German Technology!

My friend Sunitha, as a car lover can talk hours together about German car technology (first thing she told me, when she heard about my Germany trip was to send her pictures of nice German cars) and my dad as an engineer always have very high regards for German construction skills, I don’t have enough knowledge to appreciate such things, but the technology which attracts me the most is their kitchen technology. Micha got me this egg pierce thingy during our last visit to Munich; you have to put the broader side of the egg on this and press it, it makes a small hole and lets out air in the pouch at the bottom of the egg, by this way you can avoid the egg from bursting when you boil it, hmm! Smart! This time during my window shopping, I was looking from some useful kitchen thingy and look what I got, this thing called tea tube, in which you can make a just a cup of fusion tea. It’s so handy for a tea lover like me! Sunitha! Sorry this time, I didnt take car pics!(you know the reason ;-) but this one from Munich is just for you!

Dos and Donts!

The German dressing was wonderful! No! I am not talking about their way of dressing; I am talking about their salad dressing, I guess among the European countries I visited so far the best salad I tasted was in Germany. So, don’t miss to taste German salads.

Never…Never …Ever cross a road when its red, even if the road is completely empty and there is no police around, don’t dare to do it unless you are ready to hear some stranger shouting at you in the middle of the road.

We were trying so hard to find the link between Hamburg and Hamburger, Doron even tried to order one for lunch in Hamburg port, and look what he got, some piece of meat which even a meat lover can’t tolerate. If you want to eat good Hamburger I guess the right place in USA and not Hamburg.

When you are traveling alone in Europe (as a girl) never book a hotel near the main railway station, even in a safe country like Germany, just the look and feel of this doggy area can put you in sleepless night!

Hamburg

Saturday morning, left to Hamburg with Doron, the person who made me have second thoughts about reincarnation and Aaron, his (also Assaf’s) Phd advisor. The plan was to have a quick and dirty overview of the city but the debate was whether to do it on a bike or in a city tour bus, in spite of having my and Doron’s vote for bike, we ended up seeing the town in a open top city tour bus! When it comes to boss, they are always right! I was always scared that tour buses like this can steal a traveler’s freedom but finally it was not that bad. Well Aaron didn’t just remove my fear over such buses but also beautifully gave reasons for many more fears in my life (more updates on this later). After an enlightening ride around the city, came the most disgusting thing of life, ‘to say good bye’. Doron reduced the weight of the heavy ‘good bye’ by a the usual Assaf's magic hug. Aaron and Doron left to Israel leaving me to discover the rest of Hamburg. That’s not all; I have more stories to share, but till then check out few photos from Hamburg!

And also friends! say hi to Doron! taken at the top of St. Michaelis church.

Kiel

Kiel, that’s where I was this Friday, for the diatomics meeting along with seven other people from my lab, you may have problem in searching that town in the map, so here it is, small town in Germany, touching the North Sea. It’s around 1 hour drive from Hamburg, but as my group of scientist were racing in car at 140 km/hr, we reached this town just in 40 min. Nothing special in this small town, a big church in the middle of the town, few bars, short shopping streets, some love centers, the official prostitution places and ofcourse an oceanographic institute. But nice people and smell of science in the air, added lots of charm to my trip to this little town. Sometime even new people I meet make me feel as if I know them for long time; that too such a picky person like me, starts feeling comfortable with new people...Hmm! scary! Such incidents incline me more towards believing in reincarnation. As they say in India, may be I know them from previous birth? Also this meeting made me think that I may have to soon rename my blog, after interacting and listening to the ‘real’ diatomist, I can feel how far I am from calling myself a diatomist.