Just Another Kellogg's Crunchy Nut

This will be me when I'm in a nursing home. I have a new obsession, Kellogg's Crunchy Nut with yoghurt. Oh my God, soo good. I can't go a morning without it and if I have to because I'm running late I just have it later on when I get home. Two hand fulls of cereal with two tablespoons of plain yoghurt. You should all try it sometime. I for one, always laughed at those 'silly' ads with the 'nuts' but now, I understand. After all, they are irresistibly tasty.

10 Stories Up

Although in these pictures it looks quite ordinary, it is pretty spooky 10 sets of stairs up this apartment. Sadly my camera just doesn't capture it. I also was hoping there wouldn't be any clothes up there but anyway. You know when you walk into a room or a place and it just gives you that haunted feeling, or that someone is watching you? This room has that feel. Since the first time I went up here I was freaked out. I even asked Steffen if this is where the Jews hid but he said no. I'm not convinced. There is an eery feel up in this room that has seen it's way through two World Wars. The stairs, as you can see, are just an OHS disaster. Much like the ones going up to the year six classrooms at St Joey's on the oval side... Carrying a basket full of wet clothes up these tiny curvy stairs is no fun and going down isn't much better. As soon as I get eye level with the floor I always have to do a quick scan of the room, including behind me, it's the perfect position for murder from the behind. So for these reasons I avoid going up as much as possible and also because the key is a joke. Sorry but I was not born around the time these keys were in fashion therefore I have a lot of difficulty. And that's the attic for you.

Dippemess

It's April and that means it's show time! On Sunday afternoon Steffen and I went via scoot in the cold to the same place we go ice skating but in the car park was a huge show. The whole time I was like 'oh we have that at the Kempsey one' and so on. We had a crepe that was just dripping with nutella, soo good. However we didn't go on any of the rides because one) they were expensive and two) we just couldn't bring ourselves to waste the money. Though we did spend a grand 3€ on one of those ticket things where you can win a huge stuffed toy. We won a tiny lego car. There was much more going on than in the Kempsey show and there wasn't that rural feel to it. As in, the was no coloured chickens, horses, cows, mud pathways, halls with knitted objects and giant pumpkins and no oval in the middle with dirt bikes. But then again that's all part of Kempsey's charm I suppose.

Grill Time!

Do we have these in Australia? It's a 3€ use-once-grill. Steffen and I just brought one randomly after having brunch with our friends Meli and Alex the other day. We brought it to the park and as soon as we did everything turned cloudy when it had been sunny all day. Though we got a tiny bit of sun it just wasn't the same. Anyway so we had a fun time with this grill that I believe had taken way too long to heat up. We mixed mayo, tomato sauce, some Mexican salsa sauce we put on our taco's and Tzaziki with the sausages and hot dog buns to make a scrumptious lunch. All the while watching parents keep their children out of the fountain. Ha ha to them.

My New Pet

Since being here I've wanted a pet. Something to look after. A Sookie, a Benji or a Molly. I was extremely close to getting a hamster but then everybody told me not to which annoyed me and I never brought a hamster. But now! I have a pet. He looks after himself, feeds himself and so on, though I only see him about once or twice everyday. I have claimed the squirrel that lives in my street. He's awesome, he can even climb up high walls like a ninja! He eats the nuts and seeds from the tree in the back and front yard and plays in the flowers in next doors yard. I claim him to be cooler than all the squirrels I saw in Yosemite National Park in America.

In other news Steffen and I went out to Velvet, a club in Frankfurt, for the Hotel Staff Party on Monday. It's a party for the staff of the numerous hotels in the Frankfurt area. I got in simply because I was Australian. A feature every Australian should abuse when overseas, your nationality can do a lot for you. It was a fun night but my feet were killing me after not having danced heels since graduation. Next time I'm taking my slippers to wear on scoot on the way home. The highlight of the night though was that they had Midori! Not many places here seem to hold it. But I'm so disappointed to see that the photo we had taken came out a bit blurry, damn photographer. Maybe next month and if it's better than this one I'll post it.
Bis Bald

Frohes Ostern!

Happy Easter!!! Last Easter I saw Shamu for the first time! In fact, it was the first time I'd seen a Killer Whale and the first time my family just didn't celebrate Easter. I remember not seeing anything to do with Easter, perhaps it was because of America's recession, I don't know. This definitely opposes Germany though. The Germans go all out for Easter. They even have Easter trees with eggs, some are just plain colours while others can be really fancy. In the shopping centre here are displays of mechanical rabbits and horses and eggs that move with the sound of birds and a little tune. I think it's the feeling of spring that makes Easter something special here, the wildflowers, daffodils which the Germans also call Easter Bells and the real bunnies running around in the city.

Steffen and I celebrated Easter last night (Saturday night) with mum on skype, so we had Easter in Australian time. This was good because Steffen had to leave for work early this morning and won't be back till about 5ish. It was so cute last night though. I was talking to mum, after watching Mary Poppins, then the door bell rang and when I opened it there was Steffen, hands full of flowers, and a Lindt egg and bunny. I then gave him my gifts which were a Lindt egg and a box in the shape of a rabbits head which was full of Toffifee (a German sweet with caramel, toffee and a nut). After we exchanged our gifts we both went straight for the two large Cadburry bunnies which we received from the family back home on Monday. As you can see Steffen's one may have been decapitated and eaten a little earlier.

Nevertheless, I hope you all have a fantastic Easter and don't get too fat. Easter doesn't really work with mine and Steffen's healthy food regime but I'm sure we'll survive ; ) Lots of love and I'll leave you with a video of my darling Steffen trying to catch the Easter Bunny in Frankfurt..

Every Morning - Sugar Ray

I remember how years ago I'd fill my sisters luncbox up with choc chips so when she opened it they went everywhere and turning the shower head upside down so when people turned it on the shower wouldn't work and some other small things. Rebellious, I know, but that was many April Fools Days ago. This April Fools Day is a windy but sunny one with no plans of fooling. The weather here is a bit of a joke in itself anyway. Finally Spring is here and you can actually feel the UV rays on your skin! Best of all is that the snow has disappeared. I never want to see it again, or at least for a long time. Yesterday I went on a short ride on the bike, which I have to give back because Marco's scoot died in an accident, to show you all just how great spring is by using my park as an example.






And the title of the blog is dedicated to kizza and our conversation this morning about driving to hatty with my beach CD. Good times.