Archive for Oktober, 2008
National gallery of Ireland
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National Gallery of Ireland
To escape thousands of screaming and annoying children (they called it birthday party) we decided to spend last sunday´s afternoon in the national gallery of Ireland.
Well, we really are no experts of arts and so most of the time we made fun of the strange and ugly people – especially children – in the (certainly famous and high-quality) pictures we saw. And we saw many ugly children, e.g. the son of Hellboy and Liz, a round red 4-5 year old boy. Ok, it was funny for us but not for the other people we met… I´ve never seen such strange views at us before in my life.
While we went through the museum we heard a kind of orchestra playing somewhere containing cello, drums, e-guitar and some other instruments which normally do not find together.
One last advice: Never ever eat doner (Döner) at Abakebabra in Dublin!!! When we came back from our exhausting culture trip we decided to celebrate our new art knowledge with a special lunch at Abakebabra, a kind of Doner-McDonald´s. So we ordered a Doner Kebab for 3.50€, but what we got was meat in a pancake, swimming in a spicy sauce and only eatable with a fork we fortunately got with our meal. Do it better, go to Subway or somewhere else but do not eat Doner in Dublin!
Mirrors
Reeling from an accidental shooting during his time as a NYPD detective, Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland, putting forth minimal effort) has drowned his guilt in booze and rage. Trying to clean up his act and win his family (including Amy Smart and Paula Patton, fighting her cleavage for screentime) back, Ben takes a job as a security officer guarding the spooky ruins of a department store that suffered a massive fire. During his rounds, Ben spies strange visions in the massive mirrors that decorate the hallways, images that forecast gruesome death. Attempting to investigate the history of the store and its past tragedy, Ben finds he’s brought the visions home to terrorize his loved ones, forcing him to fight back against the ghostly wrath of the mysterious reflections.
Mirrors
This was the plot I found on the internet, when I was searching for a good movie to see last weekend and it sounded so interesting, I hardly had a chance not to go into cinema… well, it took some persuasion to get Isabell coming with me, but finally we sat in front of screen no. 2 in the cineworld cinema.
And the movie turned out to be a good one, not the best horror movie I´ve ever seen but good enough to recommend it. The movie plays with the fear of the humans that mirrors do not only reflect the incoming light but also are doors to another world behind the glass where evil things happen. What would you do if you go away from your mirror and your mirror image would stay where it is and everything that happens to it would happen to you, injuries and pain?
Comment from Isabell: Waaaaaaa! Zombies!!!!!!!! She lost her jawbone! Uaeeeeh! I liked the front credits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, you see, it wasn´t a bad horror movie, but the end was a bit disappointing… I think they planned an end like in “the 6th sense” but what finally came out was just a small surprise and not completly logical…
If you want a commendation: Watch this movie in cinema, the effect will be much bigger than in front of your TV.
7,5/10
Some pictures and my first and last discussion with a homeless guy
Well, here are a few new pictures I took in Dublin and a story about a new experience I´ve made… ok, I had known it before but anyway I was stupid enough to do it…
I´ve been standing at Eden Quay, waiting for my bus, when a homeless guy tottered towards and spoke to me:
He: “Sorry, I´m homeless. I search for a room. I need 4€ for a room so I can sleep!”
Me: “Well, I don´t know if that´s such a good idea… I think you´d only buy alcohol or so if I give you money…”
He: “Nonononono, I don´t buy alcohol!”
Me: “But you´re drunken!”
He (holding a bottle of coke towards me): “You want some drink?”
Me: “No.”
He: “I´m drunken? No, I´m not drunken!”
Me: “Hey, I´m sorry, but I won´t give you anything, I´m sure you will buy something like this”.
Ok, he left me now but after a few steps he turned around to me and… “FUCK YOU! FUCK OFF!” and something that I didn´t understand… well, I bet it was better so *g*
So he swore at me across the whole street and I vowed never beginning a discussion with a drunken homeless guy again… you cannot win.
Now I always change the side of the street if I see him in the city… maybe he remembers me *g*
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- Well, not even the best is protected against these rats of the skies
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- St. Stephen´s Green on a typical irish day… rain and wind
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- Isabell in front of the… yes, lake in St. Stephen´s Green
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- This picture has something psychedalic, hasn´t it?
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- A guitar-playing cowboy in Grafton Street
Oktoberfest im Porterhouse
Oktoberfest
Ja, wie man dem Plakat hier entnehmen kann, hat das Oktoberfest selbst vor Irland nicht halt gemacht. Gut, mir soll´s recht sein, endlich mal wieder vernünftiges Bier *g*
Das Porterhouse ist ein größerer Pub in Dublin Templebar, den wir (= meine Firma) aufgrund der Tatsache besucht haben, dass visrez den “Dublin City Enterprise Award 2008″ gewonnen hat, einen schönen goldenen (?) Pokal, der jedes Jahr weitergereicht wird.
Dieser Pub jedenfalls ist nicht nur berühmt für seine tolle Innenausstattung (die Wände von drei Stockwerken sind mit Bierflaschen aus aller Welt bestückt), sondern auch für die… ich nenne es jetzt einfach mal “Themenwochen”, in diesem Fall also Oktoberfest, am 31. steht z.B. der Tag unter dem Motto “Halloween”
Wie dem auch sei, ich jedenfalls bin am Freitag in den Genuss gekommen, die irische Kultur etwas näher kennenzulernen… und das sogar so weit, dass mich am nächsten Tag etwas verspätet der dazugehörige Kulturschock mit voller Wucht traf. Aber das war`s wert, der Abend war einfach zu unterhaltsam um ihn zu verpassen.
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As you can see on the poster, the Octoberfest didn’t even stop in Ireland. Well, it’s alright with me, finally a good beer again *g*
The Porterhouse is a bigger pub in Dublin Templebar, that we (=my company) visited, because visrez won the “Dublin City Enterprise Award 2008″, a nice golden (?) cub, which is passed every year.
This pub is not only famous for its great interior (the walls of three floors are equiped with beer bottles from all over the world), also for the… I just call it “theme weeks”, so in this case Octoberfest, at 31 of October is under the motto of “Halloween”
Be that as it may, on friday I got to know the pleasure to experience the Irish culture… and so far that on the next day I got hit by the associated cultural shock. However, it was worth the price, the evenig was too amusing to miss it.
St. Stephen`s Green
St. Stephen´s Green ist einer der großen Parks innerhalb Dublins, gleich neben der Grafton Street, einer der Haupteinkaufsstraßen in Dublin.
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St. Stephen’s Green is one of the big parks inside Dublin, next to Grafton Street, one of the main shopping streets in Dublin.
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- Die kleine Maus, die immer an der gleichen Stelle essbares auf dem Weg sucht.
Howth bei Nebel
When I came back from work today, I was not able to see further than 50m, the fog was really thick.
However, the atmosphere was really nice so I decided to take some photos… for lack of a stand i used a rubbish bin, but that´s art of the moment and the bin is just another element of it *g*
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Als ich heute von der Arbeit nach Hause kam, hat man in Howth keine 50 Meter weit sehen können, so dicht war der Nebel. Allerdings fand ich die Atmosphäre so schön, dass ich ein paar Fotos machen wollte, aus Mangel an einem Stativ auf einer Mülltonne, was man vielleicht auf einigen Bildern am unteren Rand noch erkennen kann *g*
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- Thornmanby Road Richtung Howth Summit
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- Thornmanby Road Richtung Hafen
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- Querstraße zur Thornmanby Road Richtung Klippen
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- Querstraße zur Thornmanby Road Richtung Klippen anderer Farbton
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- Unser Haus (links)
Sonstiges aus Howth
Ein paar Fotos bei besserem Wetter (deshalb auch nur so wenige).
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A few pictures during nicer weather (so only precious few).
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- Kathrin und ich im Hafen von Howth
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- Meine Heimatstraße hier in Howth
Seehunde in Howth
(Again) unfortunately the weather wasn´t the best this day but at least it did not rain…
The seils belong to a family of 9 animals which apparently live in the inner harbour of Howth on tourists feeding them with fish offal that you can buy in a little fish store in the harbour. They are really cuddly but also fairly round, but what can you expect if they are feeded every couple of minutes by laughing tourists?
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Leider war das Wetter an dem Tag nicht wirklich perfekt, aber es geht.
Die Seehunde gehören zu einer Familie von 9 Tieren, die scheinbar im Hafenbecken von Howth davon leben, dass die Touristen sie mit Fischenabfällen, die man in einem der ansässigen Läden kaufen kann füttern. Sehr niedlich, aber auch ziemlich rund, aber was soll man erwarten, wenn sie alle paar Minuten von lachenden Touris gefüttert werden?
The Boy in the striped pyjamas
The boy in the striped Pyjamas
Nun ja, der Film war ungefähr so, wie ich ihn mir vorgestellt hatte:
Wie jeder Film über dieses Thema (Holocaust) nun einmal ist. Der Aufbau ist eigentlich jedesmal der gleiche, zuerst sind immer alle total einverstanden mit dem, was dort passiert, dann passiert irgendwas und sie fangen an nachzudenken, etc. pp. Gut, ich habe mir damals Napola auch angesehen, daher konnte mich dieser Film jetzt nicht mehr so wirklich schocken, aber wir 4 Deutschen im Kino waren danach schon etwas schweigsamer, die ganzen Iren waren super drauf ô.O
Die schauspielerischen Fähigkeiten der Darsteller waren sehr gut. Insbesondere hätte ich sehr damit gerechnet, dass die Schauspieler alle einen auf typisch deutsch machen würden, aber das war nicht der Fall, die Figuren waren alle eher natürlich gehalten waren.
Noch einmal würde ich den Film nicht sehen, aber das liegt am Thema, er ist empfehlenswert:
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Well, the movie was nearly as I had imagined: As every movie is about this theme (Holocaust). The composition actually is every time the same, first everybody agrees with what takes place, then something happens and they begin to think about it, and so on. Well, I have watched “Napola” at that time, too, so this movie couldn’t really shock me, but we four Germans in the cinema were after the movie a bit silent, while all the Irish people were in a really good mood.
The actors’ abilitys were very good. I would have expected that the actors would make one of typical german, but that was not the case, the carakters were all kept naturally. I wouldn’t watch the movie another time, but that is because of the theme, it’s recommendable.
9/10
Klippen in Howth
The cliffs in Howth on an unfortunately rather bad-weathered day
Die Klippen in Howth an einem leider etwas weniger schönen Tag
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