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“It’s a small world and Frankfurt is a village”, many people here say. When a street fair or some other bigger event takes place in Frankfurt, then I can be sure to meet someone, who I know. Although I really do not know hundreds of people. It does not only happen to me. At a comedian’s performance in the full Frankfurt stadium, only two rows in front of us, my friend discovered one of his buddies who he had not seen in months. On the way home, a friend met an old classmate, who had gotten married in the meantime. A few days ago, as I was on the way to a brunch with friends, I experienced a very special form of this coincidental reunion.

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(Photo: Garden and Castle, Stuttgart © CBMP)

Exactly one month ago, I surprised my knight on his birthday with a day trip to Stuttgart. Since there is no better present than spending time together and discovering new places, right?

We left Frankfurt very early, so that we first had breakfast at this wonderful café directly at the market place. The sun was shining at 10 am already, which promised that it was going to be a beautiful day. We had coffee and a breakfast special for two people, which was simply amazing. Croissants, rolls, meats and cheeses, melon and yogurt with fresh fruit. Especially yummy were the homemade jams: peach and strawberry. Only because of them, the café is worth a visit. But Stuttgart has more to offer than extraordinary breakfast.

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While browsing furniture stores for shelves, my friend and I discovered this shelf. Only a small side bash towards the big Swedish Store:

Wonderful weather, nice company and much time to lay in the sun – simply a perfect Sunday!

Lively Main river.

Just don’t move too much: Tree upside down.

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Finally, even if a bit shy and slow, spring is showing up. How? This is how it looks like here:

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This year I went against my traditions – I did not stay up late and rather laid in bed sleeping while the Academy Award ceremony took place. From what I have heard afterwards, it was a good decision, since the Oscars seemed to have been not surprising and some what even boring. But the good news was that I was fit enough the next night to go out with my university girls to the movies. As exemplary English majors we chose “The King’s Speech” in English, since we all figured it would win at least one Oscar. And how we were right: “Best Picture”, “Best Performance of an Actor in a Leading Role”, “Best Director” and “Best Original Screenplay”. Now it was time for us to see, if we thought the same way about the movie and if the Oscars were legitimate.

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Finally, the photos from my vacation in South Africa are sorted and (partly) edited. In the end, I still have close to 1000 photos in the folder. Oh well, that is what happens, if you are handling a Nikon D90 for the first time in length and detail. Yay! Here a small Best-Of South Africa Impressions for you taken during wonderful and interesting two weeks around Cape Town and Garden Route.

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When I sat in terminal 4 at JFK International Airport in New York City on a Wednesday evening, I was fine. When I started boarding, I was still fine. But when the plane started to take off and we flew over the glittering lights of the city, I was not fine anymore. A big knot developed in my stomach and my neck felt like it was being strangled by a rope. I was gloomy.

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For all together ten days I escaped the German winter almost eleven flight hours away to South Africa. Now, I returned, together with many new impressions. The country is extraordinary and it will take a few days until I can grasp all the things I actually saw there.

During my vacation, my little, black piece of life was carried along, as so often: my Moleskine calender. In it I wrote down things, which I noticed throughout my stay in the Eastern and Western Cape. Things, which were different, especially interesting or funny. Photographic impressions will follow within the next days. Because fascination and enthusiasm ends in 1840 photos with me…

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Enough silence. It is about time that something happens here. But before I bore you out with reasons and excuses, I will tell you about my New Year’s resolutions. Surprise, surprise – I do not have any at all.

It is simple: I believe that New Year’s resolutions do not make much sense. Surely, the new year is like a re-boot for most people (“All will be better in the New Year.”; as if someone pressed the reset button and everything begins from scratch. But why wait for a new year to begin, to develop resolutions?

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