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Berlin / Spreewald

It was time to visit Berlin again. So we took a plane and made our way. 

Martin found his lookalike

 

One main reason for visiting

Also two main reasons for visiting (Nana ignoring me taking a photo of her)

we hung out at playgrounds 

 

 

had ice cream

and pastrami sandwiches

We also took a trip to a region called “Spreewald”. This was one stop before our destination.

That’s the place to be.

Well, lots of old folks chillin’.

We decided to take a boat tour . 

Through the spree forest and its rivers

some houses can only be reached by boat

Snaakes! (blindworms)

 

 

it was really serene

 

the fire department 

no sport

 

have you ever heard of the famous “Spreewaldgurken”? You better! Cause they have lots of different gherkins! 

Quarkkeulchen taste pretty good too!

We took a walk to a more busy area

gherkins!

gherkins!

flying gherkins!

martin posed next to another lookalike

i posed in front of a tiny door

they even have a museum dedicated to gherkins!

look at that barrel! imagine it, being filled with gherkins, back in the days.

all in all, it was pretty nice

we even brought back some gherkins! 

before we headed back to berlin

to hang a  bit more with the cutie

and them cuties

and to eat a bit more food

food didn’t last long

so we got more

 

martin didn’t want to leave without having hackepeter and bulletten as a side. don’t even ask.

 

 

Foreign Affairs / Luxembourg

I’ve been lazy with this blog recently. Anyways: sundays offer time to go through photos and upload them here. Some weeks ago, Flo, Klaus and me went to Luxembourg to take part in the premiere of our friends documentary called “Foreign Affairs”where he follows the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn on his travels.

The landscape

The tiny horse

The location started to fill up pretty quickly. Notice the police guys on the left?

They were here to look after these guys, also known as politicians.

Full house at the screening. (Photo by Sven Becker)

Q&A Time with Jean Asselborn (minister of foreign affairs in Luxembourg), Pasha Rafiy (director) and Jean-Louis Schuller (producer).

Shake Hands with the president-time. (Photo by Laurent Blum)

You are curious about the movie? Here is a litte trailer of it:

 

There was also an exhibition of photos from the shoot. Mingle time!

Party time!

 

Next day: Hangover Time

So we hung out in Luxembourg

Looking at fruits

LOL

We also found Pashas Book! Fame!

Last but not least: we had great homemade food by Pashas mom.

Wiener Restaurantwoche / Bristol Lounge

My friend U. and me decided to dine out again and check out the Bristol Lounge on the occasion of the Wiener Restaurantwoche, which means you can eat a 3 course menu for a price you normally would get the entree for (kind of).

The place itself was beautiful and the food divine, so if you have the chance, go there (you can do so until Sunday) – highly recommended!

London / Weekend

I just came back from a short and sweet trip to London.

I tooke some pictures and thought i upload them instanly (otherwise it takes me 5 months to do that.)

Protein!

Vice UK

Nopi

Had to.

Dalston Ice Tea

Cowsmopolitan and Damien Hirst

The Old Blue Last

Hangover Breakfast (veg. Fish & Chips)

This is a tea store. I instantly fell in love with it.

Those socks were the softest socks i’ve ever seen. Unfortunately not my size.

Scotch egg! A perfect snack!

Yo raW!

They had hot jellied eels. Anybody tried that before?

Meringue girls

 

The ladies and Ian. (London / Paris / Greece / Italy / Austria / Netherlands /Romania / Ireland)

Links:

Tiosk 

Nopi

The Dove

Tramshed

Meringue Girls

The Old Blue Last 

Restaurantwoche Wien / Restaurantweek Vienna

Ever since i moved to Vienna more than 10 years ago, i loved going to restaurants and check out different food with friends and family. Still even after all those years i am not nearly close to have seen them all.

Two days ago, my friend U. invited me to join her for dinner at Die Küche at Palais Hansen Kempinski to sample a three course menu. The reason for that was the fact that an event called “Restaurantwoche”  (Restaurantweek) will take place in Vienna  from September 14 – September 20 again which means you can dine in high class restaurants for a fixed price. So far i can totally recommend you try the restaurant we sampled (or any other as you would pay way more under normal circumstances)  – everything was delicious and the service top notch!

Joseph Bread with homemade spread, butter and cheese to warm up.

U. had falafel with pak choy and lychee. I had a bite and it was divine.

The main course was served in really cute pots. U. had sage gnocci with lemon and butter.

While i opted for chanterelle again (season is short!). This time hidden in a parmesan risotto with tomatoes.

For dessert, we ordered this little treat made of almonds, filled with nougat and topped with fruits.

As well as a pear-tart with chocolate.

Last, but definitely not least, we got a little sweet treat.

Mexico / Isla Mujeres / Tulum

It’s been a while since our Mexico trip. You might find some pictures familiar – that’s cause we went to places, where we’ve been before. No sightseeing, just relaxing this time.

Landed in Cancun and strolled around while waiting for our ferry

The place where we stayed in Isla Mujeres looks pretty normal from the outside. Once you enter the door, you beg to differ..

Our room was pretty perfect too

The cat of the house was called Bruno. He looked like a Jaguar.

On a good day, you could see Cancun on the horizon.

The best way to explore the island is by golf cart.

Can you spot the iguanas?

 

After a few days in Isla Mujeres, we have planned to visit Tulum again. It’s such a nice place to hang out, eat good food and unwind and it’s easy to reach by bus. Tulum is also known for its pristine crystal clear Caribbean beaches. Unfortunately, nature does not always act the way you want it to and so we were greeted by a lot of sargassum seaweed.

Like, quite a bit.

so we had to opt for a pool at some point

And the food delicious as can be (ZAMAS HUEVOS RANCHEROS!)

After some days, the beach like we knew it came back!

And the food was still good.

as well as the mescal

Martin got a donkey

but traded it for a drink

A visit to Tulum town

the food was still spicy

Separated at birth

more food!

more fire!

i would like to own a bungalow

Martin doing the Leonardo di Caprio walk

Me doing the posing with my new coqui coqui bag

And suddenly it was time to leave. (If you look close enough, you can see Venus right next to the moon)

Back to Cancun

Back to real life

Casa de los Sueños

Coco Tulum

Zamas Tulum

Hartwood 

Restaurare (Vegan food)

Coqui Coqui

Gitano (Mescal Drinks)

Passport Nostalgia

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
Anita Desai

I had to renew my passport recently. Flipping through the pages of my old one, remembering all the travels i’ve been to. Onto the next passport with lots and lots of stamps to come!

Morocco

We went to Morocco for a week to celebrate Nana and Michis birthday.

Let me show you a bit of our riad we rented.

The inner courtyard with breakfast table and little pool. I could get used to that.

My room.

Part of my bathroom.

View over the medina.

Tajine with Couscous.

Donkey outside the medina.

Flo looking for music.

I needed a minute to figure out what this was.

Alva and Krisp being tired from all the hustle and bustle.

Mint tea and Sweets (i could have left out the sweets as the tea was pretty sugary) But hey: YOLO

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So that is the Apple Store in Marrakech. O – K.

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Hammam was nice – i chose the female version though.

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Can you find the stork?

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Pickled food heaven.

White chair / White cat.

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love

Dyeworks

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One day, we went on a trip to the little Atlas mountains.

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This was before we were climbing our way up. We were still smiling at that point.

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Waterfall!

Nana and Alva looking at things.

Flo found a mountain cat friend.

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You see the snow at the back? That’s the big Atlas.

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Djemaa El Fna at Night.

Jardin Majorelle

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Yves Saint Laurents villa.

Yves Saint Laurent painted a Card for each year to send to his friends.

1977

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We visited Essaouira for a day.

 

Hi there!

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Cat in front of door.

Legit looking dude on wall.

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Nana and Alva

❤

Breaking the waves

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Krisp on a canon with pink backpack.

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Me trying to strike a pose. Wind ruining my hair.

Group Shot

Alva was pretty thrilled to be at the beach.

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Last day before our ways parted. Off to Vienna and Berlin it was.

Kuala Lumpur / Dusun Paradise again

It’s been a while since we have been on holiday and this will be the last post of this journey.
After being on an island for a few days, we headed back to the city of Kuala Lumpur for one night and half a day before we headed to another paradise. But more on that later.

Plunging into Chinatown

This was a place called Anjappar 47. I had Salty Lemonade, Cauliflower “Gobi 65” (this is the red thing), Fresh Garlic cooked with tamarind paste and special masala deep fried poondu kuzhanshu. If you are around that area: try it!

The Petrona Towers in the back – i never made it up there.

We checked out Chow Kit market

fishy fishy

sugar canes next to car

some crazy beans

some of these fish were still moving

 

After all this city feel, we went to a place called The Dusun only 1 hour away from Kuala Lumpur but so much more different cause it is basically located in the jungle.

This was our little house. Gorgeous, isn’t it?

 

First things first. You gotta prepare food!

On this trip i discovered a new kind of bean called wingbean. Love it!

Nasi Lemak for breakfast at the Dusun.

That’s one happy camper.

Chillin on the lounge next to the jungle. Could be worse.

My suitable reading.

I tried to capture the view several times. It doesn’t really work.

Fruits! Indluding: papaya, banana, mango, dragonfruit, hijama, langsat and jackfruit.

Maja checking in if everything is ok

 

Insects are bigger in the jungle as well. I tried to save that one from drowning but unfortunately, i was too late.

This was dinner: Minang Bakan Set including Rice, Omelett, Curry with Baby Melanzani, Kerabu Salad and Vegetables

There is Deer living at the Dusun as well.

Martin decided to do some jungle trekking (while i stayed at the pool)

Martin and his guide who led him through the jungle all safe and sound.

This is Hansi. The owners cute little boy.

 

Wakey Wakey! Time to leave paradise..

 

Saying Bye to Cee who is lucky enough to live here.

 

After that it was back to the Sci-Fi city for 2 more days.

Martin getting his Durian Mochi fix.

 

On the last day, we went a little shopping crazy.

black charcoal steamed bread is actually black!

Fortunately, there was a pool at the place we stayed to dip our head into between all this shopping craze.

Asian Shopping Malls are crazy. This one had a roller coaster inside.

Also, a pretty big capsule vending machine. 

All this shopping made us hungry. So we visited old china cafe.

I had some crazy tofu skin filled with vegetables and blue rice. I loved the rice – the tofu skin was a little weird. 

After all this it was time to go back to Europe again. Even though Martin and me thought about staying, we made it to the airport.

 

Links:

The Dusun

The Crib KL

Hotel 1915 KL

Old China Cafe

Simple Life Vegetarian Restaurant

Anjappar 47 Indian Restaurant