So, did you all laugh?? :)
Saturday, March 22, 2008
2008 - so much has happenend!
Hlello Friends and Family!!
Sorry, for not updating this blog in quite some time. I apologize for that! :)
We have been so busy in the past few weeks, well I should say months, with moving back to Germany, vacation in the US, finding a new apartment in Saarbrücken, moving from Ulm to Saarbrücken and for me finding a job! But to fill you in with the details:
1. We moved back to Germany in the middle of December. After cleaning our apartment for more than 6 hours, we were finally told, that we had a done a good enough job. To be honest, Jules did most of the cleaning, and I don't understand why the landlord wasn't satisfied, Jules is such a good cleaner!!! Anyway, we had had a good christmas in Ulm with all of my family.
2. On December 28th we flew to Portland, Oregon and visited friends and family. Unfortunately I was sick for about a week, so we could't do too much. But we visited most family members and quite some friends, and we were happy being back in Oregon! :)
3. On January 18th we flew back to Germany and started immediately looking for an apartment in Saarbrücken. The phone bill was high for about 3 weeks, and after looking at about 20 apartments we found one over our church. It's pretty small, but we stacked it with some IKEA furniture and we like it now! :)
4. The last task was to find a job! Jules will be finishing his thesis, found a doctor he can work with. I applied for several job and took a job at a consulting firm, called IDS Scheer AG. The company is a company, and does IT consulting services and I work as a translator in their sales service consulting center and in their global solutions department. It's too early to say, whether I like or not, but we'll see!
Well, that's what happened in our lives and hopefully I have more time to update this blog from time to time! :)
We miss you all!
Sorry, for not updating this blog in quite some time. I apologize for that! :)
We have been so busy in the past few weeks, well I should say months, with moving back to Germany, vacation in the US, finding a new apartment in Saarbrücken, moving from Ulm to Saarbrücken and for me finding a job! But to fill you in with the details:
1. We moved back to Germany in the middle of December. After cleaning our apartment for more than 6 hours, we were finally told, that we had a done a good enough job. To be honest, Jules did most of the cleaning, and I don't understand why the landlord wasn't satisfied, Jules is such a good cleaner!!! Anyway, we had had a good christmas in Ulm with all of my family.
2. On December 28th we flew to Portland, Oregon and visited friends and family. Unfortunately I was sick for about a week, so we could't do too much. But we visited most family members and quite some friends, and we were happy being back in Oregon! :)
3. On January 18th we flew back to Germany and started immediately looking for an apartment in Saarbrücken. The phone bill was high for about 3 weeks, and after looking at about 20 apartments we found one over our church. It's pretty small, but we stacked it with some IKEA furniture and we like it now! :)4. The last task was to find a job! Jules will be finishing his thesis, found a doctor he can work with. I applied for several job and took a job at a consulting firm, called IDS Scheer AG. The company is a company, and does IT consulting services and I work as a translator in their sales service consulting center and in their global solutions department. It's too early to say, whether I like or not, but we'll see!
Well, that's what happened in our lives and hopefully I have more time to update this blog from time to time! :)
We miss you all!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Lame Bloggers
Sorry friends and family.....we have been or I should better say I have been a lame blogger in the past weeks. However, I'm always waiting for Jules to bring home his USB stick so I can upload some new cool pictures. But Jules is very busy, so busy that he sometimes doesn't go to bed until 6am or later (and yes it happened more than once). Poor boy! I admire him because he works so hard and I think that he will turn in a very nice research report with excellent results!!
Anyhow, that is my excuse for not blogging.... I know lame, because I should have enough time on my hands.....since grad school over here in Sweden is not really challenging.
Well hopefully I can post some pics this weekend!
News: We are going back to Germany in less than 2 weeks! YAY!
Anyhow, that is my excuse for not blogging.... I know lame, because I should have enough time on my hands.....since grad school over here in Sweden is not really challenging.
Well hopefully I can post some pics this weekend!
News: We are going back to Germany in less than 2 weeks! YAY!
Friday, November 23, 2007
The Magic Flute
It's story time......
Once upon a time there was a little girl who desperately wanted to play the violin. So after some months of persuasion her parents finally agreed and allowed her to have violin lessons. Yes, I started playing the violin around 12 years ago. At the beginning I loved it, and with the years I lost the interest, mostly because I started rowing and didn't have time to do both well. I never brought my violin to Oregon, but I thought, since I stopped rowing, I could start again.
Shortly after arriving in Lulea, I had the idea of joining an orchestra to play with others. After some research and some friendly emails with the city information center, I was contacted by a guy with a really funny email telling me he had a little "Strak orkester" (String orchestra) and would love me to join. The next week Jules and I walked over almost 2miles to this little church where the orchestra was meeting. We were surprised with coffee/tea and cake. The Sweds call it "fika". It was a really small orchestra and the members were way older than me, but it was fun playing with them. After the rehearsal a woman told me about the town's orchestra that would be performing the opera "The magic flute" from Mozart in the middle of November. She told me that I was really good and that i should join them. So the next week we checked it out (Jules accompanied me, since I'm so shy). Long story short, they put me right in the 1st violin and I had to start practising on a daily basis. Most of the time, Jules would do the dishes and I would entertain him with (sometimes) nice or horrible violin play. After 6 weeks of practice the orchestra was (I wasn't) ready to perform in the big "Kulturens hus" (Culture house with a big auditorium) with the opera singers.
All I can say is that it was really fun and a real success!!!
Once upon a time there was a little girl who desperately wanted to play the violin. So after some months of persuasion her parents finally agreed and allowed her to have violin lessons. Yes, I started playing the violin around 12 years ago. At the beginning I loved it, and with the years I lost the interest, mostly because I started rowing and didn't have time to do both well. I never brought my violin to Oregon, but I thought, since I stopped rowing, I could start again.
Shortly after arriving in Lulea, I had the idea of joining an orchestra to play with others. After some research and some friendly emails with the city information center, I was contacted by a guy with a really funny email telling me he had a little "Strak orkester" (String orchestra) and would love me to join. The next week Jules and I walked over almost 2miles to this little church where the orchestra was meeting. We were surprised with coffee/tea and cake. The Sweds call it "fika". It was a really small orchestra and the members were way older than me, but it was fun playing with them. After the rehearsal a woman told me about the town's orchestra that would be performing the opera "The magic flute" from Mozart in the middle of November. She told me that I was really good and that i should join them. So the next week we checked it out (Jules accompanied me, since I'm so shy). Long story short, they put me right in the 1st violin and I had to start practising on a daily basis. Most of the time, Jules would do the dishes and I would entertain him with (sometimes) nice or horrible violin play. After 6 weeks of practice the orchestra was (I wasn't) ready to perform in the big "Kulturens hus" (Culture house with a big auditorium) with the opera singers.
All I can say is that it was really fun and a real success!!!
Norway
So a few weekends ago, Jules and I traveled to Norway with some french guys. Stephan, a really nice French guy, who shares the office with Jules, invited us along to travel the "Lofoten" in Norway. The Lofoten are made up of small islands in the North of Norway. The Lofoten are famous for beautiful sceneries with all the fjords and mountains. The Lofoten are 240km long and there is only around 60km from one coast to the next. Approximately 56,000 people are living on the islands working as fishermen or in the tourist branch. It is very peaceful and reminded us a lot of Oregon. This is a map of the Lofoten:
We took a ferry from Melbu to Fiskebel in the hope to see some killer whales who swim to the Lofoten each year in the fall. Unfortunately we were not lucky.Before entering Norway we crossed the Arctic Circle. It was really cold up there and not much later we saw a big herd of reindeers who were standing next to and on the road.
We also did some hiking, stayed in a original red little cabin, played lots of cards, and tried to learn French. :) All in all the trip was a lot of fun, see for yourself.
On our way back we stopped in Narvik, had an amazing burger and found this really cool road sign!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Blogging....so much fun
Thank you for all your comments on our blog. We love reading them and we love to hear from all of you! It also encourages me to keep up with the posting and telling you what is up with us in the far North of Sweden.
This past weekend, we had a lot of fun. We did some cooking with a few friends, Jules went to the Sauna for the first time in his life, and I think he enjoyed it! :) We tried a first try cake from Andreas, our friend. He baked for the first time a cake from scratch and it was so delicious.
Other than eating and hanging out with friends, we just relaxed and spend time with each other, reading books, talking and studying (but only a little bit)!
So Satin, this one is for you. No we are not living in the tiny red house. Unfortunately, I think it would be pretty cool. This was just a typical red house that we saw when we went to Gammelstad, the "old town" of Lulea. :)
So, I'm about to have lunch with Jules. It's a daily routine for us! Here is a schedule on what we do every day:
7:00 Alarm goes off
7:10 We finally get up
7:30 Jules exercises
7:45 Breakfast: fruit salad, bred, jam, tea, sometimes a breakfast egg (Jules loves them)
8:00 Jules leaves and I clean up
12:00 We eat lunch and drink free coffee in Jules' department
1:00 I go to class, either Swedish, CRM or foundation of e-commerce
6:00 We go home
7:00 After an hour of cooking (it still takes me a while), we have dinner
8:00 I practice the violin
9:00 We hang out, read, watch a movie, talk....etc.
10:00 We try to go to bed, read the bible, pray and have a good time
11:00 Time for sleep to be able to get up the next day again...... :)
Greetings to you all!!!! Miss you tons!
This past weekend, we had a lot of fun. We did some cooking with a few friends, Jules went to the Sauna for the first time in his life, and I think he enjoyed it! :) We tried a first try cake from Andreas, our friend. He baked for the first time a cake from scratch and it was so delicious.
Other than eating and hanging out with friends, we just relaxed and spend time with each other, reading books, talking and studying (but only a little bit)!
So Satin, this one is for you. No we are not living in the tiny red house. Unfortunately, I think it would be pretty cool. This was just a typical red house that we saw when we went to Gammelstad, the "old town" of Lulea. :)
So, I'm about to have lunch with Jules. It's a daily routine for us! Here is a schedule on what we do every day:
7:00 Alarm goes off
7:10 We finally get up
7:30 Jules exercises
7:45 Breakfast: fruit salad, bred, jam, tea, sometimes a breakfast egg (Jules loves them)
8:00 Jules leaves and I clean up
12:00 We eat lunch and drink free coffee in Jules' department
1:00 I go to class, either Swedish, CRM or foundation of e-commerce
6:00 We go home
7:00 After an hour of cooking (it still takes me a while), we have dinner
8:00 I practice the violin
9:00 We hang out, read, watch a movie, talk....etc.
10:00 We try to go to bed, read the bible, pray and have a good time
11:00 Time for sleep to be able to get up the next day again...... :)
Greetings to you all!!!! Miss you tons!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Our picture website
For more pictures, visit our picture website. We are trying to update it regularly.
http://picasaweb.google.com/julesdake
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