Nah ketika aku melihat adzan maghrib di Indosiar aku jadi kaget banget karena ternyata gaya Bollywood digunakan juga disana. Ojo nemen2x po'o. Scene orang2x berbaju putih keluar dari mobil mewah dengan penampilan mewah memakai kacamata hitam (seingatku) menuju masjid yang juga tidak kalah mewah. Trus gaya pengambilan gambar yang Bollywood banget. Man, I don't know what Indosiar's people thinking. Are you guys want to be the official Bollywood style TV channel or what ? But if you like Bollywood movies that much then I'm sure you'll like it.

The weblog had been titled "Going to Scotland", and when we created it we didn't think for a minute that we would return to Germany. And now we're returning there, and only after 11 months. There are a few reasons, but not liking it here is none of them. This is a great country, and the people are very nice as well; but some things that have happened draw us back to our families again.

This time we won't have a caravan. And I also wouldn't want to tow one again, these things are an annoyance.. it was funny for the one time, but I don't need to repeat the experience... =)

No, this time we will try to stuff everything in a car. It should work fine. And then we will have to find jobs and a home again in Deutschland.

As friends have pointed out, this could have been done much easier and without the detour via Edinburgh, but neither Anu nor I regret coming here for a second. It certainly was an experience to live and work in a foreign country; it widens the individual reality-tunnel even further.

So, what's up next? I honestly don't know just now, but I'll hopefully find out later this year.

...and neither Anu nor me have made it to a single show yet. True, we went to the Meadows on Fringe Sunday to get a glimpse on what's going on, we walked amidst the masses of people up and down the royal mile, chatted with people trying to get us interested in specific shows and I spend nearly all of my lunch breaks looking at street performers at the moment.

But we haven't bought a single ticket yet. For various reasons... we would be interested in seeing something, but then we fear that we wouldn't get the jokes. If they were about cultural or political issues or something like that we'd most certainly miss them, and if the comedian was from Manchester or Glasgow we wouldn't understand a single word.

There is only one show I'd really like to see, and that is Mr Henry Rollins; he'll do a show on the next four evenings, starting at 23:15. So, with any luck I'd be in bed at, say 1:30 in the morning, and would have to get up at 6:30. Not a big deal, agreed, but the show is also priced at 15 pound, and to get home in a timely fashion I'd have to call a cab - so make that 30 pound all in all.

And that's quite a lot of money for an hour of entertainment. Maybe we should go see Fuerzabruta  - at least there is not a lot of spoken word there. But the ticket is even higher - 25 pound per person, which might be ok since they really brought a lot of equipment; it's still a lot of money.

Any recommendations for today or tomorrow?

So what are we up to? Nothing much for today, probably watching another episode of Doctor Who and trying to cure Anu. And, of course, being happy.

If I had to pick something that really made my day today, it would be the realization that the gardens close to Princes Street are actually my canteen, the place where I go to have lunch. Amongst flowering trees, in the sun, with a view at the castle. Come on, be jealous! (I would be)

I don't want to sound too excited yet, but this would be actually a cool place to work.

Oh, and we had fun at the office of Lothian Buses; we were talking to somebody and all of a sudden, in the middle of doing something, he went ou, put on his jacket and left without saying a word. Anu asked "Did he just leave?", and another, older man replied (slightly annoyed) that indeed, he had left.

And then he charged Anu 50 pound for her ticket, which should cost 35 pound. "Oh yes, we always take more. You get it back when you cancel the ticket.", he said. Anu made a joke, asking whether she'd get interest in that, and he got annoyed even more.

Strange habits. I like it.

I have caught a bit of a cold, and I am happy that I still have some tissues. I sure need them...

Today I enclose a photo of the landscape at Tantallon Castle, a breathtaking site.

Since this has been the first weekend where we didn't have any appointment or urgent thing to do, we felt like slacking, and we did. We just went out to buy some food (the fact that Easter Monday is a holiday elsewhere doesn't really bother anyone over here) and walked a bit on Leith Walk, a long street running from Princes Street to our home. It's filled with cafes, pubs and shops, and we bought a few things at a chinese supermarket as well. Lovely soy sauce, for example.

I've also applied for a few more jobs; I just hope I'll find something suitable soon.Or shall I say: some employer finds me to be suitable soon?

Lazy Sunday, indeed!

We sat around for most of the time and enjoyed being online again. I spent hours to get the wireless card to work with Linux, and we also had some Fish&Chips from a nearby shop.

We are very happy here. And I hope I'll have a job by the end of this week.

Let's wait and see.

We are not there yet, but not here anymore either. Strange. We just can't wait to set out on the road, with all our belongings in the van and the trailer. And we are still hoping to find a job where we can work together, maybe we'll find a campsite-owner who wants to retire? Who knows.

Only the thought now that it isn't much longer is what keeps us upright. Germany is really going down the drain in every possible aspect.

We met khae's colleague Kerstin and her husband and two girls where they live on the countryside, and while Kerstin and khae went cooking, me and her husband Michael built in the trailer coupling into our car. It didn't have one, but obviously we'll need one if we are to tow a caravan.

We managed quite well, it took about 4 hours and I learned quite a bit about car electricity and how to take away the rear bumper.
We had a very good lunch and later a coffe in the sun and I took some measurements for some changes I plan inside the caravan.

They will probably visit us too once we are in Scotland, so in addition we've made new friends, which is wonderful.

So all in all it's been a really nice day and we're one step closer to moving.

It's a German site, but I'll check it out nonetheless. Maybe there are some useful hints.

Although I never really liked caravans - I preferred to sleep in a tent or just on the flat earth with no walls around me - it seems like a good idea. Anu originally had the idea to take a caravan to Scotland; so that if we do not find a suitable house right when we arrive we're a bit more flexible, and that's a brilliant idea.

So we'll buy it. And then we make some photos and post them here.

And we probably will paint the thing, it really looks like something my granddad would have liked.