Flea market

Karlsruhe

A few weeks ago I had a stand at a flea market together with two other friends. We wanted to sell clothes, shoes, jewelry and books. 

When I had the chance to stroll and browse through the other stands, two things really caught my eye. Ten super nice ice cream bowls - for my imagniary café :D - and the beautiful vase. Of course I prefer to put fresh flowers into the vase but I do not always have the time to get fresh ones and I had some fake flowers left - because a few days ago I did some handicraft - and just put them in there.

Ice cream bowl

vase

Osiander Bookstore - Greenbooks

Germany

Driven by the well-known goal to cut emissions the Osiander bookstore in Tübingen decided to think about their contribution in this matter. They wanted to find out whether students were keen on delivering books ordered online by bicycle. A couple weeks later students had founded a firm called Greensbooks. Now 80 students deliver books to the customers just as quickly as amazon, but with the positiv side effect that there are no emissions.

You can find this courier service not only in Tübingen, but also in Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Reutlingen and Frankfurt am Main. In 2011 Osiander was honored for this project with the future award of Baden-Württemberg.

Documentary: "Eye candy"

arte plus 7

Based on a painting or art piece - which shows the cooking of a particular time/age - art historians, chefs and other specialists analyze the gastronomy of this time.

Inspired by this painting the chef prepares a special dinner.

What I really like about this documentary is that they not only show the cooking, but also talk a lot about the products used at this time, the production, what was common for this time and the historical and cultural backround in general.

http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/suchergebnisse?keyword=augenschmaus

Jewelry

Hamburg

Last year I was in Hamburg, I discovered this nice jewelry-shop while walking through the Schanzenviertel.
If you are looking for dainty jewelry that is where you have to go!

http://www.jewelberry.de/shop/index.php

http://www.jewelberry.de/shop/index.php

http://www.jewelberry.de/shop/index.php

1. Asian inspired dish

At the moment I am totally into asian cooking. It is super delicious and super easy. Here I made sticky rice, browned mushrooms, eggplant, garlic, ginger and deglazed it with some rice wine and light soy-sauce. Then I topped it with fresh coriander and crispy seasoned seaweed. So simple and quick!

 

2. Fettuccine with basil, sundried tomato, pistachio

This dish is also super quick and easy! 

Mix shredded basil with ground almonds and pistachios.

Put oil, onion and garlic in a pan and sauté until translucent. Toss in the sun-dried tomatoes and cook, stirring frequently for 2-3 minutes. Add the basil and nut mixture and stir for 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

I took fettucine mixed them with the "sauce". Then you just add grated parmesan and drizzle with lemon juice.

3. Aubergine with Chermoula Bulgur & Joghurt

recipe out of

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3831023336/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=479289147&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1607743949&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_r=1B795PE0XH3JD0FZWDVN

 4. Beef curry

recipe out of

http://www.amazon.de/Mighty-Spice-Express-Cookbook-Full-/dp/1848991142/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1413473970&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=mighty+spice+express

 5. Mashed potatoes with rack of lamb

We didn't have any recipes, we just whipped up marinades for the meat.

6. Haunch of venison (oriental style)

with couscous, pomegranate, coriander, pistachios and figs. (We rubbed the meat with spices)

Music 

records I like

 

I love my record player...it is so beautiful with the wooden sides! :)

The reason why I wanted to have a record player was ONE man i fell madly in love with! It's the brazilian guitar player, singer and composer "Joao Gilberto"!

It struck me one day when I walked into a record store that had also CDs. I was browsing through the CDs when the music of Joao Gilberto came up and I instantly fell in love with this music. The guy told me that there are only records of his music, so I just had to get a record player!

His music is perfect for chill-out-times (that's why Gilberto got the name "Chillberto") or any moments you just want to have soft music in the backround. 

I also listen to other music, but I really love brazilian music!

Erfurt

 family-weekend

 I was on a family-weekend-get-away one month ago and went to Erfurt. To be honest, at first I was a bit scepitcal whether the city would be interesting and nice, because I have never heard any recommendations to go there from my circle of friends or any one else. What I was expecting though, were ancient builings and churches with a historical background. Because what I have to explain here briefly is that my uncle picks out the city for our family-weekend and he is very keen on educating us historically and culturally.

My impression of the city is, that it is small but very, very charming. I heard someone called it "Venice of East-Germany" and I kind of  see the relation to it a little bit, because you have these small bridges and canals, which run through the city. What I also liked was the fact, that the streets are in some places a bit contorted and narrow and a lot of houses are just beautiful.

And now the bad news: I am sorry to say that my phone somehow deleted all my camera-pictures and I can only show you the ones I already had uploaded on my computer. There are not many pictures, but luckily I could save the ones of this cute little café I really liked!

Café Zuckerdose

 

 https://de-de.facebook.com/Zuckerdose.Erfurt

Eismanufaktur Zucker & Zimt

https://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Zucker-Zimt-Eismanufaktur-Erfurt/1396179360663476