Samstag, 28. April 2007

SEA - NIGHTCLUB
Yesterday (27.4.2007) some freinds and me have been to "Sea", a nightclub at the Quayside in Newcastle. I didn't know that club so I was really excited :-)
There are 2 dancefloors (or sometimes even more!) with different music and also sofas where you can sit and just watch, chat and enjoy...






Mittwoch, 25. April 2007

PAXTON HOUSE
With the University we've visited Paxton House.
It is a historic building next to Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders and was built by the Adam brothers in 1758 for Patrick Home. It is one of the finest examples of 18th century Palladian Country houses in Britain.

... Paxton House...
...moreover it is surrounded by beautiful gardens... and famous for it red squirrels...

...there is an amazing collection of Chippendale furniture. Some chairs however became a bit too large... ;-) ...Monika and me...

Sonntag, 22. April 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX...

...we celebrated Alex's x-birthday at "El coto", a spanish restaurant... hm... tapas!

...after dinner he got a chocolate, double chocolate topped icecream-birthday-cake with extra chokolate sauce on it... hm... everybody was jealous! :-)

...his speech was great ;-)

...than a funny discussion about experienced canoeing trips developed (and of course everybody had his own point of view of about these adventures) ... :-)

...afterwards we went to a bar called "As you like it" which was really cool. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures there... ;-) ...sorry!
EDINBURGH
...back to the island my parents and me visited Edinburgh from the 17.-21.4.2007. It was my second visit to Scotland and it was also great!
We have done a lot...
...National Gallery of Scotland...

...Edinburgh Castle...

...Holyrood Castle...



...the gardens from Holyrood... (as William is single again I should probably try to meet him sometime...) ;-)

TRIP TO STYRLING CASTLE AND LOCH LOMOND

... Styrling castle...
...Amarican guys who love dressing like scots...

...Loch Lomond... (we didn't see a monster unfortunately/or not??...)

...last but not least: a picture of my parents drinking Scotch...
AMSTERDAM
From 11.-17.4.2007 I've visited David in Amsterdam, Netherlands (the land of tulips and bikes). It was great (also the weather - we had around 20-25 C)!


...the first to days David and me wondered around in the city centre and went to the Van Gogh Museum and many other places...


...the Rijksmuseum...

...in the Bagijnhof... one of the secret churches of Amsterdam can be found here...

..next to the Royal Palace...
...in the "new church" - which is a museum now (Istanbul exhibition)...
...on the top of the Stedelijk Museum there is a restaurant and bar with a amazing view over Amsterdam... wow... :-)

...for insiders ;-)

... at Febos... :-)


...of course I also got to know a little bit of Amsterdam's amazing night life... (at Paradiso - a disco which was in former times a church!) we had great fun.


... in a pub next to the sudent hostel...


... the mint tea which you can get everywhere was really good!...
AMSTERDAM
on friday my parents came also to Amsterdam... the first thing we did: Rijksmuseum - not hard to guess... :-)
Afterwards we did a cruise through Amsterdam.



...beautiful views during the cruise...

...traditional food from the Netherlands... sausages and mushed potatoes
DEN HAAG
During our stay in the Netherlands we also went to Den Haag and Delft. It was great (as the wheater was also really good!!). We visited the Mauritshuis where we saw some Vermeer (like "das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring")... and of course we wondered around in the city... .

...the Mauritshuis

DELFT


...following Vermeer...