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Brunch

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Germans like to brunch. I like to brunch too :smile:

What is a brunch?
Brunch is somewhere betwen breakfast and lunch. It can last for 5 hours!

Many cafes in Germany offer brunch on Sunday. Brunch often begins at 9am and finishes at 2pm. Brunch in a cafe is an all you can eat event and prices vary from cafe to cafe.

Many Germans also host their own brunch at home. Each gust brings a plate of food to share. In Australia, if you say 'please bring a plate to share', most people will arrive with a PACKET of chips, a PACKET of biscuits and other PROCESSED RUBBISH. Here however, young people can usually cook and apprecite food!

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Sweet Dreams, British Shop, Bikes

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Yesterday Miss A, from Bremen, who I met in Adelaide visited me here in Hamburg. We ate lunch at my place and then went to Sweet Dreams. I had heard a lot about this cake shop and wanted to check it out for myself.

Sweet Dreams is not a cafe and not a bakery. They just make cakes. You walk in and there is a counter/display cabinet infront of you, filled with cakes. Lemon pie, brownie pie, chocolate fudge cake, pear cake, chocolate raspberry cake..... It smells so good there! The people working there are really friendly and speak perfect English, as they are from England.

A slice of chocolate pear cake will cost you 2.60 Euro. As there are no chairs and tables inside of the shop, you can either take your cake home, or you can enjoy your cake while sitting on the benches in the street. The shop is opened three days a week and don't get there 5 minutes before they close, because there wont be much cake left!


Sweet Dreams: Lehmweg 41 Hamburg.
Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-4pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm


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Not far away from Sweet Dreams, you will find British Shopping. Miss A and I went into the shop and stopped at each shelf. It was a bit like this....

*see a Flake bar* Ahhhh FLAKE!!!
*sport PEARS soap on a shelf* AHHHH Pears soap!!!
*see custard mix in the corner* CUSTARD!!! (Custard in Germany is called Vanilla Pudding and I don't think they eat it warm)

The prices are more expensive than at home, but if you are desperate for Cadbury, powdered custard mix, English soap, English tea cups, pies, sliced white bread, salt and vinegar chips or baked beans you can find it here.


British Shopping: Hegestrasse 30, Hamburg
Monday – Friday 10am-7pm. Saturday 10am-4pm


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Bikes in Germany....


Bier Bike. I'm not sure if you can see it, but there is a bar in the middle, complete with bar chick.


When your bedroom isn't big enough for your stuff, store it on your bike.

Weather, Skirt, Finance, Dinner, Backgammon

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It's getting warmer here!!!


German girls are pretty tough. Yesterday, I saw quite a few wearing dresses/skirts WITHOUT stockings! The outdoor part of the icecream cafe was full today. The icecream cafes are sooo cool! In Australia, we have icecream shops. There you can buy an icecream cone and a drink. However, in Germany, you can actually sit down on a chair and eat a bog bowl of icecream, a sunday, some pancakes, drink a hot drink, a milkshake or some alcohol. However, a sunday can cost 7 or 8 Euros...

Anyway, I went to the shops to find myself a skirt because I am sick of wearing trousers. It is sooo hard to find my size here!

I like this skirt, but I don't think my shoes and stockings look good with it....


My finance lecturer always says 'subStract' instead of 'subtract' and it annoys me.
Everyone also says 'salvation' instead of 'salvage' (as in salvage value of an asset)...can salvation be used in this context?


Yesterday there was an International Dinner at uni. You had to cook/make something from your country for people to try. I made fairy bread :wink: There was sushi, crepes, Pierogi!!! Pierogi are pretty easy to make!


On Monday I went to the bar around the corner with Miss D. The bar is really cool, as there are games there for everyone to play. We played Backgammon :smile: Deni has been playing Backgammon for 15 years and is really really good, so I learnt some tricks;)

Onions, they're more interesting than you think! :D


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Building a house

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Wednesday:
Miss Kimbers received news that her favourite German would visit on Wednesday evening. Therefore, she baked Nussecke :smile: (biscuits made of dough with a hazelnut/sugar mix on top). Her apartment smelt like biscuits :wink:

NUSSECKE
TEIG
  • 300g Mehl
  • 1 Teeloeffel Backpulver
  • 130g Zucker
  • 1Packung Vanillie Zucker
  • 2 Eier
  • 130g Butter



BELAG:

  • 1 Glas Aprikosen Marmelade
  • 200g Butter
  • 4 EL Wasser
  • 200g Zucker
  • 1P Vanillie Zucker
  • 400g gemahlene Hazelnuesse



1. Aus mit Backpulver vermischen, Mehl, Zucker, V Zucker, Eier und Butter murbteig zubereiten.
2. Ausrollen und auf ein mit Packpapier belegtes Backblech geben.
3. Mit Aprikossen Marmelade bestreichen.
4. Butter, Wasser , Zuckeer und Vanillie Zucker in einem Topf langsam erwarmen und die gemahlene Hazelnuesse unterruehen.
5. Die etwas abgekuehlte Masse auf der Aprikossen marmelade verteilen.
6. Bei 180 Grad, 20-30 Minuten Backen. Den erkalten Kuchen in kleine Quadrate schneiden und mit einem schragenschnitt teilen. Die 3 Ecken in Schokoglasur tauchen.



Thursday:
Miss Kimbers and her favourite German finished the Nussecke by dipping the corners into melted chocolate. They then looked for a cool place, where they could store the biscuits, so that the chocolate wouldn't melt.


Miss Kimbers cooled the biscuits on the window sill. She thought that only existed in fairy tales!


When you require a tray, but don't have one, simply use a cardboard box! :D


Mr S and Miss Kimbers ate lunch in a cafeteria on the 10th floor of a building

That evening, the two travelled some kms away, to...BUILD A HOUSE!


Friday:
Miss Kimbers installed installation into the walls of the house. Her Favourite German taught her how to use a cordless drill :smile:

Miss Kimbers is unfortunately VERY weak and cannot carry heavy things...Therefore, she does not think she should become a builder anytime soon. However, she thought it was fun.


Saturday:
Mr S and Miss Kimbers travelled back to the apartment of Miss Kimbers. That evening, they went to the cinema and watched Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood. It was a good movie. Then they went to a bar and drank KiBa and Martini. There were free matches in the bar.

*Miss Kimbers takes a box of matches*
Mr S: Why do you need matches?
Miss Kimbers: Because one day, I might decide to buy a candle, and then I'll need matches....



The topic of the walk home: Why do people go out to bars and nightclubs and, being social. (This could be a future blog post topic!)


Sunday:
Mr S and Miss Kimbers ate a hearty German style breakfast...and there was VEGEMITE, Australia's favourite bread spread :wink:

Mmmmmm VEGEMITE :smile:




Normal salt, herb salt...black pepper or mixed pepper? AHH So much CHOICE!

*SMILE*

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My favourite German is also known as 'Mr S'....This story needs some explaining, using Skype history

LAST WEEK: Phone
Miss Kimbers: So, are you going to the party in Mainz....and visiting me...?
Mr S: No, I have to work...and so it' not worth going to the party, then to Mannheim on Saturday and then leaving on Sunday.
Miss Kimbers: That's true *is sad because she was looking forward to having a visitor*

FRIDAY NIGHT: Skype
[2/27/2009 11:05:21 PM] Mr S says: whats your plan for tomorrow?
[2/27/2009 11:06:04 PM] Miss Kimbers says: Jacqueline and I are going to Kaiserslatern because it is free...and we don't know what is there...*insert mysterious music* And what's your plan?
[2/27/2009 11:09:40 PM] Mr S says: I'm not sure.. probably I'm visiting a girl - but it's not sure yet...
[2/27/2009 11:11:48 PM] Miss Kimbers says: Ah cool. Does she live in Duesseldorf?
[2/27/2009 11:12:07 PM] Mr S says: nope.. some km away.
[2/27/2009 11:12:29 PM] Mr S says: I'm not sure if I can manage to visit her.... and she said she might go somewhere else... this might be a problem...
*Miss Kimbers thinks: hmmm I'm a girl who doesn't live in Dueseldorf...and I am going to Kaiserslautern tomorrow....but Mr S said that it was too hard and not worth travelling so far*
[2/27/2009 11:13:52 PM] Miss Kimbers says: Then it could be a problem, yes
[2/27/2009 11:15:20 PM] Mr S says: yep... it could... but if she tells me when she'll be back tomorrow... maybe I'll visit her later. so when are you going tomorrow to kaiserslautern?


SATURDAY MORNING: Skype
*after some conversation...*
[2/28/2009 9:52:18 AM] Mr S says: so how long do you plan to stay in kaiserslautern?
[2/28/2009 9:55:20 AM] Miss Kimbers says: Probably a few hours...we have no idea what we'll do there...later im going to a party. And are you still visiting your friend?
[2/28/2009 10:04:00 AM] Mr S says: yep... i guess so. but she lives so far outside... so it's hard to get a good conection.
[2/28/2009 10:05:29 AM] Miss Kimbers says: Where does she live?
[2/28/2009 10:07:18 AM] Mr S says: near from solingen. I'm still finding the best way to visit the girl. and when do you have to go?
*Miss Kimbers thinks: How hard can it be to go to somewhere near Solingen...? And Mr S isn't visiting me, becuase I don't live near Solingen :frown:*
[2/28/2009 10:48:49 AM] Miss Kimbers says: in 50 minutes or so
[2/28/2009 10:51:01 AM] Mr S says: are you going to the party tonight?
[2/28/2009 10:52:34 AM] Miss Kimbers says: I think I am going
*Miss Kimbers thinks: Why is Mr S so interested in what I am doing...Where I am going, how long it takes, when I will be back, what I will be doing after...?*

*Miss Kimbers is on the train from Kaiserslautern back to Mannheim and receives a message from Mr S*

When will you be back in Mannheim? I have to talk to you



*Miss Kimbers thinks that is a weird message...she has a phone...so it can't be THAT urgent....Miss Kimbers replies*

In about 40 minutes, I'll be at the main station...do you need to ring me at home? Then I can go straight there



*Miss Kimbers receives no reply....and thinks that is weird...*

*The train stops in Mannheim and Miss Kimbers thinks she sees a guy who looks like Mr S out the train window, waiting on the platform, right outside her carriage!...Why would Mr S be there though...he said it wasn't worth travelling all that way for such a short time...and was going to visit a girl in some weird village near Solingen. She thinks: Nope, it isn't Mr S*

*Miss Kimbers walks out of the train....
....and gets a hug....
....from....
....MR S!!!*


HOW SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
:love:
*smile*


Miss Kimbers received a pretty rose at the station *smile*....and a packet of icing sugar too!


Miss Kimbers' favourite German cooked brussel sprouts for dinner

Miss Kimbers was happy to show Mr S his two photos hanging in her room :smile: Mr S takes nice photos!

Then the two walked to a WG (Wohngemeinschaft (SPELLING?) err English= Shared house) party of some German people.


On the way to the party, they crossed the Neckar River.


A boat on the Neckar


The people in the WG (English=shared house) like to read magazines in the bathroom!

Miss Kimbers finds it pretty difficult to talk to Germans in social situations where there are many people. However, she is quite proud of her effort at the party. She spoke with quite a few people and mostly in German :smile:

Mr S and Miss Kimbers left the party at 00:30 or something and walked back over the bridge...then they found themselves in the kitchen making KALTER HUND, the yummiest cake in the world! This is why Mr S gave Miss Kimbers a box of icing sugar; he bought all the ingredients for the cake with him!


On Sunday morning, Mr S and Miss Kimbers drank coffee and ate Kalter Hund

Then, they ate some bread with VERY limited toppings (Miss Kimbers doesn't have much food, because she doesn't eat much)...and then some more cake...and then they went for a walk on the river....and then they came back to the flat and ate MORE CAKE :D


Mr S eating some Kalter Hund

As usual, the clocked ticked too fast :frown: and it was time for Mr S to get his Mitfahrgelegenheit. On the way to the station, they ate mushroom and tomato pizza.

Miss Kimbers had such a nice time with Mr S and thinks she is lucky to know such a wonderful person *smile*






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Other news:
Tomorrow 02/03/2009: Miss Kimbers will (hopefully) receive her residence permit for Germany.
Thursday 05/03/2009: Miss Kimbers will travel to Munich for the weekend and wants to visit a concentration camp

Kaiserslautern

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Last day of February, Miss J and I went to Kaiserslautern. Neither of us had any plans, so we decided to go there because it was free with our 'Semesterticket'.

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Some food, a toothbrush, some tickets and some clothes on a rack.

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Two new friends and I went to a government office thing and ate a meal for 1.50 Euro! Soup +semolina dessert/jelly+ salad + choice of meat with dumplings or vegetable bake = VERY good price! First you have to buy a 'ticket' from the special ticket vending machine.


Living the high life; a new toothbrush! I thought ahead and packed one when I left Australia...didn't need to buy one here. Clever, huh?


Each week the wonderful, exciting event of 'DRYING THE CLOTHES' takes place.

It can't be a blog post without food! I like food :smile:


This is a cake form a Turkish shop. It tastes really good. I guess I need to taste the other flavours :wink:


This is the tapas from last night. My housemate, her boyfriend and her sister, two friends of her sister and I went to eat tapas. It was tasty :smile:



Tonight I was at a Couch Surfing meeting in Heidelberg, in a small chocolate cafe, Chocolaterie YilliY. However, I drank tea instead of hot chocolate, because they have no soy milk! :worried:

But now, I'm pretty sure it's time for me to go to bbbbbeeeeeeddddddddd. I like my bed here. It's big :smile: