Spring Fling, or the Wollmeise's first excursion in the States
Why do I write so much this time? After my return from these unforgettable days ago I injured my meniscus and I'm damned for doing nothing for some time. That's right "doomed" because it is not my nature and I quarrel with it. It feels really good to have happen these days in writing to review and I'll probably remember for a long time back. Shall I tell you what? I miss Spring Fling and my work!
Why do I write so much time this? After my return home from those unforgettable days, I injured my meniscus and so I've been damned to the curse of doing sweet nothing. That's right, I wrote "damned," because it's not in my nature to be doing nothing and so I'm uncomfortable with it. It feels really good though that I can write down the experiences of the days and that I can look back at it for a long time to come. But I can tell you something? I miss the Spring Fling and also my work!
One Tuesday morning in April began my adventure. Still tired from the weekend market in Sauerlach and the somewhat haphazard Kofferpackerei frantically on Monday, I reached far too early to Munich Airport. Hard to believe but 20 years ago I demonstrated against the airport and for the preservation of the Erdinger Moos. Call me like corrupt and decadent, and now it pull me into the world, moreover, quite alone, and ohne meinen Beschützer.
My adventure began on a Tuesday morning in April. Still tired from the Sauerlach Spring Market on the weekend and from the haphazardly hectic luggage packing on Monday, I got to the Munich airport way too early. Hard to believe, but I went on a demonstration against this airport in turn for the keeping of the Erdinger Moos Airport 20 years ago. Call me corrupted and decadent, but now I actually like to go out into the wide, wide world...and even all alone and without my protector.
Meine Fluggesellschaft war eine amerikanische deren Namen aus zwei Vokalen besteht. Stellt Euch vor, unsere Pursers waren lebenserfahrene Menschen und ungefähr siebzig Jahre alt, I was amazed. Cute, I got a seat number on the window for me all alone and pressed my nose against the window just as the plane was passing flat to Greenland, so exciting. The more excitement and desire for a cigarette came back. Looking ahead, I took with me nicotine tablets, they help - I was so bad that the desire vanished altogether. one
My what an American airline, Whose name Consists of two words. Imagine this, our purser were people with experiences in life and are about 70 years old. I was astounded. Fortunately, I got the row of seats beside the window all I could for myself and push my nose flat against it as the plane flew over Greenland, how very exciting. But then the excitement subsided and gave way to the return of my cravings for a cigarette. Thank goodness I took the nicotine tablets with me in anticipation and they helped - I got so sick that my cravings just disappeared.
airport was Chicago, the connecting plane was two hours later, plenty of time for my immigration adventure. Two long lines of people distinguished Visitors and Inhabitants, not to mention I have extra that I am classifying in the wrong snake (unschuldig! the digital display board was set incorrectly). Unfortunately I have only a superficial knowledge about America and the American people, which I mainly by Warner Brothers appropriated. Thus it came the inevitable, the Immigration Lady intimidated me completely. She was a very robust large woman, wearing a black uniform and dominated their haunting questions: "Määäm what they do in the States, Määääm why are they so nervous Määäm what reason they have to be so nervous." Määm was always nervous, Määm also forgot their scanty vocabulary, Määääm required an incredible amount of time with her trembling fingers, the fingerprint reader to take, Määm already saw a gun aimed at himself. Dear Mr. Bush thank you so much that you have left me clean.
The destination airport was Chicago and I got two hours for the transit, so there was enough time for my immigration adventure. Two lines separated the visitors from the natives...I don't need to mention that I ended up in the wrong line (not my fault; the digital display was set incorrectly!) Unfortunately, I knew only some basics about America and its folks, of which I have been accustomed to via Warner Brothers. And so it came to the inevitable: The immigration lady totally scared me. She was a robust and big woman, wore a black uniform and commanded knowingly her probing questions: "Ma'am, what are you doing in the States? Ma'am, why are you so nervous? Ma'am, why do you need to be so nervous?" Ma'am became even more nervous, ma'am promptly forgot her limited vocabulary, ma'am took an incredibly long time to put her trembling fingers correctly on the fingerprint reader, ma'am, already saw a weapon pointing at her. Dear Mr. Bush, thank you so much that you let me in.
The rest of the trip was a breeze, time for the blood pressure to go back down and tell me to look forward to Sheri and Janice to me from the airport picked up in St. Louis. The foresight, I took a recognition sign with "Wollmeise needs a home, please Sheri pick me up", Sheri and Janice were but faster. This first meeting was a rare precious event, it was like a homecoming as familiar and loving. Sheri and Janice are so silly wie meine besten Freundinnen, also konnte es mir nur gut gehen. Und es ging mir so richtig gut dank Sheri und ihrer Familie!
The rest of the trip was a child's play. Time to let the blood pressure sink and to look forward to meeting Sheri and Janice, who were picking me up from the airport in St. Louis. With a good foresight, I brought a signpost with me: "Wollmeise needs a home, please, Sheri, pick me up". Sheri and Janice, however, were quicker. This first meeting was a rare and precious event. It was as though a return home. Very familiar and caring. Sheri and Janice are also as silly as my girl friends, and so I could let myself go. And I felt really comfortable, thanks to Sheri and her family!
Good Morning America - my first day:
that first day I spent at Loopy Central, Sheri's business, a blend of wool sky and command center - we think it was a day before the Spring Fling and the final preparations had to be done . Hustle and bustle between the wool shelves and I helped a little during shipping. Countdown mood despite everything ran like clockwork and Sheri's Elves in a good mood corrected my mistakes. Girls you are great!. Experience placement at Loopy Ewe was for me the most beautiful way to spend the day, better than any Marc Twain romance or sightseeing tour. Okay afternoon I longed for a Bett, es war aber nicht so schlimm.
Good Morning America - my first day:
I spent the first day in the Loopy Central, Sheri's shop. It's a mixture of wooly heaven and command centre - you need to keep in mind that it was a day before the Spring Fling and the last preparations were still to be done. There were arduous goings around the wool shelves and I helped a bit with the shipping. Despite the countdown atmosphere, everything went smoothly and Sheri's elves corrected my goof-ups with good moods. Girls, you are great! A chance to learn a bit at the Loopy Ewe was for me the best way to spend the day, even better than every Marc Twain novels or sightseeing tours. Okay, in the afternoon I was all ready for bed, but it was not so bad.
You can believe everything you've ever seen in American movies, of course, apart from the action scenes (who knows, maybe the immigration lady might have had a revolver at the ready for me). I took a look at the surroundings on an evening stroll: pretty houses with pillars in the entrance, a mix out of Victorian and Swedish countryside building style, no bourgeois fences at the gates (which you find, however, at the back of the houses), on the streets were the usual assembly seams in the asphalt, post boxes, springing bunnies and squirrels, parking pick-ups. What you can't find are other people taking a stroll. They are rather rare and are observed with suspicions.
3...2....1... zero Spring Fling oder auch ein großes wunderbares Strickertreffen im Sheraton Hotel
Eiskalte schweißnasse Hände, Lampenfieber, alle kennen mich und ich kenne niemand, I will be eaten? These feelings moved me when we were in the hotel lobby, the arriving participants welcomed, okay I do not greeted so much but gave me back anxiously in the background. It even went so far that I with Capi, one of the most interesting and nicest women that I know, my name tag exchanged. Capi even gave me my first Crocs. Capi I love wearing the shoes so much and they are already decorated.
third .. 2 ... 1 .. Spring Fling zero or so a huge wondrous knitters meeting at Hotel Sheraton:
believe everything you've ever seen in American movies, except of course of action scenes (who knows, perhaps had the immigration lady but a revolver ready for me). At an evening walk, I looked at the area, neat house with columns inputs, a mix of Victorian and rural Swedish style, not stuffy fences at the entrances (to be found but behind the houses), on the streets so familiar seams in Asphalt, PO boxes, hopping bunnies and squirrels, parked pickups. What you will not find are walkers, which are rather unusual und werden argwöhnisch beobachtet.
You can believe everything you've ever seen in American movies, of course, apart from the action scenes (who knows, maybe the immigration lady might have had a revolver at the ready for me). I took a look at the surroundings on an evening stroll: pretty houses with pillars in the entrance, a mix out of Victorian and Swedish countryside building style, no bourgeois fences at the gates (which you find, however, at the back of the houses), on the streets were the usual assembly seams in the asphalt, post boxes, springing bunnies and squirrels, parking pick-ups. What you can't find are other people taking a stroll. They are rather rare and are observed with suspicions.
Unfortunately, in American films never even hint explains the functions of basic sanitation facilities such as press the small button in the middle of the door handle when you've locked up by mistake - he looks like a bell, care with showers they could scare up unexpectedly cold Hands off eating from the garbage sink, do you hear tornado noises, and look you in the eye of a tornado then you're standing directly in front of a toilet. I discovered other dangerous objects, public ashtrays look like a small drum on which a long tube installed above with a fairly small access opening. This Tubes can be blocked in some wind and improper filling easily create a fire. Fire-fighting: Take a can of Coke (it need not be light), raise from the burning pipe and put it sideways in the barrel, put out the fire. How do I know?
Sadly, there are not even hints in American movies, let alone the explanations on how to use basic sanitary equipments, like eg push the small button in the middle of the door handle when you accidentally lock yourself in - it looks like a door bell, be careful when you're taking a shower, you could suddenly get cold water; hands off from the garbage munching sinks, if you hear the sounds of a tornado and are looking right in the eye of a tornado, then you're standing right before a toilet. I discovered other dangerous objects: public ashtrays look like a small tub with a long pipe installed on top of it with a pretty small opening on the top. These pipes can be blocked and with some wind and incorrect filling, it can catch fire pretty easily. To fight the fire: Take a can of Coke (not necessarily Diet Coke), lift up the burning pipes and put it beside the tub, extinguish the fire with the Coke. Now, where did I know how to do that?
3...2....1... zero Spring Fling oder auch ein großes wunderbares Strickertreffen im Sheraton Hotel
Eiskalte schweißnasse Hände, Lampenfieber, alle kennen mich und ich kenne niemand, I will be eaten? These feelings moved me when we were in the hotel lobby, the arriving participants welcomed, okay I do not greeted so much but gave me back anxiously in the background. It even went so far that I with Capi, one of the most interesting and nicest women that I know, my name tag exchanged. Capi even gave me my first Crocs. Capi I love wearing the shoes so much and they are already decorated.
third .. 2 ... 1 .. Spring Fling zero or so a huge wondrous knitters meeting at Hotel Sheraton:
icy cold and sweaty hands, stage fright, everyone knows me and I know none. Am I going to be eaten? These feelings came to me when we were in the hotel lobby and were greeting the arriving participants. Okay, I did not greet that much, but hung around scared in the background. It was so bad that I swapped my name tag with Capi, one of the most interesting and that is the nicest of the women that I got to know. Capi even gave me my first pair of Crocs. Dear Capi, I really love wearing them and they have already been decorated.
My inhibitions faded with time, they were absolutely unnecessary. No one ate me, I was warmly welcomed and was able to assign many girls from Ravelry who had been dear to my heart. Even better, I met lots of new lovely people. Leslie, we owe a Cupcakeschlacht which breached the ice. Leslie You did good!
My inhibitions faded with time, they were absolutely unnecessary. No one ate me, I was warmly welcomed and was able to assign many girls from Ravelry who had been dear to my heart. Even better, I met lots of new lovely people. Leslie, we owe a Cupcakeschlacht which breached the ice. Leslie You did good!
My inhibitions went away with time, they were absolutely superfluous. Nobody tried to eat me, I was taken in most cordially and could even Recognise a lot of the girls from Ravelry, who I've already come to like fondly. Even better, I got to know a lot of new and lovely people. We have to thank Leslie for the cupcake fight that broke the ice between us all that Leslie was great of you!
The big opening on the evening was accompanied by a huge desert buffet. On these days I wondered sometimes if we were to knit or to eat. Conclusion we came to the chattering and eating, my knitting results were rather low to tiny or absent. It was great to see that so many unknown people casually went from table to table and talked. Policy should be made, Sheri will send to Congress but a few pointed needles, if they prefer it to us Circularneedles also be right.
The big opening in the evening what with a huge desert buffet. And now I have to sometimes reflect Whether we were there to knit or to eat. Bottom line is, we were there to chat and to eat. My knitting results range from small to tiny or non-existent. It was great to see that so many people who did not know each other just went from tables to tables and talked to each other. Politics should be one like that. Sheri, you should send the Congress some DPNs, but if they prefer circs, then they should get circs.
began the serious business of life the next morning, my schedule told me that I attend a workshop in the morning and afternoon Wendy of Cookie. Wendy You were a very lenient teacher, thank you! I arrived without the required homework, my dear Janice saved me and gave me her. Although it did not help me much since I was overwhelmed with Wendy's heel solution, but it is amazing that not doing your homework like pulling a thread through my life and I was always saved. This time it was me but the very first time embarrassing. Wendy future I will not be with you gemeinsam stricken, sondern nur French Fries teilen. Nächstes Mal gebe ich eine Runde aus!
The seriousness of it all began on the next morning. My agenda told me that I have a workshop with Wendy in the morning and in the afternoon with Cookie. Wendy, you were a very forgiving teacher, thank you! I turned up without the required homework, but the my lovely Janice came to my rescue and gave me hers. Even though it didn't help me that much, because I was totally overwhelmed by Wendy's heel instruction, but it was astounding to note that homework left undone keeps coming back to haunt me in my life and that everything I was rescued. This time was the first time that I got really embarrassed by it. Wendy, I won't be knitting with you in the future, but I'll just keep to sharing French fries with you. It'll be my turn next time!
Cookie Your course was the most sophisticated and most professional thing I ever experienced. You must know the cookie is practically the Einstein Stricker. Approach, I sensed how much work goes into a knitting instruction, to square the circle wrapped in a sock and you know what I mean. Us were trying to communicate your entire body of knowledge and it fell in such barren ground, at least for me. My respect grew immeasurably and, moreover, you are a very nice person. Cookie on a little secret: During the last workshop hour I secretly thought "stop cookie please stop!", sei mir nicht böse wahrscheinlich lag es an zwei Workshops nacheinander und meine Ohren haben einen automatischen Schließmechanismus bei zu vielen englischen Wörtern.
Cookie , your course was the most detailed and most professional one that I've ever attended. You have to know that Cookie is the Einstein of knitters. Rudimentary, I got the idea of how much work goes into a knitting pattern. Try putting in a quadrature of a circle in a sock and you'll know what I mean. You tried to convey to us your whole knowledge and it ran aground, at least with me it did. My respect for you goes beyond any measurements and even so, you're such a lovely person. Cookie, here's a secret: During the last hour of the workshop, I was thinking to myself in secret "Cookie Stop, please stop!". Please do not be mad at me. I think that it must have been because of the two workshops one after another and that my ears must have had an automatic closing mechanism when it comes to too many English words.
funny and less funny experiences at the edge were: Very funny
was our visit to the Kobe Grill, a Japanese restaurant. I'm rarely as a Bavarian woman from the countryside to the enjoyment of entertainment restaurants. To me, the more ecstatic our Japanese chef, he threw wild to be cooking through the area inflamed, flames had jokes ready, performed acrobatic Kunststücke mit dem Essen und warf uns gegrillte Shrimps zu, die wir mit dem Mund fangen sollten. Einige landeten in meinem Ausschnitt. Parallelen zur Muppet Show und dem kleinen dänischen Koch waren vorhanden, es war so lustig!
Funny and less funny experiences on the edge were: was our visit to the Kobe Grill, a Japanese restaurant. I'm rarely as a Bavarian woman from the countryside to the enjoyment of entertainment restaurants. To me, the more ecstatic our Japanese chef, he threw wild to be cooking through the area inflamed, flames had jokes ready, performed acrobatic Kunststücke mit dem Essen und warf uns gegrillte Shrimps zu, die wir mit dem Mund fangen sollten. Einige landeten in meinem Ausschnitt. Parallelen zur Muppet Show und dem kleinen dänischen Koch waren vorhanden, es war so lustig!
The really funny stuff was our visit in Kobe-Grill, a Japanese restaurant. I myself as a Bavarian woman from the country don't really get to come into contact with the pleasure of gastronomic entertainment. And as it is, the Japanese cook really charmed me: He threw around his cooking utensils; ignited darting flames; had good sense of humour; performed artistic acrobats with the food and threw us the BBQed shrimps, Which we were supposed to catch with our mouth. Some Of which landed in my cleavage. There were parallels to the Muppet Show and the Little Danish Cook. It was a lot of fun!
was less funny and macabre into the hotel taking place "little-girl-beauty-contest", to say, American Idol. There is a special term for it which I forgot, no matter somehow it was strange sick. Imagine four years ago, as the twenties are made up and dressed. Some twenty year old could learn it, I of course too. The parents or guardians of these children decorated the hotel room door with pictures and some trinkets in patriotic colors. 've Abdekoriert a few souvenirs from it. Stupid was that the pool house was crowded with the Beauties and I brought my bathing suit and an extra.
Less funny and macabre as the "Little-Girl Beauty Pageant" in the style of American Idol in the hotel. There's a specific expression for such a thing that I've forgotten ... never mind, it was nevertheless somewhat sickening. Imagine a four-year-old who wore make-up and had clothes on as though she were twenty. Some twenty-year-old could learn from that ... even I, as a matter of course, could learn from it. The parents or the guardians of these kids decorated the hotel room doors with photos and scores of gewgaw stuff in patriotic colors. I took down some stuff as souvenirs. The stupid thing was that the hotel swimming pool was swarmed by those beauties and I had even taken my swimsuit with me for nothing.
was less funny and macabre into the hotel taking place "little-girl-beauty-contest", to say, American Idol. There is a special term for it which I forgot, no matter somehow it was strange sick. Imagine four years ago, as the twenties are made up and dressed. Some twenty year old could learn it, I of course too. The parents or guardians of these children decorated the hotel room door with pictures and some trinkets in patriotic colors. 've Abdekoriert a few souvenirs from it. Stupid was that the pool house was crowded with the Beauties and I brought my bathing suit and an extra.
Less funny and macabre as the "Little-Girl Beauty Pageant" in the style of American Idol in the hotel. There's a specific expression for such a thing that I've forgotten ... never mind, it was nevertheless somewhat sickening. Imagine a four-year-old who wore make-up and had clothes on as though she were twenty. Some twenty-year-old could learn from that ... even I, as a matter of course, could learn from it. The parents or the guardians of these kids decorated the hotel room doors with photos and scores of gewgaw stuff in patriotic colors. I took down some stuff as souvenirs. The stupid thing was that the hotel swimming pool was swarmed by those beauties and I had even taken my swimsuit with me for nothing.
Special Interests:
Not in my wildest dreams did I ever thought possible that a number of people together for me to break their heads and something I particularly want to make love precious. Look at him: I got a captivatingly beautiful knitted Afghan American and I will cherish. Currently, he warms my broken leg and I bow to me like Linus from Peanuts his little dusty blanket. Thanks to good workmanship, he holds it out! I'm proud of it and would like to mich auf diesem Weg noch einmal von Herzen dafür bedanken.
Special experiences:
Not in my boldest of the boldest dreams would I have ever thought it possible that so many people would rack their brains in order to do something specially lovely for me. Noted: I received a ravishing knit American Afghan and I'll cherish it in its proper honour. At the moment, it warms up my busted leg and I let it trail along behind me like Linus from the Peanuts does with his dusty little blanket. Thanks to the good workmanship, the afghan could hold it! I'm very proud of it and I would like to thank you all again here from the bottom of my heart.
The highlight of the evening was a raffle with loads of goodies from Sheri. It was obvious to me that I wouldn't win anything. I never win anything. But to compensate, I'm lucky with love. :-) It was really great to see all the happy faces of the winners and we were all being happy with them. The real highlight, however, came as a total surprise. Take a look for yourself!
Not in my wildest dreams did I ever thought possible that a number of people together for me to break their heads and something I particularly want to make love precious. Look at him: I got a captivatingly beautiful knitted Afghan American and I will cherish. Currently, he warms my broken leg and I bow to me like Linus from Peanuts his little dusty blanket. Thanks to good workmanship, he holds it out! I'm proud of it and would like to mich auf diesem Weg noch einmal von Herzen dafür bedanken.
Special experiences:
Not in my boldest of the boldest dreams would I have ever thought it possible that so many people would rack their brains in order to do something specially lovely for me. Noted: I received a ravishing knit American Afghan and I'll cherish it in its proper honour. At the moment, it warms up my busted leg and I let it trail along behind me like Linus from the Peanuts does with his dusty little blanket. Thanks to the good workmanship, the afghan could hold it! I'm very proud of it and I would like to thank you all again here from the bottom of my heart.
The grand finale:
Saturday night we went way back in our little group of meeting room. Some have practiced what they have learned from the workshops, while others tried their hand at spinning wheels, many came from dinner the choice of restaurants was so enormous. Cold Stone Some victims were also present. You the name of Cold Stone says something? At Cold Stone ice cream you get the overdose, a sphere = almost a family pack with us. For the Faint of Horror: Choose Your Lieblinssorte / n, the inner life, such as brownies, etc. Smarties choose, choose the topping (topping is particularly important). On marble then the ice mixed with the inner life, artfully gespachelt and stratified, in ein Waffel cone gefüllt und mit dem Topping (fragt mich nicht was das alles hätte sein können) versehen. Entschuldigt mein Abschweifen vom Thema, das mußte sein.
Saturday night we went way back in our little group of meeting room. Some have practiced what they have learned from the workshops, while others tried their hand at spinning wheels, many came from dinner the choice of restaurants was so enormous. Cold Stone Some victims were also present. You the name of Cold Stone says something? At Cold Stone ice cream you get the overdose, a sphere = almost a family pack with us. For the Faint of Horror: Choose Your Lieblinssorte / n, the inner life, such as brownies, etc. Smarties choose, choose the topping (topping is particularly important). On marble then the ice mixed with the inner life, artfully gespachelt and stratified, in ein Waffel cone gefüllt und mit dem Topping (fragt mich nicht was das alles hätte sein können) versehen. Entschuldigt mein Abschweifen vom Thema, das mußte sein.
The big finale:
We returned to our big meeting hall on Saturday evening in small groups. Some of us were still practicing what we had learnt from the workshops, the others were trying out spinning wheels, a lot of us were returning from dinner in different restaurants (there were a lot to choose from). There were even some Cold Stone victims around. Do you know what Cold Stone is? With Cold Stone, you get an ice-cream overdose: A scoop is almost the size of a family pack for us. It was a horror for the wishy-washy among us: Choose your favorite flavor (s), choose your favorite search as cores eg brownies, Smarties, etc. Choose your topping (topping is of special importance). The ice-cream would then be mixed with the core on a marble, smoothed and artfully layered and filled up in a cone to be topped off with the topping (do not ask me what all that could be). Please excuse me for going off on tangents ... but I could not help it.
highlight of the evening was to be a tombola, richly populated by Sheri. I was already aware that I win anything, I never win, but I'm lucky in love :-). It was really nice to see the happy faces of winners and we alle freuten uns mit.
Der eigentlich Höhepunkt kam völlig unerwartet, seht selbst!
Der eigentlich Höhepunkt kam völlig unerwartet, seht selbst!
The highlight of the evening was a raffle with loads of goodies from Sheri. It was obvious to me that I wouldn't win anything. I never win anything. But to compensate, I'm lucky with love. :-) It was really great to see all the happy faces of the winners and we were all being happy with them. The real highlight, however, came as a total surprise. Take a look for yourself!
Sheri wurde besungen und wenn ich mich nicht täusche I saw a few little tears in her eyes. Sorry, should help the Da Capo calls for an encore not when it is most Schösten stop you. As I do with my report!
Sheri was serenaded and if I can see properly, I think I saw some tears in her eyes. Unfortunately, the Da Capo calls for the encore did not really help. You should stop when it's at the most beautiful point. And so it is with my report!
Here's my 90-month visitor permit.
No I do not open their mouths and I'm grateful for a week, but really one week is a Magentratzerl, an amuse Geulle a apetizer.
No, I'm not complaining and I'm grateful for the one week ... but really, one week is nothing, it's only just a tiny bit, a small button on appetizer.
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