As every year, there were for the family in 2010, a meeting in northern France. For almost 30 years, we go once a year to connect to the so-called Côte d'Opale in the English Channel to take a vacation at sea with the meeting with the French family. Since we are children of the house and have professional or a student obligations, we do not spend as before 2 weeks in complete Merlimont what our parents do, but try to arrive at least over the Pentecost weekend.
This year, I found the weekend of family parties for various reasons, very successful. We children It had not only done all to come, but all (the one (s)) have also brought their cohabiting partners. Also made it our aunts, spend too much time with us and the young daughters of my cousins were also a lot of the time since. Finally, we had phenomenal good weather, so most of the time on the beach, could be spent in the dunes or in the garden of the house. It was even warm enough to venture into the icy water.
The weekend was a welcome break in the currently very eventful professional life, and although it was over far too quickly, it appeared to me on my return, as if I have been gone forever. Not even time for a lot of photos is still there, but there are a few here to look or than here Download .
I do in case of any German state assembly elections and the election -O-Mat and each time comes out of the trend in a similar result. On the first places to land, the parties are left to settle the middle, the rear seats are always occupied by the FDP and the CDU. This is reassuring, because it certainly reflects my political self-assessment.
is, however, always observed that the SPD is never my first choice-O-Mat and the results, although I think since I am a faithful follower of the left People's Party. This can certainly be part of the operation of the Wahl-O-Mats explain one's positions with which compares the parties. The smaller parties may have views on many topics more concrete than the major parties so that they conform more closely with them. Nevertheless, this result illustrates a general problem of the SPD, for I am certainly not the only one of its followers, who experienced this phenomenon: you do not remember exactly what it stands for. In other words, by trying to only select the "middle" to win, they do not clearly positioned in numerous positions, which left voters are important and transfers these Greens and Left. Had the left not by their SED past, the left-wing extremists in their ranks and their naive and unrealistic demands in the economic and foreign policy unelectable for many, it would certainly make a lot of the SPD alienate more voters than it already does. The Greens, however, have already done, the SPD to take a large part of the leftist intellectual bourgeoisie. Therefore, the SPD remains in national polls, despite the weakness of the Government parties on just above their miserable election results at the last federal election.
The result of all: at the NRW election next weekend, the SPD will rejoice in the light of their total just catastrophic situation of their worst election result in its historic former home country. With luck it will even can put the prime minister.
I had to take last weekend fortunate to have a little break from hamburgers everyday and spend a few days on the Cote d'Azur. A friend of mine who currently lives and works there, had me to Antibes invited. Such an opportunity I will not miss me of course!
However, it was once questionable, would come to the long weekend in Antibes the first place. The reason: a certain volcanic eruption in Iceland, which paralyzed the European air traffic. Fortunately, the ash cloud, but withdrew just in time for last Thursday of the Lufthansa flight from Hamburg to Nice for the first time was able to fly again. When I arrived in Nice, it felt, despite the gray sky due to the mild temperatures and the sea air already like summer vacation. So it should have the following four days stay.
also a good friend from Munich was there, so we spent a wonderful time on the Cote d'Azur, with all that goes with it: delicious feast, long, boozy evening with great conversation, the beach and sun, swimming in the sea and of course tourist exploration. So we drove on the only day with more bad weather in the hinterland (Vence, Tourette sur Loup, Grasse) and visited Nice and Antibes. I could turn off all the time really well and I found it extremely difficult to return on Monday evening to Hamburg and then to get through the work week. Good thing there are photos to keep the good memories.
In the age of Broadband Internet, I am widely adopted due to the possibilities it offered from traditional TV viewing. perhaps the exception of sports. This does not mean that I would do without certain things that one associates with the TV, on the contrary. Instead of me to judge with the television program I watch, preferably only if it suits me the most good TV series. As these usually come from the USA preferably in original version. Who wants this all done, anyway do not rely more on the synchronized versions.
Currently I watch the excellent series Mad Men . This describes the events in a trendy New York advertising agency of 60 years, and this is very respected on authenticity, this one with everything. We follow not only the design of real-world ad campaigns from the time and gets on the edge as the presidential election campaign between Nixon u nd with Kennedy. Much more exciting, however, are the everyday things of this period: the large consumption of highly concentrated at work by officers, the ubiquity of cigarette consumption, whether at work, at home or even in bed (even in the presence of infants or naturally by the pregnant housewife), clearly visible racial discrimination, and especially the sex ratio before the emancipation of women.
So is the role of women in society and the world of work clearly defined: a housewife and mother at home, secretary or assistant in the office, where the highest career goal to find a man seems to be. The few women who will have the professional successes of the men are either not taken seriously, or scaring them. I can not judge yourself, but Mad Men is attributed to be very true to the original of the 60 in the representation of the situation. It is amazing how We now feel much shocking as what was just 50 years ago to the day.
Suitable for that I saw this week at the cinema also an excellent film, which is also in the 60s. This is the directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford, A Single Man . The film adaptation of the novel by Christopher Isherwood's novel is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It stands out above all the aesthetics of the film. While this can be expected from a designer, but everything is true, the props, the music, the images, the acting. At the same time carries the story about a gay man who plays for the loss of his longtime partners with suicidal thoughts, in an unspectacular manner, a complex emotional world. You leave the cinema after the film is compelling, taken and happy about this beautiful cinematic experience. Highly recommended!
