Quick x-mas German facts:


10% of Germans will sell their unwanted gifts online
Almost 50% of Germans that received an unwanted gift will keep it.
33% will return it to the store.
20% will regift it.


http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Marktberichte/de/14765024/Jeder+Zehnte+verkauft+ungeliebte+Weihnachtsgeschenke+im

Merry Christmas everyone

pictures from my family vacation, in Deutschland. Naturally I was the tour guide. Its definitely been a very nice vacation so far, heading to Paris in 2 days to welcome 2008.

Cheuffering in a BMW 520d...d for diesel. Still topped 200km/h on the autobahn =p















Mothers ecstatic to be in Frankfurt




















Awesome drive in the Alps, through Austria, passing through many ski villages. Probably the best driving experience i've had so far

















Boarding the bunny hills, only a fraction of the entire trail

















Visited a fairy tale castle, actually the King never had a Queen, lived alone, and died drowning at the age of 41. All's well doesn't always end quite well. Nice crib nonetheless.





























Some nice pan pictures and such. Copyright free, so take them if you wish (click on pic), great for postcards, desktop backgrounds, etc etc..

what a feeling to be in the city again

Stuttgart





















as the streets are stuffed with busy people doing mad last minute shopping, or just people watching, i'm doing the same. I did alota people watching, very little talking. No i don't want to speak english, help me speak better Deutsch please.






























Thats effort




















Stuttgart during the day

Stuttgart Saturdays

heading to Stuttgart tomorrow, an actual city, pretty excited, a day of city life. Small town is getting to me, especially on Friday nights like this. Simply theres just less people. Aber alles gut. Ich fahre mit dem Bahn weil der sehr Bequem ist...i like choo choo train rides.

tonight i perfected curry lentils

thanks Manoranjan Mishra for those nights in Goethe teaching me Indian culinary art, and making me eat with my hands. I finally made a curry dish that smells and tastes somewhat like curry.