Marseille - Château d'If

You can either take a boat from Marseille to the island If or swimm there. Since I forgot to bring my bathing suit with me, so I chose the boat ride.











Now imagine yourself as a prisoner here.

Another great view from a cell.


















The water is so clear and so blue and my fresh sqeezed lemonade was so refreshing.......... :p

A beautiful German song -Verlangen/Durst nach Dir: Clip zum neuen Schöfferhofer Weizen Song

This is such a beautiful song! It comes from a German beer "Schöfferhofer Weizen" advertisement. Possible side effect of this song: thirsty and you might be craving beer!! (I am not responsible for your side effect!)

~

I see you, closer than ever
the tighter I close my eyes
like the last drops
keep our moments - in me

like an eternal second

with you - every memory last (forever)

What began so quietly tingling
grows to the throbbing heartbeat

what is unquenchable in me

is my craving for you/thirst after you

what is unquenchable in me

is my thirst after you, after you, after you, after you

Do you also feel the emptiness
on my lips
you are also fighting against your “self”?

Therewith we conquer ourselves
what so unbelievable real was
is so infinitely far away
**
what began so quietly sparkle
grows to a heartthrob

**
Each day with you, every day with you
is like a greedy sip
let us drown to what we are yearning for

** What is unquenchable in me
is my craving for you/ thirst after you
what is unquenchable in me
is my thirst after you, after you, after you
what is unquenchable in me
is my craving ( for you)/ thirst after you
what is unquenchable in me
is my thirst after you, after you, after you

Chinese translation for my Chinese friends~~>

我看你，比以往更親近
自緊閉上雙眼
就像最後一滴

保留我們的時刻 - 在我（心中）
就像永恆的一秒
成為與你一切的記憶-

這樣悄 悄地開始起初

增成長悸動的心跳

（在我心中）無法抑制的
是我渴望的你
（在我心中）無法抑制的
是我渴望的你


你也感覺 到這空虛？
在我的唇上
你也 在跟自己爭扎？

這使我們戰勝自我
真的是如此令人難以置信的

都如此無限遙遠

這 樣悄悄地開始起初
根據增成長悸動的心跳
**
每天和你在一起，每天都與你
就像是貪心的一口
讓我們淹沒，讓我們淹沒

在我們

我們所渴望的


**（在 我心中）無法抑制的
是我渴望的你
（在 我心中）無法抑制的
是我渴望的你
（在 我心中）無法抑制的
是我渴望的你
（在 我心中）無法抑制的
是我渴望的你，渴望你，渴望你

((這首歌來自一個啤酒"Schöfferhofer Weizen" 廣告))
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Das ist so ein schönes Lied! Das Lied stammt aus der "Schöfferhofer Weizen" Werbung.

Songtext: Verlangen/Durst nach dir

Ich seh dich, nah wie nie

Je fester ich die Augen schließe

Wie einen letzten Tropfen,
Bewahr ich unsre Momente - in mir
Wie eine ewige Sekunde
Dauert jede Erinnerung - mit dir

Was so leise prickelnd begann
Wächst zum laut pochenden Herzschlag

Was unstillbar wird in mir
Ist mein verlangender Durst nach dir
Was unstillbar wird in mir
Ist mein Durst nach dir, nach dir, nach dir, nach dir

Spürst du auch diese Leere ?
Die auf meinen Lippen liegt
Kämpfst auch du gegen dein ich?

Damit ist es uns in uns siegt
Was so unfassbar wirklich wahr
Ist jeden so unendlich weit fern


Was so leise prickelnd begann
Wächst zum laut pochenden Herzschlag
**
Jeder Tag mit dir, jeder Tag mit dir
Ist wie ein gieriger Schluck
Lass uns ertrinken, lass uns ertrinken im wir
Ergeben wir uns, ergeben wir uns der Sehnsucht


**Was unstillbar wird in mir
Ist mein verlangender Durst nach dir
Was unstillbar wird in mir
Ist mein Durst nach dir, nach dir, nach dir
Was unstillbar wird in mir
Ist mein verlangender Durst nach dir
Was unstillbar wird in mir
Ist mein Durst nach dir, nach dir, nach dir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kSswzhMnbk
Enjoy it! :)

Village "Hänigsen"

The Village Hänigsen is part of a urban district from Uetze community. It's located approximately 27 kilometer east of Hannover.


Hänigsen was first documented and mentioned in 1226 and was then called "Henighusen" (which meant - site of the tribe Henning). In 1529, the reformation was implemented in Hänigsen.


Here's the direction to the Mill in Hänigser ->






The nickname of Hänigsen is "Kasparland".


Lots of the townsfolks have "Kaspar" as their first name till the middle of 19th Century. That's kind of weird, isn't it?!

This good-old-looking post mill (Bockwindmühle in German) is originated from 1705. This is earliest type of European wind mill.

















I enjoy visiting this small village very much. It has its charm which I can not describe.
Information about the village Hänigser in German:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4nigsen

Hundertwasserhaus at Darmstadt

This Waldspirale is just amazing! It's an apartment complex which you can actually rent.
I like this Hundertwasserhaus at Darmstadt more than the one in Vienna, because this one is located in a better neighborhood. And this one has a creek with ducklings....... :)

At the inner courtyard, a duck family is walking across the pavement to bach at the other side...... They are used to the tourists and weird people like you and me.


The cafe was not opened at the time of my visit. I had a great weekend! Hope you did, too.

Braunschweig

Since medieval times the Landmark of the city Braunschweig, there has been a lion named Heinrich in the city.....

Burgplatz with Henry the lion

Happy Rizzi House

Back in 1999 these buildings had arouse some controversial discussions.

The pop art of James Rizzi has not only put smiles on the buildings, but also on my face, too. These 5 buildings belongs to the must-see, I think. They are now used as offices and not opened for the tourists.

This beautiful castle is not really a castle.............

but a shopping mall inside! (Schloss-arkaden)

This is the right side the shopping castle.














walking in the direction of the old town......

I was quite surprised to see a Karstadt inside of the old house.
















For more information about the city Braunschweig, see the following PDF

http://www.braunschweig.de/kultur_tourismus/touristservice/infomaterial/katalog/Sehenswuerdig_Brosch_05-2008_3.pdf

Italian Restaurant Gustimo

A nice little Italian restaurant

where you can combine your favoriate pasta and salad ingredients into your dishes. The portion is huge.


The word "Sitzungssaal" (der, masculine) in German means conference room.
Here is a conferece room for only one person.

"Herrn haben hier keinen Zutritt" means "lit. - Gentlemen have here no entrance." So, it's the lady's room.

"Damen haben hier keinen Zutritt" is the men's room.

Something interesting to read while you are sitting on the pot.

In the States, this kind of “cook & add as order” restaurant is not hard to find, but it’s rare in Germany.

The Zoo in Taipei

Have visited the zoo and was hoping to see the 2 pandas. Since they were sleeping the whole time, I have only seen the 2 panda's derriere.

This picture is painted on the wall near the panda hall. I think it's funnier than some animal's behind.

The zoo is quite big and great for a walk.

Here's one sleepy Panda behind the glass! Taiwan is too hot for the Pandas, I guess.

Some weird-looking penguins.

Here are some monkeys trying very hard to igore me. I guess that's why they all show me their behind.

The entrance for this taiwanese zoo costs approx. 1.50 Euro; in Germany the admission costs around 20 Euro! Nope, there is no dinosaures in the German zoos.

The souvenir from McDonald, Frankfurt Airport, Germany

Wonder which German marketing genius' idea this was! For each menu you paid for, you also get a McCafe mug for free at the McDonald in the airport of Frankfurt.

Since I feel bad to leave them behind, so I packed them to my already very bulky baggage and took them back to Taiwan. Since my mom has enough mugs, I brought them back to Germany again. If the mugs could talk, I wonder what they would like to tell me.

I find this promotion kind of weird, because there is/was no such a promotion at the other McDonalds in Germany at that time.