First impressions

I don’t think I’m such a good blogger, since I blog very randomly and with big breaks in between .. I wish I had more time for this, but work has been pretty overwhelming in the past two weeks and in the last closing week, I haven’t been home before 11pm (!). I don’t even have time to follow up on my favorite series (Brothers and Sisters, Grey’s Anatomy, etc.) or read magazines .. but enough of my whining!

This week was still busy at work, but I didn’t stay that long, so I could do some grocery shopping on Thursday (luckily a lot of supermarkets open until 10-11pm), which makes it more convenient for me. When I came home, I saw dirt in my bathtub and when I wanted to flush the toilet, water came out of my bathtub! When the guy above me started to shower, it got even worse .. Luckily I could reach the janitor around 8pm, who sent out a plumber that came around 10.30pm. He de-installed my toilet and tried to break the blockage, which was very messy, since the sewage came out into my bathroom. After an hour of trying, he decided to check out the basement and discovered there was a major pipe burst in the main pipe, which caused the blockage in my bathroom (my apartment is the lowest point in the house and under my bathroom, the pipes go straight to the canalization through the basement). All the sewage and other sh*t came out and fled into a room in the basement .. it was really nasty and couldn’t be solved right away, which meant that I was not allowed to use water or let water go through the drain until it was repaired. I really thought like: why is this happening to me??? Anyway, they fixed everything the next day and when I got home from work, I cleaned for two hours and my bathroom is as good as new .. Still I feel like the tip of the iceberg is not reached yet and there is something worse to come .. I hope it won’t, but somehow I’m expecting another shock .. 

On another note, I finally got internet and telephone connection, which enables me to blog (now), facebook (too much), order food online (I had sushi on Tuesday), shop online (I ordered contact lenses), watch series (every 2nd day), catch up news (daily), etc. However, I brought a very old and sucky telephone with cord from home, which connection turns out to be really bad, since it comes with a lot of background noise .. everybody who called me, gave up after a few minutes. So I immediately ordered a new wireless phone, which is supposed to arrive next week, so that I can call properly ..

This weekend was rather relaxed, since all my furniture is set up and most of the things are completed. On Saturday I shortly went to the city and fell in love with a wallet .. I didn’t buy it yet .. but it’s on top of my list <3 

My new desire ..

Furthermore, I did grocery shopping at the Chinese supermarket and bought a microwave. In the evening, I immediately utilized that and made Japanese curry with rice from the microwave (unfortunately, I don’t have a rice cooker, but the microwave things is not that bad).

Today, I finally managed to take out my baby (my DLSR camera) and took some pictures of my apartment and Hamburg today. Here are some snapshots:

First impression .. (more to come)

My little kitchen - the place I spend most time in with my first baked goodies - black forest cupcakes!

The cupcakes turned out fabulous - I made two different kinds .. the classic one with whipped cream and a cherry on top and another one, which I saw on Martha Stewart - a layered version with pastry cream and preserved cherries and drizzled with rich chocolate ganache. :) In my kitchen, I am especially pleased with my coffee/liquor shelf .. it's just a €10-Ikea-shelf, but needs 10 big holes in the wall, 10 big screws, 10 big anchors and a lot of patience .. but it turned out perfectly with the great help of a friend! I had too little space in my cupboards, therefore I thought a shelf near my coffee machine would be nice .. so on the left-hand side I put all my coffee cups (Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino and Espresso), while on the other side I placed all my alcohol bottles, which looks really good, I find.

Here come some pictures of the my new home city:

Jungfernstieg

Sunday afternoon at the Alster

I plan to go home again on Wednesday, but since it’s busy at work, I still don’t know if it’s realizable .. cross your fingers for me .. macarons are waiting for me at home ..

Have a great week ahead! Last shot of this post .. beautiful Hamburg!

Hamburg Binnenalster