http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2 Some reports about my daily life... In addition you can get more information: www.alexbo.de en abo2 abo2 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:47:00 +0100 daily 1 Pictures >>> city tour and balaton lake As you guessed already, I was quite busy last weeks, that’s the reason why there was no news. So I am back in Germany already and have had a presentation last week with the first part of my results. Together with Dr. Szabó (my teacher) and Prof. Gaál (the president of Veszprém University) I travelled to Darmstadt. We discussed the results with the German colleagues and finally everybody was satisfied. After our trip to Budapest Anja and me have had some “normal” days in Veszprém. Anja also had to learn a little bit, so I could work as usual. But in the evenings we went out with our friends to have party (in Mythos, Grand Canyon and Scorpio). On Friday I organized a tour to nice cities in the western part of Hungary. First we visited the Benedictine Abbey in Pannonhalma. It is quite impressive on the top of the hill. The history of this abbey is as old as the Hungarian, because the first... Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:47:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-seventh-part-tour-around-nice-cities-and/47/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-seventh-part-tour-around-nice-cities-and/47/ Pictures >>> Budapest part 1 Pictures >>> Budapest part 2 On Wednesday I drove to Budapest and picked up Anja at the airport. Together we went to the city and got the opportunity to visit Nicolle there. She has got a flat right in the city centre and we could stay there, THANKS In the evening we went to a nice restaurant and enjoyed Hungarian food. Later we met Noemi and David, I knew them from Veszprém. They showed us the terrific view over the lightened city from the Citadella (it is a castle on the top of the tallest hill). Next day we started the tour in Budapest and went to the pedestrian area and visited the St. Stephan cathedral. It is the church of the founder of Hungary and you will find there a big marmoreal statue of him and even his (maybe original) right hand. For Lunch we met Mr. Barabacs, he is the representative of BEYER Limited in Hungary. With him we had a nice chat about the Hungarian... Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:03:44 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-sixth-part-Budapest-the-beautiful-capital/46/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-sixth-part-Budapest-the-beautiful-capital/46/ pictures >>> walk around Székesfehérvár Veszprém is called „the city of Queens“ because a lot Queens were crowned by bishops here. 40 kilometres in Eastern direction you will find „the city of kings“, Székesfehérvár. King Stephan I. founded the Hungarian kingdom there in 1001 and it was the capital for more than 500 years up to the occupation of the Turkish army. I went there with Viola, a Hungarian student, because it is the town, where she went to school. So she could show me a lot of nice places. As you can see in pictures it is such a beautiful city with old buildings. You can see the former cathedral, where the kings were crowned and buried, but you just see some rest of walls. Outside the city centre you may find some “modern” buildings from socialism time and a very modern cinema centre of course. By the way, for me it is unbelievable how the people can survive. Of course there are a lot of big shops already (like METRO, Media... Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:53:15 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-fith-part-trip-to-Sz-kesfeh-rv-r/45/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-fith-part-trip-to-Sz-kesfeh-rv-r/45/ pictures >>> trip to Keszthely Since Friday it is lousy cold already and we got a little bit snow. In the morning I drove together with Andi and Noemi to their hometown in the western part of Hungary, next to Balaton lake. The name of the city is Keszthely and it is the most famous tourist target in Hungary. Of course it is just in summer, so now it looks like a sleeping village. But because of the big amount of Germans everything is written also in German and most of the people know the language… First we visited the lake, but it was a little bit foggy. After the we went to the baroque palace of Graf Fetectics. He was the founder of the first university in Hungary and was responsible for cultural and research developing of Hungary in the 18 th century. After that I joined Andi to her home village, called Kehidakustány (just try to pronounce it J ). It was like a journey into past. Her father has got a farm with animals, corn and ... Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:50:01 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-fourth-part-trip-to-Keszthely/44/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-fourth-part-trip-to-Keszthely/44/ pictures >>> walk around Veszprém Since Wednesday I am absolutely sure: Veszprém is not a boring city! But first read, what happened last week… On Monday I tried to cook my first time in Hungary. It was ok; I cooked noodles and Italian sauce with salad. On Tuesday I joined some students to sports lesson and we played floorball. It just remembered me to the time when I played Ice-hockey, ten years ago. The first part of results of my workout I had to present on Wednesday. The teacher was satisfied and we had had an interesting discussion about the differences between German and Hungarian managers. Thanks to Esther and Peter (Hungarian students) who support me for my workout. In the evening we went to the disco “Mythos”, it was such great! About 150 students were celebrating, the music was good and the prices quite low. When I left the disco at 3 a.m. it was still full, so I guess not everybody was back at university at 8... Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:48:05 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-third-part-what-happened-during-the-week/43/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-third-part-what-happened-during-the-week/43/ Finally I got my own accommodation and have a nice room including separate bathroom and internet access, now J It is a building just for students and except my colleague Ingo from Darmstadt, there are only Hungarians living… Friday started with a visit of porcelain manufacture in Herend together with a group of students and professor Kovacz. It was quite interesting to see, how they are producing the nice porcelain and especially the difficult painting was incredible. In the afternoon Bastian presented me the city of Veszprem with all the sightseeing highlights. We visit the hill with the castle and the old town. After one hour by feet it was over and we had seen everything… In the evening I enjoyed to unpack all my stuff and when I just finished three students surprised me, when they presented me a welcome drink. After that we went out for party together. Before we have had the party in a bar, we visited a friend of them and drunk this special Hungarian... Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:11:22 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-second-part-I-have-my-accommodation/42/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-second-part-I-have-my-accommodation/42/ My start in Hungary was more problematic than I expected. After three days I still don’t have an accommodation… So, I don’t have to sleep in the car, but at the moment I have to overnight in the living-room in a house together with 4 other guys. Because of this place I still couldn’t unpack my stuff! Let’s see, they promised me to find an own room during weekend. With my workplace is it much better. I have got my own office and yesterday I spent half of an day to setup my computer, but now I have got Internet and can check my Emails, as well. I also started the work for my diploma already. First I have to read a lot of things and I hope to start my analyzing of the survey on weekend. My target is to find out how the behaviour of bosses in German-Hungarian companies is. In total there are 12 students from foreign countries in Veszprem at present. 6 from Germany, 3 from Greece, 2 from Italy and one guy from Finland. Together with all the... Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:49:14 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-first-part-start-with-troubles/41/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Hungary-first-part-start-with-troubles/41/ After one week travelling around Germany (Hannover, Goettingen, Muenchen and Vienna) I am finally in Hungary. In Veszprém (about 120 km south-west of Budapest) I am going to write my diploma (last workout). It should need about 3 months and I have to analyze a survey about the behaviour of german CEOs in hungarian companies. My reports and pictures about my stay in Veszprém you will find in my diary during the next weeks. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:08:09 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Alex-in-Hungary/40/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Alex-in-Hungary/40/ The party together with church server was great and we have had a good time together last week! This weekend I spent a lot of time to publish the picture galleries of my trip to USA. After I showed the pix to my relatives this afternoon, you are also able to find them online. Just follow the run of our travel: >> Los Angeles >> Grand Canyon and Canyonlands (including Monument Valley) >> Arches national park and Bryce Canyon >> Las Vegas >> Death Valley and Yosemite Nationalpark (Sequoia trees) >> San Francisco >> SF-special: Alcatraz and St. Mary cathedral Now, I have to pack my luggage again, because next week we will visit Rome together with church servers, but only for four days... Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:17:31 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Pictures-from-travel-USA-west-coast-are-online/39/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Pictures-from-travel-USA-west-coast-are-online/39/ first picture-gallery of my trip to USA is online already: Get some impressions of Los Angeles: www.alexbo.de The complete report and the other pictures I am going to put in internet next weekend... Last week I went to Berlin, because of a seminar I participated. It was quite interesting and I met a lot of nice persons. On the weekend we have had a concert with our orchestra (Starkenburg Phillharmoniker). We played Mozart program and the audience was enthusiastic! Tomorrow I will visit the church servers, they are in vacation together. Every year it is about one week, but I can just stay 3 days. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:18:12 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/pictures-from-vacation/38/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/pictures-from-vacation/38/ After an interesting travel around the western part of USA I arrived in San Francisco already. The last week we drove about 5,000 kilometres by car and visited a lot of natural parks. From Los Angeles we drove to the impressive Grand Canyon and overnighted in the forest at a camping ground. From Grand Canyon we reached the Arches, passing Monument Valley and Canyonlands. One day later we reached the most beautiful park in my mind: Bryce Canyon! There we hiked through the Canyon and next day we enjoyed the sunrise After the nice impressions in nature we visited the most amazing city Las Vegas! It is unbelievable what you can see there and actually there were such a lot of things new since my first stay in 1998. The highlight was the visit of Stratosphere tower, where is a roller coaster on the top in 250meter over sea. On the way to San Francisco we drove through Death Valley (and survived) and passed the mammut trees in Yosemite park. In San Francisco we visited the Golden Gate, Downtown,... Mon, 03 Oct 2005 06:33:57 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/USA-second-part/37/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/USA-second-part/37/ The flight with Delta Airlines was quite ok and we needed 17 hours to travel to Los Angeles (including a stop in Atlanta). In LA we picked up our nice car, it is a SUV midsize, so we have got enough space for our stuff... In the traffic of LA we searched our first target, Ruth and Simon, were we overnight now. Because of the good directions and signs in the streets it was no problem.  After our welcome it was great to have a bed for sleeping again. I woke up at 5 a.m. because of jetlag and we started our trip at 8 in the morning. First thing we visited was an Outlet-center in Ontario, the biggest on in California. To check the offer of the 200 shops, we needed 6 hours and of course we bought a lot of things, because it is sooo cheap the rest of the day we spent at Venice beach, the most famous one in LA and we also drove the sunset boulevard. We passed beverly hills and BelAir, nice houses and interesting places. Last station was Hollywood, but we will visit it again tomorrow, so... Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:24:39 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/USA-first-part/36/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/USA-first-part/36/ Last weeks I was very busy and couldn't care about my diary so much, so something happend what I summarize now: - In Germany, we had got election and the result is quite awful in my mind! I can't imagine how many people could vote for our government party, which was not successful the last years. - One year after my nice stay in China, I finished my website with pictures of our great trip to Yunan province, Guilin, Beijing and Xian. You also will find some usefull information, just visit www.china-special.de and you will find all the impressions. - From the big birthday party of my grandfather I put a nice picture gallery in internet, you may find it on www.alexander-bode.de Now I will start my vacation. Originally we wanted to go to Singapore and Malaysia, but unfortunately I had to cancel our trip, because of illness my girlfriend got. The doctor didn't allow her to go to Asia! Anyway I organized a trip to USA already and on Tuesday our plane starts to Los Angeles ... Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:23:39 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/something-happend/35/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/something-happend/35/ Today I had got my last exam in university and got a good mark! So I am really lucky Now, I just have to write my last workout to graduate. I will do it from the beginning of november in Hungary... Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:12:08 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/I-just-managed-it/34/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/I-just-managed-it/34/ The experiences at World youth day in Cologne were FANTASTIC! I saw the pope, we have had a lot of fun together, but we also prayed a lot and celebrated together with 1 million people from 195 countries! The highlight was the last weekend at "Marienfield" outside of Cologne. We decided to walk from cathedral to this field (about 30 kilometres) and were lucky, because all the busses were too full. So we arrived very early and got a good place. But in the night it was quite cold... The last mass on Sunday we celebrated together with pope Benedikt, 600 bishops, 10.000 priests and more than 1.1 million people! It was the biggest mass in Germany. Get some impressions, although they just can show a small part of all the experiences: >> welcome of our pope in cologne >> last mass at Marienfield with pope Benedikt >> arrival in Cologne, foreign guest and first impressions Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:46:23 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/XX.-World-Youth-Days-in-Cologne/33/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/XX.-World-Youth-Days-in-Cologne/33/ Today I start my trip to Cologne to visit the world youth festival! I am looking forward to meet a lot of people from all over the world and also to see the pope Benedikt XVI.! More information you can find in internet: >>> www.weltjugendtag.de Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:40:53 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Trip-to-Cologne-Weltjugendtag-2005/32/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Trip-to-Cologne-Weltjugendtag-2005/32/ Alex and Father James (Nigeria) In preparation of the XX. World youth days in Cologne more than 100.000 people from all over the world visited churches in Germany last week. In our church we had got guests from Nigeria (Africa) and father James stayed at our home. The days were really interesting and I am looking forward to meet a lot of foreign people this week in Cologne! And of course, also the pope from Germany! Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:08:48 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/World-Youth-Days-Cologne-Guests-from-Nigeria/31/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/World-Youth-Days-Cologne-Guests-from-Nigeria/31/ After watching the racing cars last weekend, I had got the practical training in cars at university. Together with Florian, Stefan and Katrin we tried to find out something about the car-technique by doing experiments. We tested a Mercedes S-Class with Adaptive Cruise Controll, a BMW with special brake-system and did some other interesting experiments. More information about it you will find in picture-gallery and as special service you can download some video-clips (be careful with the size of it!): >> pictures of car-seminar at university VIDEOS: > full braking (2,5 MB) > braking on wet road and acceleration (10 MB) > Slalom out of the car (4,9 MB) > Slalom in the car (8,9 MB) > Camera under car (5 MB) Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:56:30 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Seminar-with-cars-at-university/30/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/Seminar-with-cars-at-university/30/ Because of an invitation of JÖST Racing Team I visited the Race of German Racing Cars in Nürburg. It is a traditional race and so 112.000 people have seen it, even the weather was awful cold and wet. For me it was very interesting, because I got the possibility to be into the pit and see all the technique. At the end, the race was quite successful. My favourite team AUDI won the race and their driver Ekström is leader of the championship now! >> more pictures: www.alexbo.de Sun, 07 Aug 2005 23:48:43 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/German-Racing-Cars-at-Nuerburg-Grand-Prix/29/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/German-Racing-Cars-at-Nuerburg-Grand-Prix/29/ The famous novel "The name of the rose" written by Umberto Eco was performed at the castle of Heidelberg. The theatre was openair and it was really impressive to enjoy the play in this historical setting. In contrast to last year we were lucky with the weather this time Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:46:11 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/The-name-the-rose-theatre-castle-Heidelberg/28/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/abo2/The-name-the-rose-theatre-castle-Heidelberg/28/