It's already been almost three years since I came to Munich, and even if I've probably seen more snow these last Winters as in any other before, it had never been "real Winter" in Munich. Some days with snow, some pretty cold days... but nothing "extraordinary". But this year it's being different, and the last two months it has been a "permanent Winter". One week snow, the next one -10ºC, snow again, frozen fog the next week... Well, I recognise I like it, it's nice, and kind of "childhood memory", but this year I'm looking forward Spring to arrive!
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Invierno de verdad - Real Winter
It's already been almost three years since I came to Munich, and even if I've probably seen more snow these last Winters as in any other before, it had never been "real Winter" in Munich. Some days with snow, some pretty cold days... but nothing "extraordinary". But this year it's being different, and the last two months it has been a "permanent Winter". One week snow, the next one -10ºC, snow again, frozen fog the next week... Well, I recognise I like it, it's nice, and kind of "childhood memory", but this year I'm looking forward Spring to arrive!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Fasching (Carnaval)
Pues sí, me disfracé de Darth Vader. Fue realmente divertido, pero agotador, ya que estuve llevando la máscara la mayor parte del tiempo, ¡y hacía bastante calor ahí dentro! Pero fui muy divertido, especialmente en algunos momentos como cuando, por ejemplo, me encontré con mis "hijos". Soy un poco tímido y normalmente no me gusta hacer "cosas tontas" enfrente de los demás, pero está vez mereció la pena... y además, estaba llevando la máscara, jeje.
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Yes, I was desguised like Darth Vader. It was really funny, but exhausting, since I was wearing the mask most of the time, and it was quiet hot there inside! But it was fun, specially at certain moments, for instance, when I met my "children". I'm a little bit shy and I don't usually like doing "stupid things" in front of the others, but this time was worth... and besides I was wearing the mask, jeje.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Curso de euskera - Basque language course
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After some weeks I'm attending a Basque language course in the "Instituto Cervantes". Although it might look incredible, it's easier to find a Basque language course in Munich than, for instance, in Santander, jeje. It's a very small class, but very funny, because I wonder, what makes a German study Basque? I'm doing fine, it's hardly one and a half hours per week, it¡s not tiring, I like it a lot and I already knew most things, the other students have already noticed that I have a certain "advantage", jeje, and I can understand almost everything to the teacher, a very funny guy from Pamplona, when he's speaking Basque. Well, it's the beginners level, it's not that hard to understand easy things. Now that I'm fine with German I really felt like learning new languages, and I've been thinking of seriously studying Basque for a very long time. The funny thing is that I'm doing it in Germany, isn't it?
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Trabajar... y trabajar...
Sin embargo, los días que hago estos pequeños trabajo, evidentemente lo tengo que hacer en casa, en ratos libres... es decir que vuelvo a casa después del trabajo... y me pongo a trabajar. Es duro, un poco "masoquista", y los días o semanas en los que lo hago estoy siempre muy, muy cansado, pero bueno, no sé por qué siempre me queda en placer de hacer algo que me gusta, que es bonito y siento que echo una mano. Eso sí, este fin de semana que viene voy a dormir bien, jeje.
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It must be a little bit strange, but from time to time I do some small tasks for my university, apart the daily work at the patent office. I don't receive anything, it's just for "pleasure" and to help a little, but I recognise I like doing this, it's kind of motivation for me. However, the days I carry out these little tasks, I have obviously to do it at home, in my spare time... it means I come back home after work... to keep on working. It's hard, a little bit "masochistic", and these days or weeks I'm always very, very tired, but I don't know why I feel the pleasure of doing something I like, which is nice and that I help. But this weekend I'm going to sleep very well, jeje.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Volley playa... ¡en Alemania y en pleno invierno!
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Certainly, everything can be invented. There is no beach in Munich? They bring it here... Winter is cold in Munich? No problem, it's "Summer"... Yesterday I went to play beach volley to some facilities near my home, a mixture between beach volley courts and a pub, pretending to show a "Summer" atmosphere in Winter, averything covered by sand, beach chairs... Certainly funny. I went with French friends to celebrate the birthday of two of the girls, and well, very well, really funny I had much fun, I ran and jumped a lot, although everything has a "price", jejej, moreover when you become sedentary. My knees are hurt me this morning, despite I wore knee pads, but this seems to have been usual stuff for almost a year. The worst was that I forgot that the nails can't be too short playing with a ball, so I hurt them and I've been bleeding, I hardly can grab things this morning, jeje. Anyways, much fun, really funny, specially when you think you are wearing shorts, walking on sand and with 23ºC, and outside -5ºC and the streets are still covered by snow, jeje. It's certainly much more "real" in Laredo, with a real beach and no snow, jeje, but it's not bad, we'll have to repeat one day. When I receive the pictures I will publish some, either here (I still have to check how to do it) or in Facebook. Kisses/hugs!