Na, gut, vielleicht “geben Frauen gerne ihren Senf dazu”. Aber what the heck ist Frauensenf? Bei Wikipedia fehlt da noch ein Eintrag… vielleicht kann sich da mal jemand drum kümmern?

Abgesehen davon, dass das Ministerium nicht mehr “Ministerium für Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen” heißt, sondern “Ministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung”, ist es wohl bezeichnend für dieses Ministerium – mit Sitz unter anderem in der Invalidenstraße 44 -, dass es tatsächlich selbst sein bester Kunde zu sein scheint… Ist doch die Baustelle am Dienstgebäude Ecke [...]

After some more rain but yet an other exciting day in Tokyo the sky was burning behind the skyline. Seen here from Odaiba with a few on Rainbow Bridge.

It’s foggy and rainy here in Tokyo lately, which makes the city even more cinematic, especially in the evenings and in the night. The air is so humid and warm though, that some people had a nice idea: if you search for “tokyo mist” on google you’ll find this: “Dry Mist to Cool People Down”.

There [...]

I was happy to find a little Silver-studded Blue (Plebeius argus) on our roof garden in the middle of Berlin today. What a beautiful animal!

This is a call for help: Today there was a strange little visitor on our roof garden. A very small and tiny (about 5 mm long) little white and hairy animal. You could clearly see it has a little “nose” or face which had a sandy colour and at his back it seemed to [...]

I do not want to make the impression I am a rabbit fan or bunny maniac… although I have written about rabbits several times here so far. Well, this is just a post for Easter. Some rabbits I found on the way walking around in Berlin Mitte yesterday. To everyone reading this: hope you have [...]

The gardeners of Berlin ‘Tiergarten’ seem to be very progressive. They have installed anti-theft devices for certain plants, as a sign indicates saying “secured against theft” (in German: “Gegen Diebstahl gesichert”).

Next time I’ll drive by there, I might be tempted to check out how this device actually works!? So far I could not find this [...]

I admit – I have missed watching the last football match the Germans played. Today though, I decided to get “prepared” for the match tomorrow against Argentina and read two German articles…
Christian Gödecke writes on SPIEGEL, that the Argentinians think to need “god’s help” because the German team is one that is not going to [...]

Just something I find a very nice idea my brilliant nice Jana had: to paint flags not only on faces (it seems like you can buy make-up in shops all over Germany) but on your finger nails.