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posted by Katie @ 11:39 am 0 comments

St Vincent

I realised that the last two pics of me on here showed me raising great big mass glasses of beer (that's why I have such lovely muscle definition in my right arm, natch) and realised it was time to show my more delicate side...Here in Burgundy you get looked at funny if you order a beer, no more pints for me then, over to the rouge we go.
The 22nd January is La fête de St Vincent, patron saint of winegrowers who, legend has it, once stopped by the edge of a vineyard to talk with the men working there and while he was at it, his donkey nibbled at the young vine shoots. Come the next harvest, it was discovered that the vine stock that had been browsed had produced more fruit than all the others. Maybe we should really be celebrating the donkey? Whatever, there are loads of theories as to why we celebrate St Vincent and why he's the patron saint of wine, but at the ned of the day who even needs an excuse to drink wine??!
We didn't, so in celebration we headed to the lovely Nuits-St-Georges, bought a wee glass and 6 tickets for dégustations, and off we toddled, merrily filling our glass with red wine as we went. The town was decked out in flowers and people were drinking, singing and dancing, Karolina and I tried to make Guillaume eat snails but he was having none of it and bought us a crèpe instead, and oh yeah - it was freeeeeeeeeeeeezing!!! now i know what the wine's for!

posted by Katie @ 1:06 pm 0 comments

The neglect continues

aaaawwww, i feel guilty. i'm a terrible mother. i've neglected this baby so much recently. i have no excuses, i just don't have that maternal instinct that most normal women nurse. and the longer i leave it the harder it is to start it up again, it'll look at me with those puppy dog eyes and make me feel all guilty, and i'm not sure i wont crack. i do try, honestly...but between my brain fries and lack of technological know-how and equipment the odds are stacked against me. enough excuses, promises to try to be a better blogger from now on, a belated new year's resolution if you will. (strange sense of déjà-vu here, sure i've posted this before...)
so after an all too brief stint in my beloved munich i decided i'd had enough beer to last me a lifetime and have moved on to pastures new...ie Beaune in burgundy, wine capital of wine country. not bad, not bad at all.
new job in a new field (travel) makes life interesting, i'm enjoying learning the tricks of the trade and hope to get to travel to some interesting places sooner rather than later. have my own place, small but atmospheric with a few strategically positoned t-lights, and am discovering the joys of having my own kitchen and cocotte minute, or pressure cooker...although i will admit to that gathering dust in a cupboard somewhere. the people here are lovely, the food is fab and there is more wine than you can shake a stick at...i think i'm gonna like it here

posted by Katie @ 2:22 pm 0 comments

September in Munich can only mean one thing...

oooh, did I mention the Oktoberfest?? Contrary to popular belief, it's not in October, but now, it started last weekend. And in honour of the amber liquid, here's a quote from a bloody genius....

"A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive drinking of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. "

Prost to that!

posted by Katie @ 1:48 pm 0 comments

Servus!

here I am back in good ol'Munich! i knew i loved this city for a reason....now that i'm back it feels like i never left, although i'm amazed i ever thought the sushi here was good

that said, found the best little japanese restaurant just over from the HB so i can still get my natto fix

not much has changed here, same faces same places, great to be back in a land where my feet are a normal size and i can buy clothes that fit me!

posted by Katie @ 3:02 pm 0 comments

sayonara nippon

sniff sniff, that's it...the end is finally nigh!! although i have throroughly enjoyed my sejour in the Orient, enough is enough and it's time to say goodbye. I'm not gonna rose-tint everything and say it was all fabulousness and pink and fluffy, cos it wasn't, but I sure as hell am glad I came out here. and I still have a three year visa, so look out, I may well be back!!

mata ne!!

posted by Katie @ 1:52 pm 0 comments

CAMPIONI DEL MONDO!

Congratulazioni azzurris!!

Dommage pour les Francais, j'etais avec vous! :o(

Vielen Vielen Dank an Euch, die Deutschen. Ihr habt uns alle eine tolle WM gegeben!

posted by Katie @ 4:13 am 0 comments