Popping over to Italy for lunch

As you do. Well, if you live in Southern Germany anyway. The bus trip to Lake Garda unfortunately got cancelled - I wonder whether it had to do with nobody other than us wanting to be on a bus at 5:15am on a Saturday morning - but we went to Bozen instead. The geographical dummy that I am, I assumed it was in Austria...(yes, you may laugh about my ignorance). Ah well, nobody told me that it's called Bolzano in Italian!

Being on a bus at 6:15am on a Saturday morning was only marginally better than 5:15, especially as I lay awake for hours the night before and then woke up at 4:45. But it was so worth it! The day was absolutely beautiful and the weather amazing: sunbathing in mid October when it's been winter coat weather in Rosenheim already, was just brilliant.

Beautiful views, good food, and a visit to the Iceman - Oetzi. And lovely company, of course :-)

I would highly recommend taking the cablecar up to Oberbozen

Blackforest Gateau to start the day :-)
And you've got to have pizza in Italy!

I am so in love with the mountain views here!

shining bright

Read this today and it made me smile:

Make your weird 

light shine bright

so the other 

weirdos know

where to find you

nothing

Left the office at 18:55 and was of course late for my yoga class. Which I had been looking forward to since booking it a month ago. Cycled home in the rain. Now at home with a headache and in a bad mood. BUT, it's Wednesday. Which means nearly the weekend.

Otherwise, nothing to report.

Liar Liar pants on fire

I am not a good liar. To be more precise: I don't like lying. I primarily don't see the point. Or maybe it's  my Catholic upbringing. Or maybe it's my terrible memory which means I would sooner or later slip up.

Either way, it also means that I have no time for people who tell lies. Especially when they are pretty pointless. What's wrong with people?

Btw, I love the Urban Dictionary entry.

tears

I am not entirely sure what I am doing with my free time - I feel I haven't really explored my new surroundings at all in these past three months. 

Another bank holiday fell on a weekend this year... So with everything closed here in Germany, I ventured across the border to Kufstein yesterday. And what a beautiful day it was! Which ended with listening to Madison Violet, a Canadian band. Strangely there was seating in the rather small venue. A bit of dancing would have been nice. But then again, my back appreciated being able to sit!

And no, I had never heard of them before. I only came across them when googling what to do. I especially liked the songs where Lisa was playing the violin. Of course I do not remember any song titles or lyrics...

Here comes the sun

While temperatures have dropped quite considerably and I've been wearing my winter coat (ok, autumn coat) in the mornings paired with a pashmina, it's been a beautifully sunny week, too. And today is another absolutely gorgeous day!

tick

I can honestly say that I've never had any desire to visit the Oktoberfest. But as my boss organized a table for our team, I of course went along. I have no idea what the hype is all about: it's several massive beer tents and a fun fair. You get that in many cities. What's the big deal?
Anyway, it's ticked off my list now.

the obligatory dancing on the benches