Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Taekwon-Do Seminar

On Saturday, the Taekwon-Do Center Saarland had a seminar for all Taekwon-Do students. Our grandmaster, Son Jong-Ho (7th Dan) was present and taught us some of his martial art techniques.
This is a picture from an examination of a student to go for the red belt (yippie - all students passed their exams on this day).

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Rainy Evening

Loooots of rain again in Saarbrücken, and it seems like the snow is approaching us soon.
Luckily I stood under a protecting roof taking this picture... if you would just have walked three steps you would have been soaked. =)

Monday, November 12, 2007

Casino Restaurant

So sorry I couldn't post pictures for the past week, we had a conference at work, and I was involved in preparations and organisation.
On Thursday, we went to the Casino Restaurant am Staden for our conference dinner, a wonderful restaurant serving excellent food. This is the sign above their main entrance.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Most Graffiti in a German Train Station

Vird went on another excursion in Saarbrücken. This time, he went to the Saarbrücken East train station that is probably the most sprayed train station of Germany. All the walls are full of graffiti...

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Friday, November 02, 2007

Yellow Woods

I'm afraid I'll be showing you plenty more autuum pics in the next time... I just love the beautiful colours nature shows us.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Theme Day: The Colour Blue

One of my favourite books and a must on my bedside table: "Die Luftgängerin" (Could probably be translated with "The Airwalker") by Robert Schneider.
As you can see, my bedroom wallpapers are blue as well... mission complete! =)

Check out other blue things around the globe:
Boston (MA), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Arlington (VA), USA - Cape Town, South Africa - Portland (OR), USA - Sequim (WA), USA - Selma (AL), USA - Arradon, France - Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia - Stockholm, Sweden - Singapore, Singapore - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Seattle (WA), USA - Toulouse, France - The Hague, Netherlands - Moscow, Russia - Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA - Kyoto, JapanTokyo, Japan - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Stayton (OR), USA - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Detroit (MI), USA - Crystal Lake (IL), USA - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Nelson, New Zealand - Bandung (West Java), Indonesia - Greenville (SC), USA - Hyde, UK - Radonvilliers, France - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Nashville (TN), USA - Manila, Philippines - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Saarbrücken, Germany - New Orleans (LA), USA - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Hobart (Tasmania), Australia - Forks (WA), USA - Wichita (Ks), USA - Barton (VT), USA - St. Louis (MO), USA - Joplin (MO), USA - Chandler (AZ), USA - Quincy (MA), USA - Setúbal, Portugal - Inverness (IL), USA - Christchurch, New Zealand - Toruń, Poland - North Bay (ON), Canada - Le Guilvinec, France - Chateaubriant, France - London, England - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Naples (FL), USA - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - Sydney, Australia - Austin (TX), USA - Mumbai, India - Boston (MA), USA - Santa Fe (NM), USA - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Paderborn, Germany - Montréal (QC), Canada - Jackson (MS), USA - Stavanger, Norway - Orlando (FL), USA - Grenoble, France - Cheltenham, UK - Forks (WA), USA - Mexico City, Mexico - West Sacramento (CA), USA - Silver Spring (MD), USA - Weston (FL), USA - London, UK - Jefferson City (MO), USA - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Belgrade, Serbia - Paris, France - Shanghai, China - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Montpellier, France - Saint Louis (MO), USA - Wailea (HI), USA - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Auckland, New Zealand - Evry, France - New York City (NY), USA - Nottingham, UK - Las Vegas (NV), USA - Oslo, Norway - Minneapolis (MN), USA - American Fork (UT), USA - Cypress (TX), USA - Haninge, Sweden - Trujillo, Peru - Trujillo, Peru - Melbourne (VIC), Australia - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Durban, South Africa - Brussels, Belgium - Anderson (SC), USA - Budapest, Hungary - Wellington, New Zealand - Prague, Czech Republic - Saigon, Vietnam - Ystad, Sweden - Miami (FL), USA - Seoul, South Korea - Hong Kong, China - Melbourne, Australia - Baziège, France - Greensboro (NC), USA - Sharon (CT), USA - Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Autuum Leaves

Lovely autuum leaves on a clear blue sky of this lovely day today...
Happy Halloween!!!

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Yellow Bag Lorry

Stood behind this lorry at the traffic lights today. It's one of the lorries that collects the yellow bags containing our plastic recycling garbage.
The two bags hanging on the bag of the car contained reusable bottles that people accidentally threw in the recycling garbage even though they could get a refund of 15 Cents per bottle in the shops. Guess the guys driving the lorry will have a nice tip at the end of every day that way...

Monday, October 29, 2007

Back@Home

I'm finally back from my holidays at Spain's beautiful Costa Blanca. Happy to be reunited with my king of the castle... =)

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Playground


Spielplatz an der Saarwiese
Originally uploaded by VIRD


One of the biggest children's playgrounds in Saarbrücken.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

A Love Relationship and a Beer, Please!


Bitte eine Liebesbeziehung und ein Bier!
Originally uploaded by sarrelibre


A love relationship and a beer, please! (still)

Friday, October 26, 2007

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Deutsch-Französischer-Garten


Deutsch-Französischer-Garten
Originally uploaded by VIRD


Some tall old trees in the German-French garden of Saarbrücken.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Bahnhofsgelände Saarbrücken


Bahnhofsgelände Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by VIRD


The area of the train station in Saarbrücken.
They are going to build the Euro train statioin there, with the TGV leaving to Paris every few hours.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Platz vor der Ludwigskirche


Platz vor der Ludwigskirche
Originally uploaded by VIRD


In the area in front of the Ludwigskirche are these wonderful white houses from the 18th century.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Ludwigskirche


Ludwigskirche
Originally uploaded by VIRD


The baroque church Ludwigskirche was built in the 18th century.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Ducks Crossing


Ducks Crossing
Originally uploaded by VIRD


Hahaha, supercute!
Two ducks following the road traffic regulations.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Friday, October 19, 2007

Schlosspark


Schlosspark
Originally uploaded by VIRD


These are the castle gardens of the Saarbrücken Castle.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Autobahn


Autobahn
Originally uploaded by VIRD


Vird managed to take a picture on the motorway, when he was about to go to St. Johann. Cute fluffz clouds, too. =)

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Saarbrücken, Alt-Neu-Gasse


Saarbrücken, Alt-Neu-Gasse
Originally uploaded by sarrelibre


The Alt-Neu-Gasse (Old-New-Alley) in Saarbrücken.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Tunnel am Ludwigskreisel


Tunnel am Ludwigskreisel
Originally uploaded by VIRD


There are many tunnels around the area here, this one is the tunnel at the Ludwigskreisel.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Modernisme in Saarbrücken


Modernisme in Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by sarrelibre


Modernisme in Saarbrücken, Mainzerstraße.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Memorial


Mahnmal KZ Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by VIRD


A memorial helping to remind the people of the concentration camps during WWII.
Let's hope none of this will ever happen again.

Pet Cemetery


Tierfriedhof Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by VIRD


We have a pet cemetery close to the French border.
There is a number of animal graves that are looked after with greatest care and lots of love...

Friday, October 12, 2007

France in 800 m


800 m
Originally uploaded by VIRD

Saarbrücken is super close to France, as you can see here...

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Ferris Wheel

Vird founded a Flickr group for the daily blog, allowing people to post pictures that may be used here. What a brilliant idea - thank you so much!
So the first one I'm taking out of this pool is this wonderful photo of a Ferris wheel at the Saarbrücken Oktoberfest (not comparable to the one in Munich, ours is on a much smaller scale).

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Money Money Money

I robbed my piggy bank and finally managed to take the money to the bank today, to have it paid into my bank account. I've been wanting to do this for weeks now, and finally got to the bank early enough.
So what you see here is 92,46 Euros that I managed to save over the last months. The bank has those handy machines that you just empty all the money in and it starts counting it automatically. (They make the most brilliant sound... bling bling bling!)

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Furry Caterpillar

Oh look, it's cute and furry and big and fluffy and so funky... a caterpillar fell from the tree, so I picked it up to put it back there. It was still alive but I guess I scared it.
It didn't uncurl... which makes you see the funky black stripes between its little yellow mohawks.
I want a pet caterpillar now! =) Any suggestions for names?

Monday, October 08, 2007

Wir sind Helden LIVE

Wow, we've been to a live concert of one of my favourite bands today... Wir sind Helden (We are Heroes) from Berlin - it was brilliant, though I realised that my camera is not made for concert shots...

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Blue Skies

Oh, how I would love to have a balcony that high up, to look at the busy streets and its people, and lay there on my canvas chair enjoying the sun... =)

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Parking Meter II

Another picture of twin parking meters... both expired even though cars were parking there... =)

Friday, October 05, 2007

Parking Meter I

You won't find many of those here, but in Mühlenstrasse I saw one... some of the old-style parking meters, now usually replaced by ticket machines that will print you a parking ticket.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Free Burma!

Free Burma!
There won't be a picture of Saarbrücken today, since I am taking part in the international campaign to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons.
Thousands of Bloggers are planning to close down their blogs on October 4 and just post one Banner then. Here it is.
And here is the message: FREE BURMA!

Be a part of it: http://www.free-burma.org

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Disgustoid

Again an animal... this time on a smaller scale.
This disgusting spider has his home in front of my bedroom window... maybe some of you arachnophiles out there can tell me if it could secretly kill me at night?

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Thanksgiving Piglets

Saarbrücken celebrated its official Erntedankfest (Thanksgiving Festival) with the city full of informational booths and farm animals like these cute piglets.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Theme Day: Cemetery / Tombstone

This picture was taken by Jan Selmer of zeitensprung.de at the old cemetery at Deutschherrnpfad.
I loved the arrangement of the tombstone and the path, and since I couldn't manage to go to the cemetery myself, I kindly got his permission to use the picture.


Make sure to visit all the other cities taking part in this theme day:
St. Louis (MO), USA - San Diego (CA), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - New York City (NY), USA - Boston (MA), USA - Mainz, Germany - Hyde, UK - Arlington (VA), USA - Cape Town, South Africa - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Toulouse, France - Arradon, France - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia - Joplin (MO), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Mexico (DF), Mexico - Seattle (WA), USA - Baziège, France - Baltimore (MD), USA - Chandler (AZ), USA - Sequim (WA), USA - Stayton (OR), USA - Stockholm, Sweden - Austin (TX), USA - Singapore, Singapore - Anderson (SC), USA - Orlando (FL), USA - Greenville (SC), USA - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Nashville (TN), USA - Tenerife, Spain - Manila, Philippines - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Jacksonville (FL), USA - River Falls (WI), USA - Chateaubriant, France - Quincy (MA), USA - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Crystal Lake (IL), USA - Inverness (IL), usa - Lubbock (TX), USA - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Moscow, Russia - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - Crepy-en-Valois, France - Minneapolis (MN), USA - New Orleans (LA), USA - Montréal (QC), Canada - West Sacramento (CA), USA - Toruń, Poland - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Christchurch, New Zealand - London, England - Paderborn, Germany - The Hague, Netherlands - Selma (AL), USA - Sunderland, UK - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Stavanger, Norway - Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA - Weston (FL), USA - Portland (OR), USA - Forks (WA), USA - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Boston (MA), USA - Sydney, Australia - Wellington, New Zealand - Montpellier, France - Jackson (MS), USA - Wailea (HI), USA - Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia - Evry, France - Saarbrücken, Germany - New York City (NY), USA - Santa Fe (NM), USA - North Bay (ON), Canada - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Cypress (TX), USA - Saint Louis (MO), USA - Paris, France - San Diego (CA), USA - Wichita (Ks), USA - Haninge, Sweden - Prague, Czech Republic - Zurich, Switzerland - Budapest, Hungary - Paris, France - Saigon, Vietnam - Grenoble, France - Zurich, Switzerland - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Naples (FL), USA - Toronto (ON), Canada - Sequim (WA), USA - Chicago (IL), USA

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Saarvoir Vivre?

Another of Zippo's amazing pictures called "Saarvoir vivre?". Perfect title, perfect of a real "Saarbrigger" - nothing more to say. =)

OMG, I just realised that this is the 500th post of Saarbrücken Daily Photo!!! Whoopee!

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Morning Fog

Saarelibre aka Zippo allowed me to show you some of his amazing pictures, so here I go with the first one: morning for in the East of Saarbrücken.
(Since I would never volunteer to get up that early, I could never present such a wonderful picture to you =)

Friday, September 28, 2007

Modern Church

A church tower of one of the modern churches, this one is located at Rotenbühl.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Chat in the Rain

Neighbours always seem have time for a chat, even if it rains like crazy... =)

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Instead of a Picture - the Video!



Here's the video of the report on my photo blog as seen on TV (Saarländischer Rundfunk) on September 24, 2007. It's in German, sorry for the English speaking community! =(

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Gelbe Säcke

One detail you will see twice a month in German cities are stacks of yellow bags. These contain all our plastic garbage that will be recycled.
We have several recycling systems, the green ton for biological waste like food leftovers, a blue container for paper waste, and different glass containers for green, brown and clear glass. Also, normal containers for any other waste... veeeery annoying and complicated for foreigners moving her, but let's just assume the waste manufactures stick to the recycling system, so it's for a good cause. =)

Monday, September 24, 2007

Magic Land

Again, I saw some beautiful overgrown fairytale houses...
I would move in here right away, f it wasn't for all the spiders that probably live in the green...

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Nice Home

Around Ilseplatz, you can find many of those beautiful old and large villas.
Great area to live, but as you can imagine, the prices for the rent are higher here as well...

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Flare, Anyone?

Hey sun, why don't you just stay a tiny little while longer?

Friday, September 21, 2007

Stepped Facade

You can see this house's style in several places in Saarbrücken.
This one is on Rodenhof.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

It's Pumpkin Time

Autuum, time of the pumpkins.
I love making a sweet pumpkin casserole (I can't find the recipe right now, but I'll post it here as soon as it shows up again...).

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Ice Cream!

I saw this funky ice cream van today, superb colours, red and blue and yellow. The vendor was this nice Italian guy, smiling at me and the customers all the time, so it really felt like a great summer day again.
After the rain period we had within the last days, it felt great to buy a proper Italian ice.

Today, a camera team of the Saarländischer Rundfunk was filming me, asking questions and reporting about Saarbrücken Daily Photo. Super-exciting!!! =)
The movie should be shown tomorrow or the day after, I'll post the video on my private blog if I should have the right to do so.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Happy =)

Well, at least some Saarbrücken inhabitants are happy about the rain... Unfortunately, with these temperatures, our last wonderful flowers might get a serious cold soon... =(