Bike + tent = fun

Packed everything onto the bike, took the train and cycled 50 km to the river Lahn. Waiting for my Schnitzel now...

Concert: Panteon Rococo @ Nachtleben

It was hot in there - I think I haven't had such a wet tshirt at a concert for years!

Weekend projects: Tinkertable and Bedroom

First Weekend: painting the Tinkertable grey: that had to be done because of the ugly "natural" look and scratches on it's plate. Also I changed the handles to stainless steel. 

That meant some work: taking the table apart, sanding all parts, filling the scratches, painting, waiting, sanding again, and second layer of paint and reassembling.

But: having a nice Tinkertable in your bedroom means you will most likely want to have a nice bedroom too. 

So I planned it, bought paint for the walls and furniture and started:

First day: sanding the wardrobe and bed. Painting the ceiling, painting wardrobe and bed.

Second day: sanding the furniture, then painting the walls and last step: finishing the bed and wardrobe.

And currently I'm working on the shelfs: there will be a workplace and all my treasures have to be stored in a way that fit's into the room...

Friday Playlist

Just added the only song by Peter Licht that I really like (despite feeling strange hearing it)

The Hague

Some more pics from the netherlands. It was not that rainy as the first post might have suggested - there was also sun and wind and stuff like that:

Concert: Hospitality at Hafen 2

My quick decision for today was pick up the bike and head down to Offenbach (!) with two friends to listen to Hospitality.

 

Fell a bit in love with Amber Papinis smile

What happened ...

What happened until now is this: I had to change plans because of a bad knee that didn't get better. So I decided not to take the train and bike through the netherlands back to cologne, but to take the van as I usually do. Without having a goal to reach, I hardly could decide to start the engine on Wednesday and was late when I passed the border. First good things were St.Pauli tobaco, which I found soon after I drove past a "Braunkohletagebau". Next day was rain! But I took a beautiful route avoiding highways passing throuh nice villages and (another highlight) found myself at the Rotterdam harbour where the air smelled of gasoline and  the wind was blowing me away. Then I did something I've never done before: me and my beloved van on a ferry. Duration: 5 minutes, happiness: 10. Next thing: a bridge  winded up to let a ship pass through - great! Still raining... Had to find a camping... Reached camping hell ... Booked two nights.... Took the bike... Lot's of rain... Raintrousers: leaked some water on the sides of the legs. Northface jacket: pockets filled up with water: mobile wet inside, cigarette papers wet, t-shirt wet at the front and arms, money, drivers license, kitti ahoi sticker... wet! Good thing was that I found the best pizza of the Netherlands and they asked me in as wet as I was! And today:  great! Sun and rain, The Hague, fritjes, sea, beach, dunes, storm, thunder, a beer called 'Hertog Jan'! And the mobile nearly works fine again!