq-ZeGWHuIcnpK4u-vRO2g0bgc27Qm4w_10K1ctErGlCFGWKrVeo60Vi3FxV2mUmlVxBbvm6sxyJeqO1_/s1600-h/05_straeusschen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA739UEnPC4Ws0CkOIXBRawK7_e9mvVehCJLSzJpqgN45FVqrOPvmq-ZeGWHuIcnpK4u-vRO2g0bgc27Qm4w_10K1ctErGlCFGWKrVeo60Vi3FxV2mUmlVxBbvm6sxyJeqO1_/s320/05_straeusschen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413684781680176866" /></a><br />Lots of tying...<br /><br />... and trying not to eat the chocolates myself ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsCIIggKRIVG7eh0Vorh-S7AgE1k7zNpZw8H7SG2q0Pzl8_B1HceYK9t2_mvYIraJqCOGyH-TJkFaVEQuZFPZ7knrRj_HEH5fG_b1KJQs1-mCz2GYUlpUGG2WQrCWA9OwkzSf/s1600-h/03_pappscheibe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsCIIggKRIVG7eh0Vorh-S7AgE1k7zNpZw8H7SG2q0Pzl8_B1HceYK9t2_mvYIraJqCOGyH-TJkFaVEQuZFPZ7knrRj_HEH5fG_b1KJQs1-mCz2GYUlpUGG2WQrCWA9OwkzSf/s320/03_pappscheibe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413689681826397506" /></a><br />Assembling all those small bunches into one large bouquet would have turned them into a big messy bulk, so I cut out a circle from cardboard (the back of a writing pad or any cardboard box that is at hand) and covered it with a green napkin (green paper works as well).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPz7uw2A4PXsQlRXbvNtZi_4_-dFwhvX9gc34Eq6VhBpx3sdgFWfNXS8WGZPqqXtdzrcq8GFODVkegFd4BPFcmTCHYMeFErfMjc3hS53ifn2qtbfDP-HKWsRlo14pPf4os2QLN/s1600-h/anordnung.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPz7uw2A4PXsQlRXbvNtZi_4_-dFwhvX9gc34Eq6VhBpx3sdgFWfNXS8WGZPqqXtdzrcq8GFODVkegFd4BPFcmTCHYMeFErfMjc3hS53ifn2qtbfDP-HKWsRlo14pPf4os2QLN/s200/anordnung.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413697302004371426" /></a><br />I attached all the small candy bunches to my cardboard circle, leaving a few centimeters between them so there is enough space for all the lovely candy. A large sewing needle works really well here, as one can easily poke holes into the cardboard to pull all the threads that were tied around the candy wrapping in step 1 through the cardboard. I tied several knots to each 2 strands of thread: to the opposite ones, to the neighboring ones etc, to attach the candy really well to the cardboard circle (Don't look at the small holes in the photo! Those were my first attempt to attach them one by one...).<br />Once all the candy is attached to the cardboard circle, we're almost done!<br /><br />I used a cheap (green) plastic ice cream cup with a foot (shaped like a champagne glass, but more sturdy, of course) as my bouquet base and put a few cardboard squares on top (not too large so they are not visible).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZiLBcz6cawvraU4E9_IF9AE_W4iA52A3NmwhEm8jsUf6q0PxQF_4m4t3t9fM1rLHoxcbxTLm0xqetBr67XQxpKfNNVQla06Hnr5WuUNv2nwievm4y8I3Mcc6YUsMbZpl9OT4/s1600-h/07_fertig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZiLBcz6cawvraU4E9_IF9AE_W4iA52A3NmwhEm8jsUf6q0PxQF_4m4t3t9fM1rLHoxcbxTLm0xqetBr67XQxpKfNNVQla06Hnr5WuUNv2nwievm4y8I3Mcc6YUsMbZpl9OT4/s320/07_fertig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413700287637845122" /></a><br />The finishing touches are <a href="http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&hs=p7U&q=tortenspitze&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=81QhS_atI4vEnQO0i7HUBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQsAQwAA">Tortenspitze</a> to give it a Biedermeier look and a few fake ivory leaves (a bargain from the swedish furniture store that has been sitting among my diy stuff for a while).<br />The chocolate hearts are stuck to the bottom of candy like the green one in photo 2 using double-sided tape.<br />Doesn't look too bad, he?<br /><br />Now that I am done writing this, I found <a href="http://www.sweet-biedermeier.de/4638.html">this website</a> with the same type of candy flower bouquets. They also look nice with one wrapping colour only.<br /><br />Liked the idea? Create your own candy flower bouquet! It's easy! And maybe share a photo of it?!<br/><br/>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-76469524979285549222009-11-03T20:39:00.002+01:002009-11-03T20:53:43.305+01:00444 Caches in 444 DaysYeah, here we go!<br />As of today, I have been geocaching for 444 days and so far I found 444 caches! That makes it one cache per day ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mz9_68DaPKUJQSAkKfxXH9W7KAhXZIpdiIR_zXbvTnPzci9cHUHjQZekXsuVvLxVBikHCAVQCfywjjUO5XcwaYwYSZqxJcg3omN8gumJ7K0JMVqLO7pfPqu2QQhLb0dpdHqb/s1600-h/444in444.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mz9_68DaPKUJQSAkKfxXH9W7KAhXZIpdiIR_zXbvTnPzci9cHUHjQZekXsuVvLxVBikHCAVQCfywjjUO5XcwaYwYSZqxJcg3omN8gumJ7K0JMVqLO7pfPqu2QQhLb0dpdHqb/s320/444in444.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399967850163263714" /></a><br /><br /># 500, here I come!Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-24828437819870077762009-09-28T19:39:00.015+02:002009-09-28T22:29:21.276+02:00Artsy Weekend ProjectHere's my really cool weekend project: a self-made wall tattoo.<br /><br />I once found this wall tattoo saying "witch kitchen" in an online store, but never got around to buying it...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKTcOIrPEHzVP-LqYZHqpX5juTjyxfA_cNj0KVMWS3TbbBiiETuRN899j7qOlvm5wqKVdtJ3yLHFDonWGs_H7vCiA8l7Qx-VSy-fdJ5emeg00cEC9wjyLXDUlnUsr4wsyVbGi/s1600-h/kw07_16577_detail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKTcOIrPEHzVP-LqYZHqpX5juTjyxfA_cNj0KVMWS3TbbBiiETuRN899j7qOlvm5wqKVdtJ3yLHFDonWGs_H7vCiA8l7Qx-VSy-fdJ5emeg00cEC9wjyLXDUlnUsr4wsyVbGi/s320/kw07_16577_detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386575563759311410" border="0" /></a> Firstly, I didn't like the bright red colour that much. Secondly, the bristles of the broom were on the wrong side for what I had in mind. Thirdly, wall tattoos don't stick too well to my woodchip walls.<br />That was when I decided to do it myself. And here is how I did it:<br /><br />I used my favorite image processing software to put the bristles on the "right" side. No need to be super perfect as the image will only serve as a stencil. Also the resolution of the product picture was rather low, but this didn't matter much either. After printing it to the proper size (split across 3 pages), I used a pen to draw over the outline (making up for the aliasing effect of my low resolution image) before cutting out all the letters.<br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03ZhF2HQJwWXBwXOgEF5VSmI8f4EK9vO_VpNHDbKHFXUGDDjFpQmIVb8TrMkDk8lW1y7uy22wIy_FI2TO86Nk48CJSiOqbyNLuuvkb-SCNbGHapyYijrW24vJskUGFd57llW7/s1600-h/schablone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03ZhF2HQJwWXBwXOgEF5VSmI8f4EK9vO_VpNHDbKHFXUGDDjFpQmIVb8TrMkDk8lW1y7uy22wIy_FI2TO86Nk48CJSiOqbyNLuuvkb-SCNbGHapyYijrW24vJskUGFd57llW7/s320/schablone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386574800603326930" border="0" /></a></center>Since I had printed it to slightly self-adhesive paper, I could then stick my stencil right to the wall. Masking tape works quite well for this, too.<br />The next step was to bring the outlines of my stencil to the wall using a simple pencil. Small corrections can easily be made as the dark paint will cover them anyway.<br /><br />The last step after taking off the stencil was colouring my wall tattoo with the chosen colour and fine paint brushes. This took about as long as the soccer game I listened to at the same time ;) I was shaking a bit every now and then while painting, but changing position and resting my hand to the wall (carefull with the wet paint!) helped quite a bit. Also small shaky bits didn't matter too much because of the uneven woodchip wall.<br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMe3z1vQu7p-uf64jp_SiC73cpRBKHadL8vimSJSh7WAMkP0DvzJbWNDCZN-WOxwKEsBHz6f-j1-gMxA-UwO1W-1kMcKbpanYips0d6YphjgKrqIzmTPKHQCcnywyfQeeab1L/s1600-h/schriftzug.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMe3z1vQu7p-uf64jp_SiC73cpRBKHadL8vimSJSh7WAMkP0DvzJbWNDCZN-WOxwKEsBHz6f-j1-gMxA-UwO1W-1kMcKbpanYips0d6YphjgKrqIzmTPKHQCcnywyfQeeab1L/s320/schriftzug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386574807922206114" border="0" /></a></center><br />So this is what it looks like now :). Cool, he?<br />Actually the hardest part was not to bump my head on the overhead cupboards and to be able to reach over my counter to paint the wall. It might be a good idea to paint a wall tattoo like this one BEFORE adding the furniture :).<br /><br />The best part about it though: I didn't have to spend a single cent for my cool new wall tattoo! The paint was a leftover from a friend. You need really little for an image like this.<br/><br/>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-19197327292063322762009-08-17T00:36:00.006+02:002009-11-03T20:59:44.125+01:00(Almost) A cache a dayOne year of geocaching!<br />Wow, and what a year it has been! Thanks a lot to all those cache owners whose caches I have found, thanks to all the nice people I have met (and probably wouldn't have met otherwise) and to anyone who went geocaching with me!<br />It's been an amazing experience so far: I have been in the outdoors more than ever before in my life (I think - always been more of a couch potatoe, I guess), I have seen places I wouldn't have seen w/out geocaching and I have shed a few pounds, hehe.<br /><br />I was trying to have 365 geocaches today, making it one per day. Unfortunately we were caching basically in my homezone all weekend and most traditionals already have a big smile on my map... But 361 is not bad either and 0,9890410958904109589041095890411 is almost 1, isn't it?!<br /><br />Maybe this one should be my next geocoin?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.geocoinshop.de/product_info.php/info/p149_A-Cache-A-Day-GC-Black-Nickel.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.geocoinshop.de/images/product_images/info_images/149_0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Happy caching!</span><br /><br/><br/>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-11350860212387561952009-08-14T10:34:00.004+02:002009-11-03T21:00:12.725+01:00Trackable Items CollectionIn August 2008 I got introduced to geocaching. Now I am almost celebrating my first anniversary (Sunday!) and I still love it!<br />Here's a little gallery of trackable items I have sent out with different missions. I own a few more geocoins I am keeping at home and only take to events or log into special caches.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=1980403"><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/stats/tb.aspx?guid=d9a53b61-c5ef-4085-91c3-08dcb65ae8ae" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=1129277"><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/stats/tb.aspx?guid=8f82bff7-7279-47f8-8ee3-d39282c5a810" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=1965518"><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/stats/tb.aspx?guid=80eeeca8-d1fd-4f0e-a2a6-fc6c21150d1a" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=1980487"><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/stats/tb.aspx?guid=81da5557-8a0e-416f-8f7a-8b8c3e2805c5" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=1980238"><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/stats/tb.aspx?guid=3143aef7-5fd9-4b25-b0c3-b794be5676e8" border="0"></a><br /><br />You can see how far they have traveled until now.<br />If you see a little box in the bottom right corner, then the item is currently located in a geocache. If there's a little smiley, then it's in the hands of another cacher, hopefully on its way to another cache. Grey icons - as opposed to green ones - mean they haven't been moved for quite some time. Get'em going, fellow cachers!Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-49311710485301092792009-05-20T16:33:00.003+02:002009-11-03T21:02:04.790+01:00Heartbroken SongsI figured I have songs for lost relationships. It seems they give some comfort when there's nothing else that can comfort you. I am listening to them over and over again until the pain fades.<br /><br />Heartbroken Song #1: Against all odds (Phil Collins). Very melancholic.<br />Later, the song "Almost Lover (A Fine Frenzy)" kept reminding me of that special person...<br /><br />Heartbroken Song #2: Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie) - more defiant than sad. Gettin' up again, kickin' his ass.<br /><br />Heartbroken Song #3 and a very recent split-up: Top of the World (Dixie Chicks) - The lyrics tell a different kind of (love) story, but we've been listening to this song (and similar ones) together in the car...<br /><br />What are your heartbroken songs?Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-55089918681485902662008-08-18T11:49:00.006+02:002009-11-03T21:02:26.352+01:00My new hobby: geocachingI am totally hooked to a new hobby: geocaching. Of course, that's not exactly a new thing, but it's new to me and I love it. I wish I didn't have to sit in the office right now but could go on another hunt.<br />How I came to geocaching? Well, I had a friend over this weekend. We've talked about geocaching before but it wasn't until she was in my place that I thought about doing it myself. She showed me their website <a href="http://geocaching.com">http://geocaching.com</a> and got me all excited. There are soooo many caches hidden around here. I never thought Stralsund oder Ruegen would be offering stuff like that!!!<br />We quickly set up my PDA with the <a href="http://www.gpstuner.com">GPSTuner software</a> (a demo version, but I think I'll actually buy this piece of software) and then picked our first geocaches for Stralsund. The very first one was an easy find for my friend who had been geocaching before. Perfect to get me even more into it. We decided to try again after dinner, but unfortunately we have already been walking around town for too long that day, so we became tired pretty quickly and didn't find any more caches. But the next day we were a lot more successful: 3 caches found on the island of Ruegen, one in Stralsund (the one we had tried the day before), another one nearly found (we didn't bring the flashlight as we didn't think we'd stay out that long) and one more that we started...<br />I can't wait to get off work this afternoon to retrieve that nearly-found one.<br /><br />Looking forward to more geocaching now. Will try a few in New Zealand next week, where I'll be on a business trip.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=894dba6a-5c59-40de-a0a4-313f3de24cfa" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?txt=Let's+go+geocaching&uid=894dba6a-5c59-40de-a0a4-313f3de24cfa&bg=1" border="0" title="Profile for hexe82" alt="Profile for hexe82"></a>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-11425701613873652032008-05-25T21:26:00.004+02:002009-11-03T21:03:10.235+01:00Wuschel in mouse heavenToday, my favorite mouse died.<br />I knew it was going to happen one day, but still I am upset.<br />He was such a tough little mouse having survived Rambo, who ruined his left foot, and a missing part of his tail... After being separated from Rambo he lived with Krümel (Crumby) and Flummi (Bouncy) - again with fights, then with his mouse dad again who died of age after a good half year together. In the end he got along quite well with Krümel again until this afternoon when I found him in his cage licked off by Krümel who seemed as upset as I was when I saw my little Wuschel (Wispy) dead... I suppose he got an inflammation in his foot again. It didn't look so good... Poor Wuschel. May he rest in peace in mouse heaven.Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-3547061732423190332008-04-24T21:10:00.007+02:002009-11-03T21:34:56.162+01:00Time to say goodbye*<span style="font-weight:bold;">Saturday.</span><br />This is our last day - incredible how fast those 3 weeks have passed!<br /><br />After breakfast, packing, and cleaning we drive over to Oakland to the Cruisa America office to return the motor home.<br />While we take a last look at our dear motor home, the lady in the office hardly casts a glance. We get reimbursed for the day we lost because of the open valve and the weak battery, leave our leftovers with a German couple who starts their 6-week-tour today, and wait for a friend to pick us up. She lives in San Francisco and we can leave our luggage in her place as there are hardly any public luggage lockers available. Since we're five people with 5+ bags, she needs to do two trips, dropping me and my brother off in Chinatown before she gets the rest of us. While waiting for them, we buy some more stamps to mail our last postcards and a state quarter collector's album for my brother.<br />By then we're reunited, meeting up with a friend from my year in France.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeV3IaS3KDMcBsIQAPXWagAHYDRDYnNffXnypoQUBGrB-BGyWlK41cmWSThcpDgCoPAosVbREnGzKqm2h-sPPDDn27NFm5LVy_ZfEDCzSuynkgu4NFnpr0GHteX7OLqJyBZlS7w/s1600-h/_lg_p1060207_raw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeV3IaS3KDMcBsIQAPXWagAHYDRDYnNffXnypoQUBGrB-BGyWlK41cmWSThcpDgCoPAosVbREnGzKqm2h-sPPDDn27NFm5LVy_ZfEDCzSuynkgu4NFnpr0GHteX7OLqJyBZlS7w/s400/_lg_p1060207_raw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193254360802264818" /></a><center><small>(More pictures at: <a href="http://galerie.photo-fisch.de" target="_new">http://galerie.photo-fisch.de</a>)</small></center><br /><br />Now my brother wants to shop at the Levis store at Union Square. He promised to bring home two pairs of jeans for a friend of his, but first he needs to figure out what the European colour codes relate to in the US - thank God there's wifi in the store's foyer. *smile*<br />We need a Starbucks coffee as a reward for waiting now! Sitting down at Union Square which 6 years back was only a big construction site, we munch on our sandwiches and just can't figure out what to do next. It is afternoon, we have a few hours left before we need to get to the airport.<br />So we're trying to find a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge. Not that easy, but we manage *smile* We need to change buses once and walk a bit inbetween, but we make it to the bridge!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhJKRNZno2UcB0OVnBIRO0AvC70eo6zWm-S10OSQhpSAjjLWRHzTZbsiNYDVAOBVHgNb0NasEOODaOB9SlXF0xo8w3QIKmJLPrnGjfgiLZu0H3N0stdTg5GY-3J9zXcMODs9R5g/s1600-h/_lg_p1060223_raw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhJKRNZno2UcB0OVnBIRO0AvC70eo6zWm-S10OSQhpSAjjLWRHzTZbsiNYDVAOBVHgNb0NasEOODaOB9SlXF0xo8w3QIKmJLPrnGjfgiLZu0H3N0stdTg5GY-3J9zXcMODs9R5g/s400/_lg_p1060223_raw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193254605615400706" /></a><center><small>(More pictures at: <a href="http://galerie.photo-fisch.de" target="_new">http://galerie.photo-fisch.de</a>)</small></center><br /><br />It's awefully windy out there so we only manage to stay for a couple of minutes before catching the bus back. We go to our friend's house where we left our luggage. She most generously offered to take us to the airport as did the other friend. So we load our luggage into the cars and split up. My parents and my brother are taken to the airport while me and my other brother still need to buy one or two extra bags - too much luggage to take back *g*.<br />Unfortunately, the nearby Walgreens doesn't have any, the little shops in Chinatown where we saw bags today, are already closed, and there's no Walmart to be seen along the freeway. Bad luck! We're forced to buy two rather expensive and small bags at the airport now, but well...<br /><br />The check-in takes forever. We should have reserved our seats in advance and my brother can't just get off in Munich instead of coming to Berlin with us. Luckily, there's always an exception to the rule *smile*. Now we've got to hurry, there's hardly any time left to grab a bite to eat - our names are called for immediate boarding! See you in Germany!<br /><br /><small><i>* Sarah Brightman</i></small>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-37598715799562940882008-04-23T21:54:00.006+02:002009-11-03T21:35:26.602+01:00If you're going to San Francisco*<span style="font-weight:bold;">Friday.</span><br />Our yesterday's hostess has to go to work today, but her husband takes us out for breakfast to the <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">I</span>nternational <span style="font-weight:bold;">H</span>ouse <span style="font-weight:bold;">o</span>f <span style="font-weight:bold;">P</span>ancakes</span>. This place has been on our list anyway *smile*<br />Whew! Sooo full already at breakfast! *g*<br /><br />Let's go to San Francisco! We have chosen a campground just in the north of the city and close to public transportation as Dad does not want to drive the motor home through the city and up and down the hills. But where's the bus? Is this going to end like it did in Malibu?<br /><br />No, it is not. After a good half hour, our bus arrives and unhurriedly takes us across the Golden Gate Bridge and into the city.<br />We're getting off at Lombard Street to take a look at the world's most crookedest street. For the way down we choose the stairs though.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8HOs6wSy_8vNJCgTkcA5571bcEs9DhJsqGNk5XW7nvq0M2oX6qN_bheIkibqPEtPo9z1oFOGhj4X_4JztStC7rCWMwGndXGRNr0e9WFpRVoSjwwJqXS6dz8ZeLlaEl6MWi6FEg/s1600-h/_lg_p1060159_raw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8HOs6wSy_8vNJCgTkcA5571bcEs9DhJsqGNk5XW7nvq0M2oX6qN_bheIkibqPEtPo9z1oFOGhj4X_4JztStC7rCWMwGndXGRNr0e9WFpRVoSjwwJqXS6dz8ZeLlaEl6MWi6FEg/s400/_lg_p1060159_raw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192529451927078610" /></a><center><small>(More pictures at: <a href="http://galerie.photo-fisch.de" target="_new">http://galerie.photo-fisch.de</a>)</small></center><br /><br />We're walking over to the wharf to look for tickets to Alcatraz. The ferry company must have changed since I have visited the island, we have to walk from pier 39 to 33, but there are already signs posted saying 'Next available tickets: Monday'. Bad luck! We didn't learn from our last effort to get Mom and Dad to see Alcatraz. We really should have booked in advance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMA48UfIWEwX1JR2SD-2jksl5hkBeKZY6nMtw_1vDWcJ5M_WaX0vLCdawPdcycVkemG06w5E_9cAHFb5cKzS8SjwKmogARkv40mAYWmdgj-lwz0ZZEFFpgYpuwdSPb2pErN5dOQ/s1600-h/_lg_p1060171_raw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMA48UfIWEwX1JR2SD-2jksl5hkBeKZY6nMtw_1vDWcJ5M_WaX0vLCdawPdcycVkemG06w5E_9cAHFb5cKzS8SjwKmogARkv40mAYWmdgj-lwz0ZZEFFpgYpuwdSPb2pErN5dOQ/s400/_lg_p1060171_raw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192529954438252258" /></a><center><small>(More pictures at: <a href="http://galerie.photo-fisch.de" target="_new">http://galerie.photo-fisch.de</a>)</small></center><br /><br />But we won't be bored in this city! Back over to pier 39, doing the touristy thing: Souvenirs, clam chowder, and then a cable car ride! A must-do in this city - not sitting inside, but hanging on the side!<br /><br />Down at Market Street we only manage a Starbucks coffee to warm ourselves up before taking the bus back to our campground. We need to pack our bags and tomorrow we'll say good-bye to our dear motor home...<br /><br /><small><i>* Scott McKenzie</i></small>Martinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898350.post-88866070663589837022008-04-22T22:32:00.009+02:002009-11-03T21:35:54.668+01:00We're in Sacramento, a wonderful town*<span style="font-weight:bold;">Thursday.</span><br />Waking up early, Dad wants to hit the road as soon as possible. We have quite a bit to go until Sacramento, especially since yesterday we didn't get as far as we wanted because of the fire.<br />So no coffee, no breakfast; bathroom and dressing on the road. We make it as far as the road barrier thinking 'Oh no, it's still not open!' I get out of the car to ask, Dad gets out a little behind me, and there's already an officer coming towards us telling us to drive the car up to the barrier, then follow the CHP car through the barrier. Neat! The California Highway Patrol leads us through the fire site!<br />Looks like they managed to put it out, there's only little smoke left and some firemen guarding it.<br />We're continuing north along Highway 1 until we finally reach Big Sur and its gas station. $4,959 per Gallon! That's the most expensive gas we have found so far! Dad doesn't want to risk anything again, so we don't just stick with the couple of Gallons needed to reach Monterrey or Santa Cruz. Deep cut into the budget. Ouch!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhRTCSgSAfsc9gzeJofyfbWIGF6yRM7jy4NvPo9pOBRIqK2xQBg2GThqkt97PK5JXS-gI5IJBgA0EWLqsTekMkMbFA-91CEluLAkMpoHR5LL6MbdQWmyFIJA-j8zgY7yd2eU0/s1600-h/_lg_p1060070_raw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhRTCSgSAfsc9gzeJofyfbWIGF6yRM7jy4NvPo9pOBRIqK2xQBg2GThqkt97PK5JXS-gI5IJBgA0EWLqsTekMkMbFA-91CEluLAkMpoHR5LL6MbdQWmyFIJA-j8zgY7yd2eU0/s320/_lg_p1060070_raw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192175967528683154" /></a><center><small>(more pictures at: <a href="http://galerie.photo-fisch.de" target="_new">http://galerie.photo-fisch.de</a>)</small></center><br /><br />Some time later we stop for more gas, breakfast, and some internet as dad needs to work a bit. Then we're back on the highway heading towards Sacramento, arriving there around a quarter past 2. Funnily familiar taking the highway into the city and somehow not familiar at all. It's been 6 years!<br /><br />We find a parking spot in downtown or actually 2 *smile*, then walk over to Old Sacramento down by the river. Old Sacramento still looks like it was from the times of the wild west, all wooden houses, wooden sidewalks, and old-fashioned stores. I loved this place back then and I still love it today. Even the salt water taffy store is still there so we stock up on those tasting a few along the way through the store *smile*<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbLDe1sOjAtbUWUjkTbHjUvCsswNgTzeURDxu4J9NOvDrI_rI82Euy49dQYm0uFCBeAxIm8SW8bboWxFFoUQS8g_V5Wee2Y9J3kIVNJ9yGZLFUV3Vd5VYmYzq4lyaH_WCrSz-/s1600-h/_lg_p1060094_raw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbLDe1sOjAtbUWUjkTbHjUvCsswNgTzeURDxu4J9NOvDrI_rI82Euy49dQYm0uFCBeAxIm8SW8bboWxFFoUQS8g_V5Wee2Y9J3kIVNJ9yGZLFUV3Vd5VYmYzq4lyaH_WCrSz-/s320/_lg_p1060094_raw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192177131464820418" /></a><center><small>(more pictures at: <a href="http://galerie.photo-fisch.de" target="_new">http://galerie.photo-fisch.de</a>)</small></center><br /><br />Then my brother and I head off to the nearby mall. There's not much time left before we want to head over to our friends' house, so we gotta hurry but I really want to shop at GAP where we used to shop 6 years back *smile* <br />And I do, buying a pair of pants and a sweater. Even my brother buys pants for himself. A Starbucks frappuchino on the way out and back to the car.<br /><br />The BBQ at our friends' house is great! Soooo good seeing them again. Mom's got her admission ticket to California, her famous cherry pudding *smile*, ready and to the delight of our hosts even prepares another one live during the course of the evening. We eat and chat until late that night before we go to sleep in our home sweet motor home in front of their driveway.<br />This is probably the nicest evening of the whole trip!<br /><br /><small><i>* Middle of the Road</i></small><br /><br />Miles travelled by RV: 250+<br />Current location: Sacramento, CA<br />Next stop: San Francisco, CAMartinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556108749970994996noreply@blogger.com0