Tag Archives: Ruhr Metropolitan Area

Mug Shots: #09

Posted on 7 March 2012 by liljan98

I’m a regular costumer at Starbucks, but I haven’t bought one of the regular “city mugs” so far. Maybe because I don’t have a special connection to any of the cities of which special Starbucks mugs are available. Or maybe … Continue reading →

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Sad Day for the Ruhr Metropolitan Area

Posted on 25 July 2010 by liljan98

19 people died and over 300 were injured yesterday at a huge techno music festival – “Love Parade” – in my metropolitan area. I heard the news about a mass panic, stampede and deaths in the early evening yesterday, but … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous – July 11, 2010

Posted on 11 July 2010 by liljan98

I don’t want to complain about the weather. Not that I like the temperatures at the moment, far from it. But everyone is complaining about the weather this days, that’s nothing new. And I’m blessed with a apartement where the … Continue reading →

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Shaft Signs @ RUHR2010

Posted on 2 May 2010 by liljan98

I spent yesterday at the volunteer training for the “Shaft Sign” event of the European Capital of Culture. There is extensive website (unfortunately only in German) www.schachtzeichen.de but there are also quite a few details in English about this project … Continue reading →

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Birthday Celebrations at Zollverein…

Posted on 26 April 2010 by liljan98

Before another whole week passes I should post these few pictures from the “Coffee, Culture & Cocktails” Event on Saturday. Although there are neither coffee nor cocktails visible I’m not a huge “throwing a party” kind of person, so I … Continue reading →

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Starbucks Challenge Ruhr – Detailed Report…

Posted on 9 November 2008 by liljan98

Duisburg Arrival: 9.40 am Departure: 10.45 am I took an unplanned detour through the central station until I got out to the main shopping street. Radio WDR5 was preparing for the weekly “Hallo Ü-Wagen” broadcast right there. It was supposed … Continue reading →

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Starbucks Challenge Ruhr – First Impressions

Posted on 8 November 2008 by liljan98

Did anyone think this challenge wa a crazy idea? Well, so did I every once in a while today. But crazy doesn’t necessarily mean a bad thing, right ? It was fun in its very own way. I didn’t think … Continue reading →

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Weekend recap…

Posted on 21 September 2008 by liljan98

While I’m listening to the hockey broadcast from Nürnberg, I thought I’d write a short recap of my weekend. It was pretty laidback, including a bit of the usual housewife-y things (@book322 I hope it’s ok to borrow that phrase … Continue reading →

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London & Extraschicht

Posted on 22 June 2008 by liljan98

For the last couple of days I thought that I should only allow myself to watch some DVD later in the evening, after doing all the stuff I had or wanted to do on that day. Which always lead to … Continue reading →

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