We haven't written in a while... Starting with Halloween...

Hello friends and family,

we haven't written in some time now... ooopss... it's been busy, Mattes doing alot of work at uni (incl. until-5-am-shifts...) and I (kati) have finally gotten momentum into my PhD work, so we don't have fun and games to take pictures of every day any more ;)

But we do make sure we get around and sometimes we even remember to take a camera!

So you all learn to accept that all we ever do here is fancy dress, here are the pics from Halloween this year - Mattes went as a painter (and I got to smear paint all over him ;))) and I went as an angel (always wanted to do that). We will also share with you the brilliant costumes of some of our friends.
And no worries - it's not all! We have more dressing uo coming up in the next posts :)

Bar Crawl Barcelona

Supposed to be one of the 2 spectecular to outstanding nights during the IESE experience, the Bar Crawl leaves us with mixed feelings...
But the mix of gayish looking cowboys, sexy balloon bursting "getting a little bit closer" games and ridiculously sweatty "twister" action on dirty bargrounds lead to an great party @ Mary's place in the end...

Looking forward to part two of the orgy...

Tini and Basti in BCN

Our first visitors from Münster came! Tini and Basti were there for 5 days and even though I (kati) was stuck in bed for the most of it, I hope they had a nice relaxing time in BCN! Mattes made sure to take them out alot, too though of course.

We did alot of cooking - highlight being their great gilthead (that means Dorade, at least leo.org says so), we had too much wine and we finished our entire 43 licour (with leche por supuesto...).
We also went to a cute music festival called "DJs against hunger" in an old market place in BCN and danced a little. Due to the cold and drizzle that day we didn't stay long, but long enough for me to find a BIONADE aaaaaand see the label saying "Hierbas" instead of "Kräuter"... and Fish becoming a monster behind my back.
More to come soon we'r sure - especially since there is some dressing-up party on Friday... tststs....

Greeting from the uni!*

Oktoberfest 2008 Munich and life

Servus amigos!

So we haven't posted in a while - guessing there are three reasons:
a) we've been out and about, travelling to Munich, kati to Berlin, had visitors and lotsa work...
b) I (kati) was sick for about 10 days so nada from me in that time, and
c) we pretty much have a regular week now - driving to uni at 7:30 on the moto, mattes gets lost in case studies, kati gets lost in data and statistics in the library and we get back home for dinner...

But highlights like the Oktoberfest beginning of the month are certainly a must-blog! We stayed with Viki and Rafael (thanks again for being super hosts!!) and had a table in the Hippodrom on Friday, where we ate ALOT and drank even more and danced on the table

Then on Saturday the day was spent with Mattes' boys (and their girls) in the Schottenhaml and discovering the theme park part of the Oktoberfest, including Mattes successful encounter with a "Schiffsschaukel" and lots of candy floss - yummy!
On Sunday we had bautiful weather and went for looong walks in Munich and the English Garten, true autumn, which we will not really get here in BCN (awwwww ;))))

So, we had a great time! Sadly not many pics of people, so check out Mattes' photos on Picassa aswell for more insights.
(and on the last pic you can already see a) that flu is already getting at me.... and b) Mattes knows what the best medicine is ;))

Adieu!*

And we had a BBQ...

... on our roof terrace, a guys night really, with lotsa meat and lotsa beer and lotsa spicey chili and 6 IESE-guys telling jokes until 2am and kati deciding bed was a better option at about 12:30 ;)

Not to forget, Martin at the grill and the 2kg piece of meat from the market which Mattes was battling!