Retirement

Petra, the lady in red, had her last day at work today.
She's such a sweet lady and deserves her retirement to spend more great days with her grandchildren (one of them was born today!).

Perspektive Decoration

Went to "Perspektive 1" again... They have some nice new Indonesian decoration.
I love it there!

Night Parking

This parking garage looked light a huge illuminated skeleton at night...

Roses in the Afternoon

Saw these huge roses on campus today.
I loved their colour, such beauties on such a beautiful day... =)

View from Rodenhof

The view from Rodenhof, the area where I live, taken with my mobile.

6Null3

Spent a cool club night in 6Null3 yesterday night. It was Elektrikhausneid Spezial, and we danced for hours and hours...
After disco, we went to the café Chez Jérome, a baguetteria which opens at 4 am every day. There, you basically meet all the people from the clubs who get their breakfast. What a great place!!! Finally I got tired and so I got home around 6 am. =)

More Magic

Just one more... one more picture from the hospital's panorama café. =)
Love the sky here as well...

Cloudy Heaven

Another View from the Panorama Café, along with some magic clouds again.

Saarbrücken Panorama

I visited one of my best friends in the hospital today, where we ate at the Panorama Café on the 6th floor. Obvious why it's called that, right?
So I hope you get well soon, Carsten. And also happy birthday Marco! =)

Horse-drawn Carriage

Clack-clack-clack-clack... I love their hoofs' sound!

Crazy Cinématographe

A huge cinema was put up in Saarbrücken, 1900s style!
Short movies from the birth of film were shown. I loved the design of this crazy booth!

Garbage Problem

A big downside that public festivals bring with them is the incredible amount of waste and garbage...
Our town put up some extra containers, but obviously they weren't enough, because half of the town looked like this. =(

Masses!

Many many many many maaaany people came here to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Saarland. This is the view towards town from the old bridge...

Saarland Festival

This is a brass band who took part in the parade that was held in honour to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Saarland, the youngest and smallest federal state of Germany.

Dromedaries in SB

For reasons of promoting the zoo in Neunkirchen, three dromedaries were brought here.
In this place, a camerateam took a video of them, and several pictures were taken by professionals for the local newspaper.

Streetlights

I love these kinds of streetlamps. They're so pretty and always remind me of Paris. =)

Ludwigskirche

Woah, more than a year, and I didn't show you the Ludwigskirche of Saarbrücken yet.
A very nice baroque church with interior fittings that are completely white.

Waves in the Sky

Woah, just look at the amazing sky of Saarbrücken today... I was stunned!

Feinkost Schmitt

Just back from a nice evening in the Feinkost Schmitt bar in Nauwieser Viertel...
If you're in Saarbrücken, go there, their relaxed 70s athmosphere and the low prices topped with the best bar music in town is worth being checked out!
PS: This is one of their cool lamps. =)

Man on the Moon

If you believe they put a man on the moon -- man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve
Then nothing is cool...
(R.E.M. - Man on the Moon)

Football

I sneaked through the fence of the Saarbrücken stadium to take a picture of an upcoming football match.
As you can see, one couldn't say that it was sold out... =)

Pond with Water Lilies

This is the "family" of yesterday's water lily. =)

White Water Lily

I love water lilies... they are such perfect flowers...

Totem

A totem located at the building of KIST Europe.
I'm not sure why it's there (or is it a Korean thing? I didn't think so...), but I love it!

KIST Europe

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe has one of the nicest buildings on campus.Its partners are research institutes and industrial companies in Europe and Korea. Together with its partners, KIST Europe solves problems and develops technologies which can be available in both continents. Its vision is to be the core of scientific and technological cooperation between Korea and EU countries.

Small Bridge

A lot of construction is going on at the university campus. This is a little bridge that has been constructed recently, along with the new layout of the stones. Cute!

Cycle Path

We're quite a bicycle friendly town, so there are many cycle paths like this one.

Rainbow in the Morning Sky

When the sun set this morning, there was a beautiful rainbow in the sky. Pictures didn't turn out too well though... =(

Night Image IV

I took some night images lately. You will see some of those in a series within the next posts.
Pictures were taken when I was at the castle.

Night Image III

I took some night images lately. You will see some of those in a series within the next posts.
Pictures were taken when I was at the castle.

The lights on the river are torch swimmers of the Saarspektakel, an annual festival. People are swimming on their backs holding the torches...

Night Image II

I took some night images lately. You will see some of those in a series within the next posts.
Pictures were taken when I was at the castle.

Night Image I

I took some night images lately. You will see some of those in a series within the next posts.
Pictures were taken when I was at the castle.

Goodbye

One last Flic Flac picture... all of the artists saying goodbye to the audience. They stand in a water bassin, and rain is pouring from the ceiling.

Spinning Wheel

Another Flic Flac picture... The circus tent is huge, so they fit the largest objects in there, like this spinning wheel.

High Wire Artists

An unbelievable high wire act of those SEVEN artists... *stunned*

Flic Flac

Many artists are here, pleasing the masses in the Flic Flac circus... =)

9th Kup

Yeah! I've passed my first Taekwon-Do exam... I'm 9th Kup now!

Historic Town Hall

Such a nice summer day...

Stag and Castle

*roar* (Or whatever noises stags make... =)

Butterfly

This gorgeous little guy was captured inside McDonalds today.
Put him an empty burger box and took him outside where he happily flew out of sight.

Number 14

Number 14 is lucky to have this gorgeous statue attached to one of the oriels... I always wanted to live in one of those old buildings... hmm, maybe one day!

Archipenko

This restaurant might not look that inviting from the outside, but I can high-higher-sooo highly recommend this restaurant called Archipenko.
They serve German cuisine and have many nice wines. They're located at the Saarland museum... make sure to make the owner tell you about the food you're eating - he knows a story about everything they serve - Wonderful atmosphere!!!

Biking Event

Saarbrücken will be the first leg for the upcoming Deutschland Tour 2007, Germany's biggest biking event. For this occasion, this flowery biker statue was set up in the middle of our town.

Diskontohochhaus

This is the so-called Diskontohochhaus that contains offices of Karstadt, a clothes shop, and a fitness studio. Hochhaus means skyscraper, it's one of the tallest buildings around.

Fountain

This fountain at Mainzer Strasse always reminds me of one of the wedding cakes with several levels. =)

Sculpture

A huge sculpture that is situated in front of the Saarland museum.
I liked the way the light was reflected...

Balloon/Ticket Giveaway

Coming out of an art gallery at St. Johanner Markt today, I was alarmed by screaming kids... I checked out what was wrong, and saw dozens of them screaming up to a window where people threw out blue and orange balloons.
Those people were radio hosts of Unser Ding and some of the hard-fought balloons contained free tickets for the Halberg Open Air that will take place on Friday.
All in all, a funny spectacle on a busy day in town... =)

Cleaning Up

A team cleaning up after the "Summer Nights" festival at the university.

Wedding Car

Sorry guys, I was in bed having the flew for the past week, so no pictures there... =(
I'm starting again with this photo of a beautifully decorated wedding car I saw in Malstatt the other day.

Theme Day: The Colour Red

On no, I missed a theme day? Well, have to deliver this in addition... and since I was sick, the only picture of the colour red is me or rather... my hair. =)

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