Wednesday, April 25, 2007
How to spot a fake: Lesson 1
Rental Car
Our car had a serious issue with the aircon two weeks ago - it decided it doesn't like to work anymore. So I got it checked and they found out that there is a leakage somewhere in the aircon. Took them a day more than expected to find it so I got a rental car (the new Opel SUV - "Antara").
They couldn't find the leak so the had to add some special liquid to make the leak visible. Found it now and they repaired it today. As this takes more than two hours I got another rental car. Much nicer than the SUV - the Opel Astra TwinTop. This is a convertible with a steel roof.
Nice car. :-)
Labels: Cars, Convertible, Germany
Monday, April 23, 2007
Balcony time
This is a view from our balcony. There is a really big tree just in front of the house.
So Germany really can be nice. :-)
Labels: Balcony, Germany, Spring
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Shanghai Auto 2007
Swat
Originally uploaded by Shanghai Sky.
Yes this is really a show about cars not some special units.
Labels: Auto Show, China, Shanghai
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Spot the funny thing in the picture
Friday, April 20, 2007
Good and not so good China news
This here is a nice thing - there will be plenty of new taxis and buses in Shanghai very soon. So finally there may not be big black clouds behind buses...
And maybe the chances to catch a very old VW Santana will be very small soon. These old and sh** cars nearly destroyed some of my suits.
These are disgusting news and I guess some people always suspected this to happen. At least it's not the other way round.
And maybe the chances to catch a very old VW Santana will be very small soon. These old and sh** cars nearly destroyed some of my suits.
These are disgusting news and I guess some people always suspected this to happen. At least it's not the other way round.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Hmmmm - something is different...
Is it the new shirt?
Monday, April 09, 2007
This will be a bar sometime...
We had the fantastic idea to buy a glass bar sometimes in January this year. It was a special offer and already sold out when we got to the furniture shop. Luckily they could still order one for us. It sadly took two months to get it delivered.
I'm a lucky person so the top glass arrived broken. We currently wait for the replacement to arrive (this also takes two months).
(Of course it's made in China)
Now some may think that four months is a long time. You're wrong - IKEA topped this. Our second sliding door for our bedroom wardrobe is still not available. We bought our bed, drawer and wardrobe in November last year. We bought everything in the same design so that it doesn't look too bad.
They sadly have some manufacturing problems with this kind of slideable door so our concept crashed. Now we can wait until (at least) May and then pay another 80 Euro for the door and 50 Euro for the delivery. This door is really too big for my car and the minimum delivery fee is 30 Euro when you order the delivery at the shop (1 hour drive from here) or 50 Euro when you order via Internet.
I honestly can say that I hate to buy furniture!
Small Update:
Still not there, so I called them today. They were a bit surprised ("Nobody called you last week?") and realized then that they really got a new delivery now. But not for me!
So maybe they want me to wait another 8 weeks until it gets delivered from China.
Which irony is that?
"Spot the bird"
There they jumped - try to find them in the picture.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Spring Barbecue
The first really nice sunny day was today so we had some barbecue with sausage, Asian chicken and vegetables. We also had some normal and alcohol free beer. :-)
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Birthday Cake
This is the birthday cake I made yesterday for today's birthday. Took me quite some time and it really doesn't look like the picture.
But tasty! :-)
