Holiday in Italy

I m just back from my one-week-holiday in Italy and it was hard to choose the fotos for the blog.


The first and last days I was in Milan, even could visit Hugo Boss in Coldrerio.



The Milan Dome is finally completly restored; hopefully the pigeons respect it and dont sh... on it again :)

On sunday was helt the antic market at naviglio. Nice weather, many people, beautiful but expensive jewellery (anyway.. I could not resist to buy some)

Then I went to Florenz for the Pitti Filati and for sight seeing.

Florenz is amazing; full of culture...old sculptures and buildings.
There was not much to see at the Pitti Filati, so I walked around in the town and enjoyed the great food in the evening

I had the best panna cotta ever in the Trattoria Enzo e Piero, via Faenza 105!!! Try it!!!

But the best of my holiday was to meet my friends.

Hope to see you again soon!!

On my way back to HK I had to stay 5 hours at the airport in Paris.

I decided to go for a short trip to the center. It was soooo cold!!

I saw the Eifeltower (ok, from far away and the foto is bad..) and had a deliciouse crepe with nutella ;)

Now back in HK, its already 0.30 and I m not tired at all. Have to work tomorrow so I better try to get some sleep.

Like I said in the beginning, it was difficult to choose the pictures.

I also post some at my other blog: www.strangephoto.blogspot.com

You can also have a look there...

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Chinese New Year is starting and as much I would love to stay in HK and celebrate it here, I decided to go to Milan to visit my friends in Italy and Switzerland.
But here some pictures of the colorful symbols and decoration of Chinese New Year:

I was told, that the chinese name for "fish" has the same pronunciation like "left over". So.. as I understood the fish is for the new year a symbol for your savings (money or other things) from the last year. I like it :)

You can buy nice decoration; in fact the whole City, every building and every office are decoratet
and I couldnt resist to buy some thins in my favorite color.

The comming year (starting 0n 26.1.) is the year of the ox.
http://pinoybusiness.org/2008/11/04/year-of-the-ox-2009-predictions-and-forecast/

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Wiebke und Debora

Besser spaet als nie :) kurz vor Abflug nach Deutschland bzw. China

Germany

Since I m back from my holiday in Germany end of December, I had no time to write. It was so good to see my family and friends again. Some of my friends I havn't seen for 2 years. The only thing I didn't see was snow!!! One day after I left it started to snow and in my home village it was even 1.5 m high. I m only glad, it wasn't that cold (until -25 degrees) when I was there; although I was freezing all the time. Here some pics of my friends:

Forest without snow :(

Chemnitz

Putzi

My little big brother

Starting to introduce my family: this is my little brother Dirk :)

Weihnachten kann so schön blöd sein :)

X mas is comming..

Christmas is comming and HK is preparing the deco since September.
I will fly home this Friday and really looking forward to meet my family and friends.
Will be back in HK beginning of January (my plans for New Year changed recently and now I dont stay in HK for Silvester).

I wish you all a good time, merry X mas, happy holiday... just have fun


And here is some of my favorite X mas deco in HK:

The decoration at the Oceancenter is like every year amazing!

Some funny japanese figures and KFC are in Christmas mood...

..or for the non Christians political correct: Season's Greatings

..very elegant the Peninnsula Hotel...

... and even something for the Marsians. I m sure the blue trees in front of the New World Center they can see from their planet.