Sonntag, 31. Juli 2016

More busy than fridays

On saturday we wanted to use our NÖ-Card and do some sightseeing in Vienna with a tram-roundtrip. Unfortunately this is not available for free during the summer months, so we'll be back in september.

As an alternative we then just went through the inner city by foot.




On our way to Maraihilf we stopped for lunch at Vollpension (full board), which was very good and we felt very much at home in the place.



In Mariahilf we then found me some new running shoes, which will be tried out today.


Afterwards we went to Planet Harry for the second time this week, but this time just for a quick visit.


After that we went home to relax and entertain the cats.

In the evening we watched one episode of Robot Wars on BBC, which is about building small fighting robots which then fight each other in an arena. After that we just watched two episodes of The Musketeers before going to bed.

Samstag, 30. Juli 2016

Busy, busy, busy

This friday it was shopping time in Mariahilf again. So we went there just after work and the first stop was myMuesli.

Afterwards we went to Planet Harry where I bought Roll of the Galaxy and the Spiel des Jahres (german game of the year) Codenames.

After that we went to Karlsplatz to the popfests and for tasting some icecream at the Emirates truck.


This was followed up by a wrap from the Wrapstars and then we went to Bobby's Foodstore.

Well packed with stuff we then went home and stored our loot. The cats were very interested in everything, especially if there was any sushi for them, which there wasn't this week again.

In the evening we just watched one episode of The Musketeers before we went to bed exhausted.

Freitag, 29. Juli 2016

Cruising memories with friends

Yesterday after work I went to the post office and then grocery shopping. Afterwards friends of ours came over to watch the presentation of our cruise vacation's pictures.

Since this took quite a while, they shortly left after the end and then we just watched one episode of The Musketeers before we went to bed.

Donnerstag, 28. Juli 2016

Mittagessen

Der letzte Tag der Woche bringt wieder eine bessere Auswahl.

Risotto mit Cremechampignons, Kräutern und Parmesan inkl. Suppe


Some decent cooking

Yesterday evening I quickly conjured up a Kaiserschmarrn for dinner.


After that we went to Guild Wars 2 and continued to explore the new map. We have reached the point where we have seen most of the new stuff, so we'll soon be back on our quest for the legendary staff Nevermore.

The conclusion of the evening was an episode of The Musketeers.

Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2016

Mittagessen

Der Schnitzeltag rettet die Woche!

Gebackenes Schweinsschnitzel oder Hühnerschnitzel mit Beilage nach Wahl


Back to normal

Yesterday after work I went to my parents' for dinner and I got a tasty curd cheese strudel.


Afterwards I went home and we went out again to do some grocery shopping and to take care of a bunny (for a friend of ours who is currently on vacation).

Back home once more we then looked at the latest update for Guild Wars 2, but there's still much more to discover. After that we watched one episode each of The Musketeers and Kalkofes Mattscheibe on the couch.

Dienstag, 26. Juli 2016

Mittagessen

Die heutige Wahl beim Mittagessen war schon wieder etwas schwerer als am Montag.

Cappelletti mit Steinpilzfülle in brauner Butter, garniert mit Rucola


Film Review: Star Trek Beyond

Yesterday it was cinema monday with the latest movie from the Star Trek franchise: Star Trek Beyond.


The Enterprise is halfway through her 5 year mision and get the mission to rescue the crew from a stranded starship. But there's more to that mission, which also puts all of the crew of the Enterprise in a dangerous position which might mean the end of their journey.

Kirk, Spock and Bones are back and brought with them some major special effects. But also the story is quite good and has some nice touches of humour. We also get to see more of the private side of crew life, which also add to this well made movie.

But there's still the issue of 3D. As mentioned before 3D is, especially in darker parts of a movie, not a good choice for a science fiction movie. With the darkened glasses you really have difficulties to follow the action and you see no 3D whatsoever in the darker parts of the film. So I really can only encourage people to go and watch the movie in 2D if they want to actually see the action. You'll just miss some computer generated scenes in 3D, but that's nothing compared to see action in this action movie.

Conclusion: except for the 3D desaster, it's a good and solid Star Trek movie!

Montag, 25. Juli 2016

Mittagessen

Eine neue Woche nach dem Urlaub beginnt mit einer interessanten Wahl beim Mittagessen.

Holzhackerschnitzel vom Schwein mit Hörnchen


Und so geht's dann weiter:


Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2016

Time for a vacation

Yesterday after work I went to my parents for dinner and I got some tasty pancakes.


Afterwards I went home and we continued to pack for our vacation, which starts today.

Since we'll be spending the next few days on a cruise ship - where an internet connection is still as valuable as gold - there will be no blog entries for the time being. But there will be a lot of pictures when we are back.

If it's possible and we find some free wifi on our land trips, I will post some pictures from my smartphone to this album: Mittelmeer Kreuzfahrt 2016

In any case - soon you all soon!!

Dienstag, 5. Juli 2016

Mittagessen

Auch heute ist die Auswahl eher beschränkt.

Allgäuer Kasnocken mit Salat


Film Review: Ice Age - Collision Course

Yesterday it was time for the movies again, with the most recent part of Ice Age: Collision Course



The chaotic group around Manny, Diego and Sid try this time the prevent the destruction of the planet by a meteorite. On their journey they are supported by old and new animal friends.

Well, that's about as much story as there is - except for the conclusion of the movie. The film is a classic animation movie, but without any real highlights. Although it was said before the release of the film, that it will focus more on the original trio, this hasn't put the movie to a new level at all.

Conclusion: fair entertainment, but as the fourth remake of the story "talking animals during the ice age" not very fresh

Montag, 4. Juli 2016

Mittagessen

Wochenbeginn und die Auswahl ist etwas beschränkt.

Hühnerragout Züricher Art mit Hörnchen


Und so geht es dann diese Woche weiter


Football and some gaming

This sunday we went out for lunch with a friend of ours to Koi.


Afterwards we were quite full and so we just went home, where we watched two episodes of Celebrity MasterChef. After that we switched to boardgames and played Castles of Mad King Ludwig.

And then it was already time for the Euro 2016 game of France versus Iceland, the reason we met in the first place. After this nerve wracking game was over, out friend went home and we went straight to bed.

Sonntag, 3. Juli 2016

Boardgaming...

This saturday I first made some dessert for sunday evening: lemon posset.

After that we continued with our preparations for our upcoming vacation and later that afternoon we went to a friend for a boardgame evening.

First up was Roll for the Galaxy - a dice game similar to the card game Race for the Galaxy. I really liked that game very much and I guess I'll get it for myself after our vacation.


Then we started eliminating monsters in Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game, which we played three times - two of which ended very badly for us.


The conclusion of the boardgame evening was Tiny Epic Galaxies, but my dear was very good at this and wiped the floor with us.

Afterwards we could try out the new Oculus Rift of our friend and although we both liked it, I doubt that we will be getting one ourselves in the near future.

Samstag, 2. Juli 2016

Very tasty dinner!

This friday we stayed home longer and went to Mariahilf late. We only went to Planet Harry, because we went out to dinner with him.


The restaurant where we went to was called die metzgerei (the butchery) and we got very, very good food there.



Well fed, we then went home (slowly) and just took care of our cats before we went to bed.

Freitag, 1. Juli 2016

Summer party at work

Yesterday we had our yearly summer party, so I came home later than usual.

I just quickly baked a redcurrant cake and then we watched just one episode of Celebrity MasterChef before it was time for bed.