With only a couple of days left until the World Cup, we checked out the riverside. The Main Arena as they call it consists of a huge screen in the middle of the river and a tribune holding tousands of people. The Sachsenhausen side mainly constsist of a VIP tent and some spare space for mortal people.
Visited all three galleries of the Museum der Weltkulturen - for free!!!! They have this amazing concept of welcoming people from all around the world from partner-cities. And Budapest happens to be one of these cities. So no charge. Great exhibitions, a quick visit to Starbucks and a longer visit to Wagners (Hmmmm - Schweinshaxe!!!)
MELT!
I wish I had seen this before I bought my Nikon DSLR earlier this year. I would have still bought it, but I could have shown off my extensive knowledge in this area ...
This collection reminds me that the weirdest thing I have seen on the internet since its existence is not related to porn but someting I would never do - wash a cat. For the ones against animal torture (I count myself also into this group) - it is worth checking out the other sets, it seems that Milk has a nice life after all...
The mastermind behind the Mike is in Brazil blog and other weird things in- and outside the office has left the building (*sniff). We will miss you Peter!
ps: It's Helens Birthday today - I hope you are having fun in London!
I am happy to report that efforts have quadrupled to bring the remaining days of my Indian trip to life on the blog. In the coming days you should see new pages miraculously appearing further down in chronological order. In the meantime read this Wikipedia entry that will change your view on horse breeding forever. Focus on the number 55,000 and the words Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis.
Rodrigo invited for a spontaneous birthday party to his castle on Schloss-Strasse. This time the police did not show up as expected - a great party with some Italian karaoke in between... See you all next Saturday at the bikini car wash!
I REALIZE OF THE SHORT NOTICE, THOUGH I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU IF YOU MISS IT!
(Thank you Leire for the photos!!!)
Peter Huber invited 300 Ninjas and some party people to the Orientierbar. Atlas got rid of the the ninjas and the pictures so I am afraid you can only enjoy the pics of some happy party people. Great idea, Mr. Huber!
Check out the pictures here!
one pointing to an architectural blog (guess who sent it to me ...): BLDG BLOG
and one pointing to a really cool blog about - hmmm. you have to check it out to figure out the content. It is worth it though (geeky smile). Here it is
the source was a SPAM email, so please do not complain if these happen to be not 100% true :-)
Coca-Cola was originally green.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard .
Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath .
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
People say Bless you when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Question: What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common ?
Answer: All invented by women.
Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?
Answer: Honey
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A snail can sleep for three years.
All polar bears are left handed .
Butterflies taste with their feet .
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated .
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
Shakespeare invented the word assassination and bump.
Stewardesses is the longest wo! rd typed with only the left hand .
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated .
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
