Fruit Salad and Mixed Veg

I like to write in 3rd person....so:

Last Friday, Miss Kimbers traveled 282km (according to maps.google.de) with a Mitfahrgelegenheit, her favourite form of travel. Her personal driver was called Thomas, and the other traveler was called Bettina. They drove and drove...and drove through some snow and then some rain...and some more snow. After 3 hours, they arrived in Neuss, where Miss Kimbers caught the train to Duesseldorf. Everyone always has an 'amazed' reaction when Miss Kimbers tells them she is from Australia. From her accent, Thomas thought she was from England or France

Miss Kimbers met her favourite German at his work...and then they went to a patrol station and got a Bounty icecream! They taste sooo good ...icecreamy and bountyity.... :| Then they walked (briskly) to the train station, only to realise that the trian was late. Good ol' DB! They got home and ate ROSENHOKL

Saturday:
Miss Kimbers and her favourite German woke up early, and went out into the cold to collect a package from the post office. Turns out that some banks in Germany send you pens, if you start an account with them.

The two then took the tram to the Alt Stadt and ate breakfast in Zicke. Why? Because Miss Kimbers had never had breakfast in a place other than a house/apartment/flat before. And, because it's nice to go out for breakfast Unfortunately, the staff cannot cook customers soft boiled eggs. The eggs must be hard boiled.


Most expensive orange juice I have ever had: 3.10 Euro=6.14079 AUD



After eating breakfast in Zicke, the two walked down the street, along the Rhein and to the art school. There was an open day, 'showcasing' all the work of the students. Miss Kimbers didn't understand the reasoning behind 99.9999 % of the art work there...




They have the same sponge as my housemate and me!!!


Ok, I wont *looks at light bulb suspiciously


I have 'gebrochenes Deutsch'


VORSICHT ANANAS!!! Long story, about a pineapple on the back seat of a car, and the guy who owns the car saying 'vorsicht ananas'...and now, whenever I see a pineapple (ananas), I say 'vorsicht ananas'. Oh, well the story, isn't that long, is it?


Ok, so you're an art student, and you realise you have an assignment due tomorrow...go to your garage, find the box of your old toys...and then rip them apart and make something. A+!

Miss Kimbers and her favourite German then headed back home and along the way, they went to the juice shop. Yum JUICE! Juice makes Miss Kimbers happy. At the Bahnhof (station), Kimbers' favourite German said something and Miss Kimbers didn't understand:

Miss Kimbers: It's not my fault you can't speak English properly!!
Favourite German: If you're going to be mean to me, you can go back to your 'pretty city'*

Once at home, they drank coffee with biscuits and chocolates (The Favourite German of Miss Kimbers gave her some yummy chocolates!! )...and watched Ratalouille in GERMAN and then Så som i himmelen (As it is in Heaven), which is a Swedish film, in GERMAN Oh, they also ate fetta cheese too


Sunday:
The two ate more biscuits and a yummy breakfast...and drank coffee...ate chocolates and watched the Body Guard...in GERMAN!


Miss Kimbers is tryingto be German. Lesson 1: sit in the kitchen a lot


A fridge next to an oven...that makes sense

The clock ticked too fast and then it was time for Miss Kimbers to return to her 'pretty city'. It was snowing outside and the Favourite German let Miss Kimbers take his umbrella



*Miss Kimbers' city is not pretty. It got ruined/burnt/destroyed in WW2, and then quickly rebuilt, so it's kind of...ugly...

Choc Orange Cake


I like oranges. I like cake. I like chocolate.

I made this cake last night. It's VERY simple

You will need:
100g butter (or spread- I used spread)
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons of cocoa dissolved in 2 tablespoons of boiling water
zest of 1 orange
2/3 cup self-raising flour, sifted
2 tablsepoons of orangejuice (from the orange above)

What you need to do

• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius
  
• Grease a cake tin (around 20cm in diameter) and line the base with baking paper
  
• Cream the butter and sugar.
  
• Add the eggs and mix.
  
• Mix in the cocoa and orange zest.
  
• Mix in the flour and the orangejuice
  
• Place the mixture into the cake tin and bake it for 45 minutes
  
• Cool the cake in the tin.
  

You can make an orange icing for the cake if you want to. All you need is some icing sugar and orangejuice, heat it on the stove until it is at your desired thickness.

(The basic idea for this recipe was taken from 'Cake Bible' 2006, Penguin Books)


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Yummmmmm. Fruit! With porridge and sultana, it's even better That spoon is my favourite spoon. Eating breakfast using another spoon just isn't the same


Our cat has a new friend; the frypan. We got a new frypan(1) so the old one has been sitting on the floor for the last week At least the cat still likes the old frypan. What a nice cat!


(1) Woah, what's happening? It all started with a NEW KETTLE! Then a new toothbrush....then new slippers...then a new table and now a new frypan! Don't forget the 'new'/second hand suitcase on wheels either!


I have great news to tell you, but that will have to wait until next time