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Financial crisis
I will not write a financial analysis about the fall of Lehman Brothers. I could not. Alan Greenspan himself sait "he had never seen such a crisis. this happens only once every 50 years, maybe even in a century". And I have also read that the crisis should...
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Nice from the sky
Today, I've tried something exceptional... Nice offers many options for watersports, including waterski, jetski... And paraflying. This is just what I tried today, with my sister. Paraflying allows you to catch an unrivalled look at the whole Rieviera....
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Haltestelle: Pinakotheken
A bit of culture today... Topic: museums Munich has got quite a wide range of museums, among which the 3 "Pinakotheken" who are dedicated to painting: - The "Alte Pinakothek", the old one, for painting of the 13th to the 18-19th century - The "Neue Pinakothek",...
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The most beautiful Christmas present
On Saturday, I received the most beutiful and touching present .. It came straight from Edinburgh.. In the post I received, there was art. Pure art. Words, meaning, love and life. It was the pamphlet and Christmas cards with poems of my dear dear panda...
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The one that changed my life a week ago
Yesterday was an anniversary day.. One week ago, I got inroduced to my bike. Since then it's the big love, and it trully changed my life. And moreover, I'm doing daily sport sessions thanks to it. :-) I'm discovering another vision of Munich. And it is...
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Dirndl time
Two weeks to go befor the opening of the world famous "Oktoberfest". 3 weeks of beer drinking, more beer drinking, bretzel eating, on the benches standing (standing on the table: forbidden) and dancing, bavarian music, etc.. 1 million people concentrated...
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Maurice Béjart - 1 year already
November 22d 2008, lunch time. A phone call. Maurice Béjart passed away. 1 year has gone. Already. So fast. The Bejart Ballet is now managed by Gill Roman. And goes on touring. The Paris Opera is preparing a tribute show. But he, is not there anymore....
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German cinema - "Die Entdeckung der Currywurst"
I am a bit puzzled there.. Should I put this article into the culture or gastronomy and food section?? When I tell you the German people are obsessed with sausages.. So there we are. A novel written in 1995 by Uwe Timms, "the discovery of the currywurst...
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The night bird in Munich: afterwork at the Pacha
The Pacha; one of my favorite club in Munich.. It's chic, people are smart, it has a big terrace, it's close to home, and there's a lot of really good looking guys!!! everything to seduce me. Especiallw on Thursdays, for the afterwork parties. The music...
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Iceland: the new victim of the financial crisis
The daily newspaper "Le Monde" reported today that Iceland was threatened with bankruptcy. Read the article here Inflation, two banks nationalized, a country asking for financial help. While Iceland was considered a very wealthy country. Meanwhile, the...
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Starnberger See
Munich is beautiful. It trully is. We were to go to Salzburg today, however, for many reasons, we decided to delay the trip, which was all the best for me. I could then do to my ballet class in the morning. I feel so bad about practising so scarcely.....
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A night bird in Monaco: Thursday night at the Karément
Quite some time since I lasr wrote on my blog.. I'm back in Munich, but I would like to review my last days in Nice.Lqst thursday night.. This was a bit like the climax of my holidays.. for the first time ever, I was to go to Monaco to party. Not only...
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Munich.. and Edinburgh
Edinburgh.. The first city where I have lived on my own. As an Erasmus student. A lot of memory. A city with a lot of personnality. In between a vey modern city, and still with a middle age atmospear, with all the narrow streets, old buildingds... And...
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The shopping night in Munich
Dear consumer society... What would not be done for you...? Tonight is the 2. shopping night in Munich city center. Shops open till 0.00am.. A little bit surprising for a very religious area that does not allow people to work on Sunday, and for a country...
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Schläpfer/ van Manen/ Sandroni
This is the contemporary programm of the ballet of the Munich Oper. I went last Saturday, where I could once more get the student tickets: 1O€ for a seat in the stalls. My first comment would be that contemporary would not have been the word I would have...
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Les déménageurs bretons (et pas que)
A washing machine to move? Just call the déménageurs bretons!! I guess I can say that I'm someone lucky... Because I've got amazing friends, who are always there when you need them.. For instance today, with my new washing machine.. :-) The challenge?...
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Tribute to Pina Bausch
Pina Bausch photographed by © Gert Weigelt Pina Bausch is gone. Yesterday, on Tuesday June, 30th. She was one of the major figures in the history of dance in the 20th century, and has revolutionned the relation of the dancer to the floor, and its dance...
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The ritual of the week end
There is something I love in Germany. Fresh brötchen. They have dozens sorts of those little pieces of breads. Brown, White, with corns, cereals, without.. Nowhere else in the world do you get such a range of individual breads at every corners of the...
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Tribute to Merce Cunningham
Maurice Béjart. Pina Bausch And now, Merce Cunningham, on Jul 27th 2009. Another giant gone. Another milestone in the history of modern dance. The father of one of the 5 official modern dance techniques. Merce Cunningham, 90 y.o.. Ok this would have happened...
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GOP Theater - A cabaret evening
Should I cite only one thing that makes me love the fact of belonging to the world of show, I would perhaps say that this allows me to be invited to shows. This is a privilege. Last friday, I enjoyed that once more. GOP Theatre. A cabaret theatre, where...
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1 Mass = 1 Liter = 1,5 Pint
Tonight, we decided to go to a biergarten, under this very pleasant whether. And where is the best biergarten in Munich?? At the Chinesicher Turm, in the ENglisher Garten, of course. Very nice.. 7500 seats. something cosy, in a way ;-) Anyway, we had...
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When German kids learn bike riding
There is a concept that I don't understand in Germany. The one of bikes for the kids. Here in France, when kids have their first bikes, those are bikes with little wheels behind to remain stable. But with pedals. This is how you learn. Here in Germany,...
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The power of Web 2.0 and social networking
Her name is Cathy. She is about 90 years old. She lives alone, isolated from the world, half of the year in a simple box. Very few people has ever met her. And despite all that, a few days ago, she became famous. How? Thanks to the power of social media,...
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Monjul
Today, I want to share with you one of my secrets. It's called Monjul.. Not Mon Jules, no, Monjul. It's one of the best restaurant I have been given to experience in Paris. Not only is the food absolutely divine, fresh, refined and inventive, on the verge...
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Those little things that make you happier
Today, back from work, enjoying a nice short ride with my bike. Near the uni, on a woody path.. I cross someone with the bike, who suddenly stops.. I turn the head: on the grass beside stood a rabbit. Cute :-) Then he went away, and so did we. This was...