Just a short blog post today to tell you about my outing last night to the Schützenhaus.
But first, thanks to those who put a comment on my last post:
Allison - How are those project teams behaving themselves? :-)
Skye - I'm writing more posts than you simply because I have more time...and its all so new and different. Great to hear that you have a definite date for the homecoming!
Robby - Wonderful to hear from you! And yes....I have brought some paper/pencils with me and am looking forward to getting into some drawing. :-)
But on with the latest story.
Wednesday - checking out the Schützenhaus
Norbert has been a member of a shooting club in Adelaide for...oh....decades now. So when he was here alone and bored out of his brain on the cold winter nights, he checked out the local shooting club to enquire if he could do some practice and give him something to do. Well, they welcomed him with open arms and made him feel very welcome, so he's been going to the club twice a week. I wanted to know more about it and meet the members so last night we walked to the Schützenhaus, which translates directly as 'shooting house'. (And yes.... the Schützenfest that we know in Adelaide is, of course, shooting festival!) :-)
First of all, everyone I met was extremely welcoming....I wondered what they thought about having a 'hausfrau' in their midst intruding on their 'boys night out', [grin] but there are quite a few female club members as there are in Adelaide and everyone seemed really pleased that I had come to meet them.
Here's a photo of me standing at the bar....a natural position for me lately. [laugh] Nobody spoke much English though so it got quite overwhelming with all the German conversations happening around me, especially when they had had a couple of beers and started to argue about world issues and the like, stabbing their fingers in the air and raising their voices. [rolls her eyes] But it was all good natured.
The amazing thing about this club though is how long it has been going on. Here is a photo of the club logo which is up on the wall outside.....check out the date at the bottom which is when it began!!!
In Australia we celebrate something going for...oh...25 years, or even 50 years. The concept of a club going for well over 400 years is just too mind-boggling to consider! There's another couple of photos in the photo stream opposite showing more of the inside plus the guys chatting outside.
So....until I have anything more interesting to tell you about I'll log off now and do the dishes. Or maybe I'll just sit and read in the sunshine. [grin]
Tschüs! (means Seeya!)
Marlene
4 comments:
Hi Marlene, back again after an amazing weekend and wedding in Brisbane. Beautifully warm, met up with people again we hadn't seen for 400 years (I mean 20-odd yrs. Yes, our history sucks!)
Please do not - repeat DO NOT -write executive summaries just for me. I feel guilty! And I always read the whole thing anyway ... even if just in segments!
You definately look well and relaxed (and FIT with all that unintentional walking!)
Mum may have some news soon ... but I won't steal her thunder..
Take care,
God bless
Heather
Hi Marlene
I feel like I'm experiencing Germany with you with your wonderful stories and lovely photos.
I'm not going to talk 'shop' with you here - you're on holidays - so enjoy yourself and we'll give you all of the 'hairy' bits about work when you return.
I'm in Sydney today - going to the Why Web 2.0 presentation with Will Richardson - so this should be really interesting.
All the best, Allison
Hey Mum,
Big drama at work this week. We had a story on the Kiev Ballet and the new girl (who is no longer with us as she quit after two weeks) put on a headline which read "From Russia with Love"....none of us picked it up as we just saw ballet and assumed it was okay. We have had soooo many calls and emails about it. Apparently there was some war things between the two countries and heaps of people are offended by the headline. Ohhhh we all feel so dumb for not picking it up. We actually had a letter from the Ukraine ambassador....we bound to end up on Media watch this week! So yea, there's a story for you. Moral to the story: double check all work any new person does.
Ps I have Skype now so you have to get on there. i don't have a headset yet but will get one this weekend, or even tonight at late night shopping. You HAVE to call me for a chat. I'm very lonely and need to talk to someone about my work dramas.
lol! - it was a cheesy headline anyway.
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