2012

20121029_183323, a photo by Haemmboerger on Flickr. - Blue hour in Barcelona - Hora azul en Barcelona - Parque industrial.

Oh what a year. Que año...

Well, after leaving the job in July, went travelling. 2 weeks in Germany, finally moving my stuff from M.+V. in Bad Oldesloe to my moms flat in Thuringia. And after, well, needed another break and flew to Mexico for a month, visiting B. and exploring the country. best moments? in the jungle in Santa Maria de Chimalapa; in Cuetzalan, swimming in a rather fast moving river with B, her sister and her BF; at 4.000 meters height on the "mujer dormida", right beside the "Popocatepl". Well, and a few more, but can't tell you everything ;) Hera a link to a few more photos.

Funniest date in 2012: with a dentist. She offered me dental cleaning gratis. downside: I couldn't really talk a lot. But maybe that was the reason she wanted to see me again.

Favourite movie in 2012: with A., in the Verdi cinemas in Barcelona: "Dans la maison - en la casa", a movie from François Ozon. Just brilliant. even better than "the intouchables".

well, and right now am in the process of moving to Madrid. Started my new job there last week. So far so good :)

Reading at the mo: "Ben Hur". Lots of words for the money, so I can practice my spanish. :-P

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Despues dejar el trabajo en Julio,  fui a Alemania durante dos semanas. Tenia que mover unas cositas desde Bad Oldesloe hacia la casa de mi madre en Turingia. Y, despues, he necesitado otras vacaciones. Pues fui a Mexico durante un mes, a visitar B. y para explorar el pais. Mejor momentos? En la selva en Santa Maria de Chimalapas, con Tito, viendo mariposas tan grande como mi mano...En Cuatzalan, nadando en un rio rapidisimo junto con B., su hermana y I, su novio; en 4.000 metro de altura, subiendo un parte de la "mujer dormida", al lado de Popocatepl... habian unos mas, pero no puedo decirte todo, no? ;) Aqui unas fotos mas.

Cita mas divertida en 2012: con una dentista. ella me ha ofrecido una limpieza gratis. no podria hablar mucho, jeje. quizas por eso ella queria verme otra vez :-P

Mejor peli en 2012? "En La Casa" se llama, de François Ozon. Mejor ya que "intocables", que tambien me he gustado mucho. Pero, "en la cas2, una obra de un mago... fascinante!

Bueno, y ahora mismo preparando la mudanza, de Barcelona hasta Madrid. Este semana empeze trabajar por alla. Hasta ahora todo bien :)

Leyendo ahora: Ben Hur. Libro con muchas palabras, barato, pues mejor para mi castellano :-D

Sorting out some stuff in Germany - haciendo unas cosas en Alemania

20120812_154959, a photo by Haemmboerger on Flickr.

Here a shot with my mom, when visiting her for a few days in August. Went over to bring my remaining stuff to my moms place. finally Volki+Moni have a bit more space in their house :-) seeing the lads was also great. Meikel, Birgit, Anni, Schippi, Willi, Wolfgang, Stefan, Carsten, Nico...well, and german sausages, hehe, thanks to my brother in law and my sisters! :)

aqui una foto con mi madre. fui a Alemania para mover mis ultimas cajas a casa de mi madre. por fin Volki + Moni tiene mas espacio en su casa :-) tambien he quadado con Meikel, Birgit, Anni, Schippi, Willi, Wolfgang, Stefan, Carsten, Nico... fui divertido y muy bonito... y las salchichas alemanas... gracias a mi cuñado y mis hermanas! :-)

Tenerife and La Gomera

20120321_192153, a photo by Haemmboerger on Flickr.

Settling in here in Spain, finally. there are even days, when I simply stay at home and not go out ;)
Christmas was good, went to good ole Germany, visiting mom and family. Saw a documentary about La Gomera (Canary Islands) and was fascinated... 3 months later then, I went. First to Tenerife (pretty cheap from Barcelona really) and then with the Ferry Boat to La Gomera ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Gomera ). Was just as good as I imagined...
The photo here is taken in the mountains, at about 600 metres above sea level. and this here is fog, since the Laurel Trees on La Gomera store the water not necessarily in their roots.

Also, I was not travelling alone, but with Maria. Maria de SEO. She was a pressie from my team, and she is deaf. since she's a doll, hehe. her adventures are documented here on Maria de SEO ;)

and maybe one of my next trips goes to Italy... there is this cute agriturismo in Pomezia near Rome... hmmm

Currently reading: Tres Tristes Tigres.

Paseo del Domingo - Sunday walk

20111002_181852, a photo by Haemmboerger on Flickr.

needed that extra bit of fresh air, so train to Vallvidrera, and then walking through "unchartered" terrain to Reia Elisenda;) well, didn't really stray to far from civilication, but hey ;) since I had my cool blanket with me, I even managed to get an afternoon snooze in (hence the pic here). well, not sure what will follow next weekend, but we'll see... by the way, started my new job today as Operations Manager of the SOE team. good team, but lots of work... can't be too easy now, can it ;)

cool thing: last week I started running again, with L., a tammate, who also lives close to the Montjuic. dude, the stairs are killing me... But Barna at 7:30 in the morning is great...

he necesitado mas aire fresco que normal, pues cogiendo el tren hasta Vallvidrera y despues andando hasta Reina Elisenda me precie una buena opcion. y por que tuve my manta, he podido disfrutar el sol, estaba durmiendo un ratito, jeje. no estoy seguro que hare el finde que viene, pero vale, vamos a ver. tambien hoy he empezado mi nuevo trabajo como manager de operaciones de equipo de SEO. un equipo muy bueno, pero mucho trabajo... no puede ser facil ;)

otra cosa: le semana pasada empeze con running otra vez por el Montjuic con L., una compi de trabajo. las escaleras me van a matar, te lo juro... jeje pero Barana por la 7:30 por la mañana, que chulo...

escuchando a/listening to:

unos dias en Alemania - Trip to Germany

20110911104806-1, a photo by Haemmboerger on Flickr.

Pues para arreglar las cosas de mi padre fui al alemania. Estuve alla por unos dias. y el tiempo con mis hermanas fui muy bien... vale, y la comida alemana ;)

todavia estoy triste por mi padre, pero vale... es la vida...

una cosita que he olvidado en mi ultimo post... en marzo empeze con leer libros en castellano... por fin!

leyendo ahora: Miguel Strogoff - Julio Verne

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so in order to sort out my fathers things I went to Germany for a few days. quality time with my sisters and german food...

still sad about the loss, but hey... circle of life...

and what I forgot in my last post was, that in March i was finally able to start reading books in spanish. man, am I happy... I'm getting there ;)

currently reading: Miguell Strogoff by Jules Vernes

Summer news

090920071099, a photo by Haemmboerger on Flickr.

what happened in the past 6 months? too much. I can't even remember myself ;)

• job is going well. passed my probationary period and went to Chicago for a week there in July to the headoffice. Sitting down at lake Michigan, viewing the skyline wasn't a bad experience ;)
• visited Mallorca (Thanks C. for the invite). fiesta de espuma en Palmanyola, hehe.
• moved into a cosy lil flat in Poble Sec. Love the walk in Montjuic once in a while (plus the visits to this outdoor bar - chirringuito - up there.)
• B. visited me, also J.D. and T., J + C., M., so did my brothers.
• was finally able to start reading books in Spanish! yay!
• went to Madrid twice. Watched my first bull fight there. missed the best one out of the the six fights since we went to the toilet ).
• had about 7 or so dinner parties at my place.
• won the first place in a costume party in Hierba Buenas.
• started compiling this google map with my favourite places in Barcelona.

well, and last week my dad passed away... hence that photo here... not sure yet when the funeral will take place, but looks like I need to pop over soon... he died just 2 days before his 80th birthday. and no, he didn't suffer... but still... :'-(

hoping you are well!

P.D.: testing this outbound link to a cool hotel in Valladolid.

Archiving - moving from Typepad to Blogger

Since Flickr no longer supports posting to Typepad (and I am too lazy really to move all my pics or do it manually) I decided to move to Blogger. Blogger now has the great feature though that everyone who posts more than 50 items a day is a spammer. that includes someone who imports his old blog...being marked as a spammer now means, that you can't post pictures direcly from Flickr. heck, that was the reason why i wanted to move to Blogger...

Soo... my personal workaround (instead of changing the import file and reducing it to maybe 45 post) was, to just import them to a blog that I will not use, and add link to that one, calling it archive. voila: http://klaussi-archive.blogspot.com/

there you find all the old posts from 2007 - 2011.

cheers, Klaussi Martillo