Saturday, March 24, 2007

we had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun...

Here are some answers to all the questions from everybody, what exactly I´m doing with all the free time without duties here in Lisbon. Well, its not that hard to find something to do. especially, when you have such great friends around you all the time:

Possibility 1: Make a Feuerzangenbowle @ the austrians place





and yes Roman! Vodka burns.... ;-)

Possibility 2: Go to an Erasmuswelcomeparty... even though you´re not welcome anymore

and find yourself at the riverside at Cais de Sodré at 6 o`clock in the morning...

Possibility 3: Visit a friend with a terrasse on the roof and have a lazy monday-afternoon-coffee while enjoying the great view





There´s never too much free time, just too much time that you didn´t use! Beijos a todos!

Monday, March 12, 2007

man muss sich nur zu helfen wissen (3)

seen in Bairro Alto, Rua da Baroca, Lisboa

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Vamos á la playa, oh ohohoh oh!

Alessandra [Recife/Brasil]

This time I´m going to be mean! And I´m very aware of that fact, but I can´t help but show you some impressions of my day: Its the 10.th of March and its already around 25 degrees outside... which means, in other words, time for the beach! As we all don´t have anything to do anymore and its weekend, why not enjoy some volleyballmatches in the sun, getting brown, icecream, surfers, ... and some really rough ones even enjoyed the water! Even if you can´t see it on the pictures, because I took them during sunset, we were just lying around in bikinis the whole day and got sunburned!!!!! Sunburned!!!! In March!!!!! I love Lisbon! I wanna stay here!!!! Foreveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!


This is Laura, our sweetheart from Hamburg, loves to surf, loves to laugh and is formally know as the biggest celebrity-expert existing in this world of glamour.... ;-)

Christian, in the middle, and two of his brasilian friends (Thiago [from Recife] and Neto [from Rio]) that are very wonderful and funny people. Gente boa ;-)



Neto again



Jacob [Austin/Texas], Jordi [Barcelona/Spain], and Susann... [don´t have to introduce her, I think?] and a lazy cigarette in the sun. Que vida boa, ne? ;-)




This day was really one of the most beautiful ones I had here in Lisbon. Thanks to everybody, that helped to make my stay here possible. Thanks to my parens, my grandparents... and... they shouldn´t be forgotten: Thank you Mr. Erasmus!!!! Thank you Mr. Sokrates!

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Too less DJ`s






When it came to our ears, that the great Dj´s "Too many DJ´s" are playing in Lux, all being rational disappeared and we couldn´t keep our feed away from dancing. Unfortunately our 3 o´clock decicion to go to Lux, turned into a 4 o´clock arriving insight of Lux upstaires, without the licence to see what we came for. Nobody told us, that we had to pay extra money to get into the DJ-room, and so we fucking spent the night upstairs dancing to Lionel Richie. :-(

At least at around 6 the gates opend for everybody, and we enjoyed a last hour dancing to the beats of that AMAZING, FABULOUS, UNBELIEVABLE GOOD Electronic-act.

VivaCarnevalEmLisboa!!!!!!

Even though I´m kind of spoiled because I come from Germanys second large Carnevalcity and already experienced the brasilian version of it, Carneval in Lisboa rocks!!!!! Last monday we had an amazing night in town with.... Cesá, Jacob, Susann and sweet Angolaboy Dilson,...

...Pimps... ...70th babies...
...princesses...
...pirategirls... (Jack Sparrow I´m waiting for you!!!!)
... Susann? Jacob? mh.....
...Madonna...

... more pirategirls...
... Brasilians.... (what a great costume, alex! ;-))
... flowers...
...drags and cowboys...


Todos que nao foram lá, perderam!!!!!!!

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Down in the past

Ich habe die Vergangenheit getroffen. Im Bairro Alto.
Und während ich noch unwissend darüber nachdenke, ob sie mich mehr an Niels oder Benno Führmann erinnert, erklärt sie mir, weshalb man auf Manu Chaos 1. Album Clandestino auf keinen Fall verzichten kann und dass Schwindelanfälle im ersten Schwangerschaftsmonat nicht unbedingt ein Anzeichen für Schwangerschaftsdiabetis sein müssen.
Braune Augen hat sie, die Vergangenheit, und trägt Norwegerpullis. Sie bringt mir Bier mit im Plastikbecher. Einfach so. Weil sie nett ist und damit sie sich eine Stunde später genauso freuen kann, als ich mit dem Revengebier grinsend vor ihr stehe.
Sie fasziniert mich und gerade als ich mich bei dem Gedanken erwische, sie mal zu kosten, die Vergangenheit, spricht sie von Beziehungen und dass es sich lohnt für sie zu kämpfen. Zumindest scheint es einen Versuch wert. Wenns nicht klappt…. Mh… dann solls halt nicht sein. Kann man dann auch nicht ändern…Flashback! … (wo kommt der jetzt her?)
Ihr geht’s grad gut, der Vergangenheit. Und ob wir jetzt Heim fahren oder verweilen, ist ihrer Meinung nach „ziemlich egal“… Flashback!... Sie ist nicht so der Typ, der fürchtet jetzt etwas zu verpassen. Sie ist auf der Suche nach ein bisschen guter Zeit. Deshalb will sie sich auch noch keine Meinung über diese Stadt bilden. Für Meinungen brauche man schließlich fundiertes Wissen und das habe sie in diesem Moment keinesfalls.
Sie streicht sich nachdenklich übers Kinn und lacht an Stellen, die nicht offensichtlich amüsant zu sein scheinen. Kauft ein neues Bier und fühlt sich unwohl in der Schwulenecke des Partyviertels.
Sie nimmt das Leben, wie es kommt und stellt keine unnötigen Fragen. Weiß oft keine Antworten und hat auch kein Bedürfnis sie zu geben. … Flashback…
„Hey… du erinnerst mich an den Typen aus Lolle… der, wegen dem Lolle nach Berlin gegangen ist, weil sie ihn nicht aufgeben wollte. Der, der sie dann mit der Lesbe betrogen hat und den der Perfümbär in der Metro überfallen hat!“ „Mh“ schmunzelt die Vergangenheit und schweigt. Das Bairro Alto sei ein bisschen mit Köln vergleichbar… oder etwa nicht?
Ich weiß es nicht!
Während sie die letzten Cents im Taxi zusammenkratzt, erwischt mich der letzte Flachback.
Und der schmerzt. Nicht an Niels oder Benno Führmann oder den Typen aus Lolle, der wegen dem Lolle nach Berlin gegangen ist, weil sie ihn nicht aufgeben wollte und der, der sie dann mit der Lesbe betrogen hat und den der Perfümbär in der Metro überfallen hat…, nein auch an den erinnerst du mich nicht. An meine Vergangenheit erinnerst du mich. Meine blonde Vergangenheit mit blauen Augen, die der Meinung ist, dass Schwaben noch immer das beste Essen machen und dass das letzte „Trail of dead“-Album wahrscheinlich das musikalische Highlight 2006 war.
Fuck it! Komm gut heim und mach es gut. Und ehrlich gesagt…. Vielleicht bin ich eines der Mädchen, die von Manu Chao nur „Bongo Bong“ kennen. Und das Schlimme ist: Du fändest es wohl nicht mal schlimm. So wie meine Vergangenheit.


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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Impressions







These stupid portugues people invented plastic-ice-skating! Yes... I´m not skating on ice. I´m skating on a white plastic floor.
Anyway.... Its been a while since I posted the last time. Of course there are as always a lot of new things that happend, for example the first persons that left us, the coldest Lisbonwinter ever, etc... but I really don´t find enough time to write about that. University is going to finish next week, so I have plenty of stuff to do, a lot of homeworks, avaluationtests, etc.
These pictures are just some more Portugal-impressions for you, saying: I didn´t forget you!
Soon there will be more posts again.
Love*
anna

Monday, January 15, 2007

Porto

Realizing that my last 3 months in Lisbon already started, I asked myself, when it is going to be the time to do all these things I always thought I would have time to do them later when I already considered an allday here?

Time is running out, and there are plenty of things I still wanna do. So.... even though even my money is running out, I took the Austrians invitation to go to Porto to pick up Michis ghostfriend Lolo at the airport and spend the weekend in Portugals third-large city and the Lisbons big enemy!!!! Unfortunately finally 8 people joined Lolos trip, to which she never arrived, because she decided to stay in London (The gods might know why??????)
Porto turned out to be a great experience for me. It made me think a lot. About things I think of way too much.... about things I never thought of.... about things I should have thought of already. Porto sweetend our stay with some special surprices and adventures. (I don´t wanna tell too much of it. I have a phone... for those who want to know....) Let me start to present the fabulous people, that built the group staying in Porto: 5 germans, 1 suice-austrian, 1 polnish-austrian and 1 spanish guy. We already spent, depending on the person, more or less time together in Lissbon and I have to confess: Gosto muito de vocês... simplesmente.


Compaired to Lisbon, Porto is wheater more ugly or prettier.... its just special and also very beautyful. I experienced it to be much calmer, much more natural and pure, and thousand times more melancholic than Portugals capital, even though it is almost about the same size (at least the centre). "Europes cultural Capital 2001" is definately worth a visit, but for sure its not as crazy, alternative, chic, stylish and modern as Lisbon starts to be. But... for sure.... the food is really good and the restaurantes much cheaper. Our Portodays were filled with a traditional Portwine-tasting, a lot of walking around, sunset on the riverside eating olives and having a beer, some going-out in the night and a lot of coffeestops at several cafés. Let me just say: Lolo.... you definitaly missed a great trip!











Next days I´m triing to talk some more about stories happening to us in Porto....