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22 mars 2009

NZ-2009-Coromandel

NZ-2009-Coromandel
Woke up early, not to miss the low tide. Just time to eat our last poor 3 toasts, talk 5min with a french turist and admire the morning and the view from the hostel terasse. Here we are, on the way to "Hot water beach". You first arrive at a large beach...
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19 février 2008

Take off at....

Take off at....
Keystone !! Saturday 16th of February, 7am : 3 stops (Hamburg-Frankfurt-Denver), 23 hours, 2.829m later and 20 degree less, I was finall y arrived in Keystone, Colorado for 1 "working" week. 2 of my colleagues and I are here to presente, as good as we...
11 août 2007

What else ?

What else ?
When I'm not having deep_depressive_ conversation with myself about growig up, leaving abroad and my job, I'm perfectly fine ! ;) Wednesday was a risky day : Hair dresser in Germany !! That's risk ! I had to say at least 5 times : "NO, don't want any...
20 janvier 2008

Or the difficulty of living with a girl

Or the difficulty of living with a girl
For those which are lost, last October, my "sweet flatmate Benni" left and A-Girl took his room ! So no we are 3 : Philippe who is now working much more than drinking (god, shit happened ) Orianne who is only going in and out and make a bit less party...
8 mars 2009

NZ-2009-Rotorua

NZ-2009-Rotorua
It is the rain who woke us up this time, but it made the landscape so green that we weren't annoyed...well yes we were a bit annoyed, but not that much. Stop at the gaz station, which is also a "snack bar" and a post office On the way to Rotorua ! In...
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16 mai 2008

Raps & Country-side

Raps & Country-side
If there is something I really like in north Europe, it's the season changes, more exactly Spring Time . In South of France, we don't have real winter, and few rain, which makes the greens...not that green, and we don't really see the blossom and the...
13 août 2007

HanseSail 2007

HanseSail 2007
From Thrusday to Sunday onwards was THE big show in Rostock : Hanse Sail . Understand the show of the boars, as Rostock was a big harbor a the cross of Germany and Scandinavia regarding to the Baltic Sea. Of course the weather was mainly crap, but still....
25 avril 2008

Test for the week-end

Test for the week-end
Juste before going on weekend, I proposed this small quizz for you. The winner wins....my respect :) To meet me this week-end, you'll have to go (clic on pictures, many answer possibles) : 1. Here to see this 2. Here 3. Or here 4. Or just underneath my...
12 mai 2008

Bath sun in my room

Bath sun in my room
So it's shinny, warm, it's just great and I can, finally, work quietly in my room, enjoying the long afternoons until the sun goes down and make my room sparkling.... In case you'd doubt about it, YES, I am a girly girl with a girly room !! Ok, no problem...
13 mai 2008

What's the black underneath your eyes, M'me ?

What's the black underneath your eyes,  M'me ?
And now don't ask me why I look tired : But nevertheless, there's one (and ONE in particular) whom is ot concerned about that. Although he's also doing a PhD, his rythme is the same one than a 3 years old chil : " Why do you set your alarm clock at 6:30...
25 mai 2008

Hamburg museum

Hamburg museum
To finally answer the 3 weeks old quizz : The good answer(s) were all but the first. Saturday 26th of April, 3pm, I was on my way to Hamburg. I had appointment with some couchsurfers, mainly french speakers (from Quebecand France) to go to the "long night...
5 juin 2008

Obviously, Yes He can

Obviously, Yes He can
At teh entrance of my street (well for me it'S more the end), since couple of weeks, or months it's there, long before they started building in front of it : If you clic on the pictures you will find out what awesome movie I have seen yesterday, as well...
5 octobre 2010

1st concert in Lille

1st concert in Lille
Unfortunatly our first concert in Lille, at the Zenith (the big event place), was not a french group, but an american and worldwide one from the 90's: the Guns N' Roses I was not very convinced at first, but Cheri convinced me "we can not not going when...
12 mars 2008

March and its 1st times

March and its 1st times
I have just received a mail : " No news since end of february, can we considere that you are alright ?!? " Ok, mea culpa.Her are the nes regarding last week-end (knowing that nowadays my WE are 24h !) Friday evening : 1rst german movie in the cinema/kino/theater*...
7 janvier 2008

When the fiction get close to reality

When the fiction get close to reality
Yes, but me, in real I did some proper work hé ! Ok this past week might not be a good example : - Monday 31st : Breakfast outside-"Girly preparation special Silvester"-Lunch- Concert- Fireworks-Party - Tuesday 1st : Cocooning :) - Wednesday 2nd : Labwork...
22 octobre 2010

Green is not the new black, in Lille

Green is not the new black, in Lille
Lille, is nice, but Lille is not green ! And that's not so nice. I know, you can't have it all, but I have to admit that I miss parcs to go for jogging and the proximity with the country-side (that we had in Rostock). Spetember and early October were...
15 novembre 2010

Old Hospice

Old Hospice
In the street, beside our flat, there is an old hospice which is renewed into a 5 stars hotel, a restaurant, an estaminet* and a bar. The prices at the estaminet are correct, although the food is not so delicious, but it is not the same for the hotel...
30 novembre 2010

Christmas market

Christmas market
Since Wednesday 24, the Christmas market of Lille is open. Luckely, winter arrived at the same time with only a few degrees above 0. That's very important that the weather is cold, it brings the winter mood for the Xmas market. Before I go on, I have...
9 décembre 2010

Nikolaus

Nikolaus
There is a big tradition in Germany and in north and east Europe, as well than in the France part of France called Alsace: Sinterklaas !! Or Saint-Nicolas in french, or Nikolaus in German. The other tradition is to prepare small christmas biscuits called...
13 décembre 2010

To keep warm

To keep warm
Because there is not only Gluhwein in December, we had 2 week-ends in November to do our reserves of: 1- Beers ! I have been living in 2 countries where Beer was the king drink, Denmark and Germany, the kind of country where each town has its own beer....
13 janvier 2011

Happy 2011

Happy 2011
Finally I come here to wish you an Happy 2011. After 4th Christmas holidays in Germany I have finally spent Xmas holidays at home...well, "holidays" that's not really true: I had a deadline for a post-doc project proposal for the 31st of December. For...
27 janvier 2011

Nice exposition

Nice exposition
Until last week there was the exposition "Silk road" at the Tri postal. The tri postal is an old building used to separate the mail that has been rearranged into an art galery/museum. It is completly downtown, between the 2 train stations, 5 min walk...
31 janvier 2011

Go Lille Go !

Go Lille Go !
One of our resolutions for 2011 was to go to a Basketball game of the team of Lille: Lille Metropole Basket Club that plays in 2nd league. We had few excuses not to do it, on one hand because my boyfriend is a fan of Basket-ball and has a subsription...
30 juillet 2008

days I gonna miss

days I gonna miss
It's warm....warmer and warmer ! Furthermore when you work at 5 people in 6m² in the basement Days are passing by with sun bath and goose-bump in a 19°c sea water, load of BBQ and quiet a few beers, to prevent deshydratation. Some good evening, Girls-movie...
19 février 2008

Monday in the sun

Monday in the sun
Seems like the weather is on our side for the whole week. After a far too short night (thx jetlag) and a short talk session (less than 3hours), colleague #2 and I came in "downtown" Keystone. Not on the mood for ski, we decided to go for shopping and...
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