Crashed

Has it really already been two weeks since my last post? Crazy, how work and Jens can keep me busy. Jens has been sick at home ever since we returned from Florida. He caught a cold on the place getting back, and that bloody cold just won't go away. So he will do a big check-up this Tuesday and we will see if there is something else, since it is quite unusual to be off with a cold for 2 1/2 weeks. Plus he really feels ill and coughs a lot! He even did not come along with me and the cats to the vet today - where Kitti and Dolly got their yearly shots. But let's go back to yesterday - Crashed - yes - that's what happened yesterday - another car crashed into our little blue C3... I was parked in front of the post office and had opened my door just a little - an old lady was passing with her bike - when I got ready to get out of the car - another car literally opened my door - and dented it. Really crazy. The road with our local post office is very tiny - so the guy that damaged my door was backing into a parking space on the other side of the road - however he used such a bad angle that his front bumper actually got stuck in the driver's door. UGH! Had to wait for the police for like an hour - and they thought it was both our fault - I should not have opened the door when traffic did not allow it - however my door was already open - so the passing traffic should have noticed it... Well I called a lawyer to take my case, because at this point I think they have to put in a new door. It still closed - but it makes a funny noise now - I shall take a picture tomorrow and post this - it doesn't look all that bad - we'll see. We want to see the new Bond movie - but with Jens under the weather this might take a while before we get there. Maybe we will watch it in England - we will visit our friends D&D for a long weekend in December - but we have a tight schedule... We'll see. Smiles from very unseasonably warm Berlin ( 17°C or 64°F on a 25th of November 2006 ) T

Bye bye Florida

Amazing how fast two weeks can pass when you are on vacation.
We had a fantastic time here. I was able to relax and calm down quite a bit. Jens was not as able to do so due to at least four or five migrane attacks in the past couple of weeks.
We of course have luggage issues.
Due to fact that now you are only allowed to have 23 kilos per suitcase we are a bit limited in what we can schlepp over to Berlin.
Our friends S&C gave us one of their suitcases and we have a duffel bag - so we are looking at roughly 4 times 22 kilos.
Our little C3 should be able to get us home tomorrow.
:-)
Pictures and all shall be posted once we receive the pictures back in the mail.

T

Vacation - Our Night with Barbra

So Monday night we had our night out with Barbra and Il Divo. The concert was a blast. It was really wonderful to hear all the songs from days gone by and see a very entertaining Barbra Streisand. Mind you we were also chosen as the audience for her Showtime Presentation later this year and for a DVD that will come out soon. Due to the fact that the event was taped something very funny happened right before the show. When we looked around at 730 pm there were maybe 200 or 300 empty seats down in front of the stage and on the sides - and all of a sudden there were tons of people lining up filling up the seats... So that were would not be a single empty seat being seen on TV... We thought this to be very funny. We sat in the last row of the stadium but still had an excellent view - there were two large screen where the event was telecast, so really there was no need to pay $1,000 per ticket - we paid about 100 Euro to hear Barbra - and it was damn worth it! Well off we go - we need to catch some sun, it is snowing back in Berlin - ugh the mere thought of wet winter weather makes me want to win the lotto so much more. :) T