I was a bit busy the last few months….
Busy with getting used to Germany again. To Family, friends, language and culture (and don’t forget the weather 😉 ).
Busy with getting organisied to move to Karlsruhe for uni. Search a room, move all my stuff etc…
And now as I (finally) started uni I’m even too busy to clean up my room. (ok…as If I would do it if I had the time… but thats not the point *g*).
To tell a bit about the last….almost three month. Damn, time flies….
Ariving back in Germany
As I said I flew off from Singapore on the 11th or 12th (of September) with a short stop in Dubai back to Frankfurt/ Germany.
The feelings you have if you’re coming back home after a 8 months period are weird. On my flight to Melbourne in January I enjoyed the flight so much. Watching movies, drinking beer and wine 8-), playing games or just listen to arabic music (sounds very funny for germans 😀 ) on the Emirates radio. That was basically the last “normal” step before arriving in Australia. Still Germans on the plane, a neutral culture (I think the circumstances in planes are the same all over the world 🙂 ). So of course I was kind of nervious but still soooo excited.
It was different on the flight back. I was bored from the movies, annoyed that I had nobody to talk to (right now I dont even remember who I was sitting next to… or IF I was even sitting next to somebody) and incredible sad that I had to leave Australia/Singapore and “close” such an awesome time that, after my impression, changed me so much.
Back to topic…. the flight was pretty boring. (Maybe it’s the beer that I can’t remember anything from it….:P )
I had just a few hours stopover in Dubai.
The airport in Dubai is just classic. Its just like a long “street” about 1-2 km. On the left and right you find the gates and between that you have sleeping people. Everywhere sleeping people. Most of them look arabic or indian.
Emirates fleet 🙂
Take of from “Tatoin” (Episode I 😉 )
^^ Don’t cross the border!
Landing in Frankfurt….
The street with the curves is not the runway but the A5 (Autobahn 5). Its fun when you’re driving there at night. You see at least 15 planes above you with a few km gap between each other. Good atraction if you’re bored from driving 😉
Entering the European Union… woooooooh ^^
The first german person I met back on german “ground” was a “nice” lady from customs (or something else) that wanted all the people form my plane to show her their passport for whatever reason. (As if they dont have one….). What was long befor we entered the EU and actually had to show our passports. She was standing right in front of the gateway and annoyed all the people coming out of the plane after an 8 hours flight….
It sounded like: “He you! Stop! Sho mi yur passport. Stop!! Yu have tu sho me yur passport!”, and I would have gone directly back on the plane… 🙂
Anyway…
With my plane ticket I had a train ticket for one day in whole Germany included (ICE of course 😉 ) so I didnt expect anyone to pick me up at the airport. But when I left the baggage claim area I saw my Dad. He left work early, took a train to Frankfurt 2-3 hours) and was waiting since half an hour or even more for me in front of the baggage claim (my plane decided to park on the complete other side of the airport….and the airport is big!).
I was complete speachless when I saw him. It’s not that I havent had contact with him over the last month or havent seen him (thanks to skype) but still…
We hugged each other and both almost cried – one of the most beatiful moments in my life so far…..
Me speachless and happy
We had 3 really cool hours in the train back to Nuremberg.
From there he drove back to work and I took a train to Erlangen where my mum and brother were waiting for me. They didnt know anything about the surprise either.
My Mum was crying when she saw me. And I was just happy. Happy that it’s so cool to come back and to see how much some poeple are caring about you.
Mum and Flo (my little big brother 😉 – why “little big”? See the next picture 😉 )
“Wroamm Wroamm”
On the “right” side of the street again 🙂
Back home everybody was already informed about my arrival. Some of the neighbours didnt even notice that I was away 😉
My parents bought an australian flag that is now hanging in my room 🙂
When I saw our cat I was like: “Heeeey Sheela!” and she looked at me for probably a nanosecond and just passed me with a small “miau – I’m hungry!”
slope… 🙂
Chocolate (in my Essendon stubby holder) and cake 😀
I joined the Australian Navy…. 😀
Souvenirs from Singapore
Matt in Carmo-outfit on our TV (showing pictures 😀 )
😀
Then I got totally flashed.
A few friends surprised me coming over with a crate of good bavarian beer, Bretzels and…. white sausages of course 😀
It was so nice just sitting around, talking, drinking, eating 😀
Unfortunately everybody had school or work the next day and nobody was able to stay for long but I was just happy to see them all.
Paddy, Aegi and Bine
Shame about me…. I tried to fill a glass and failed completely. (You’re not supposed to have THAT much froth 😀 )
But at least I’m not the only one 😉 – Aegi
Steffi and Matze
My Dad made his word’s best tuna pizza. Hm…. I would die for it 😀 or come back from Australia or something… 😉
In the end it was a long and awesome day. All the flying, arriving, get surprised, sitting in the train, coming home, telling storries, get surprised again, eating, talking, having fun…..an awesome day!
Back home
Just a few pictures 🙂
Good german food 😉
And good german people
“Wroam Wroam” 🙂 An awesome toy!
Our neighbour is always spying us
Sheeila
The “Say Goodbye”-note from January 07
On a vineyard collecting grapes (near my hometown)
It’s hard work…but its fun!
Karlsruhe
I drove to Karlsruhe to look for a new plave to stay. At the start of the uni term its really hard to find a place because everybody is looking for something.
Of course not everything went well.
I forgot my wallet at home. 300 km away. And all I had left was a car with a quarter tank of fuel and this:
😀
But luckily Karlsruhe is a cheap city.
I could have bought AT LEAST 2 pair of socks 🙂
Luckily my dad managed to convince a collegue of his in Karlsruhe to lend me money. 😉 Lucky me….
The castle
The pedestrian zone
New tram
Old tram
Dangerous tram (you should NOT walk in front of this one)
Against the “Big-brother-politics”
The park behind the castle
On the autobahn
^^ “Elite” – Audimax at Uni
Forest Gump
I love this spray-art
I visited Stefan in Stuttgart for one day and spent a night at his place (remember…. no money ^^). He’s working for Porsche in Stuttgart and lives in a “student-house”
Another awesome toy 😀
Chri
I like this picture… – my new room in Karlsruhe.
I’m not sure if he’s thinking or crying 🙂 – at the campus
Our cat catching my mouse ^^
Chri and his Mum cutting cake with Thessa’s student card.
Traffic jam on the way to Karlsruhe (again! 😀 )
Thessa and Chri’s mum
Packed car
I needed to annoy SOMEONE – sorry chri 😀
I took at least 10 pictures in a row and that’s the only one where both of them (almost) open their eyes 😀
So far so good 😀
More is coming soon-ish
Ben
It’s only been a week,
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
Prevailing to recall
What I was missing, all that time… (Röyskopp – Remind me)
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