Russian Dinner!

When I made my return public, Mischka sent me a quick message and reserved me for Russian Dinner - basically, we were going to gorge ourselves with Russian food. It was both filling and highly entertaining!

These were just our entrees.

Cold entrees clockwise from bottom! Eggplant, kholodets, salami, pickled tomatoes and gherkins, salad olivier.

Pirozhki! Miam. 

Gravlax, and a cheese in flaky pastry thing whose name I can't remember. 

Blini and salmon roe caviar!


My first vodka of the night. 

Between the entrees and main, we hit the dance floor and watched the Russians of Melbs get their boogie on.

For example, Vika and Theo showing us how it's done!


Dance floor photo for me and Mischka 


And finally, the main - lamb shanks, chicken, duck, roasted apples, potatoes, and meatballs.

There was a lot of food - but it was hella good food, and there was a lot of dancing - and it was hella entertaining dancing! So if anyone has an opportunity for Russian dinner in the future, I totally recommend it. 

This dog!

I was at the airport getting ready to head back to Melbs when....HEILIGE SCHEISSE, CHECK OUT THIS DOG!!!

HE'S LIKE A CORGI-SIZED GERMAN SHEPHERD!!!

Candy Crush Saga

Okay, I've realised what I've been doing rather than updating my blog - playing Candy Crush Saga.

That crap is addictive. Keep away. 

Russian Friend

I have a new friend who happens to come from Russia. And while some might argue that one must be beautiful in order to be my friend anyway, I'll say it - she is really gorgeous. Long dark hair, big dark eyes, great bone structure...she's so attractive that she inspired the following conversation...

I'll just re-iterate - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Whut.

Today I learned something horrendous that will ensure that I never move to the USA. 

Kinder Surprise/Überraschung IS BANNED and therefore not available for sale or import!

I don't even eat Kinder Überraschung anymore but I want to be free to should I ever wish to again! 

So what have I been up to?

To be honest...not much this weekend. Or at least, it doesn't feel like much. Probably because my gammy leg is playing up and I'm walking around the city like a cripple.

I even went to the gym and people were looking at me like I was crazy for limping around the gym so I've just spent this weekend bumming around home :D

Dinner with the girls.

I've made a bunch of new friends and we all decided to celebrate our friend-dom by going to Seerose and having dinner together. 

Antipasto!

I recommend the restaurant. It's a bit more expensive than going to a German bierhall and eating that kind of food, but on the other hand...you don't have to be eating giant servings of bierhall food!

And apparently I was too busy being Asian eating and talking to take photos of the girls?! 

Solo Pizza and Sober Starkbier

On Friday afternoon while we were all on the balcony at work enjoying the sunshine after a long dreary Winter, it was somehow decided that we should all go out to dinner together and then grab a litre or so of Starkbier as Susi, Carola, and Caro had never been to Nockherberg. 

For dinner, we decided to go to somewhere in Glockenbachviertel, Solo Pizza. Markus swears that these are the best pizzas in Munich. I'm still reserved on judgement (there's a pretty good one between Isartor and Rosenheimerplatz!), but they are pretty good. And huge. At a diameter of 40cm...I'm not sure how I managed to finish the entire pizza the first time I went there. What matters is that this time around, I wasn't able to finish my pizza :O. But I did manage to eat a chocolate fondant pudding and that's what's important!

But after dinner, Markus and Sylvie left us, and Susi, Carola, Caro and I walked down to Nockherberg where we got ot enjoy Wiesn-esque revelry with sober eyes. 

Susi, Carola and I with our strong biers!

And then with Caro.

You'd think the full lighting would stop people from groping in dirndls or trousers but apparently (Stark)bier power is the stronger than light.

POWAH!!!

I started writing a manuscript for some of the stuff I've been doing while I was back in Melbs. I then started to change my mind about how to present the work and what aspects I should show, and got confused and...argh!!! Basically I stopped working on it until I could get back to Munich and talk with some colleagues about the best way to argue it. And then I got sick and was knocked out for the better half of a week. Eventually I was able to talk to my boss and a PhD student involved about the data...then concluded our meetings by saying that I would get the manuscript done by the end of the following week.

After a short silence, I was met with uproarious laughter.

But who managed to submit the first draft of the manuscript with figures, tables, and supplementary data at 5:30pm on Friday?!?!? 

The more I look at this, the more revolted I get...

http://kpsurgery.tumblr.com/

...probably because they all start looking like the same kind of Asian doll face. Like clones.

More Starkbier shenanigans.

This time at Nockherberg.

Con Alba.

I was going there to meet las mujeres, but my decision to come later in the evening made it quite difficult to find them amidst all the chaos. But then who should I randomly come across during my searching? Los hombres! It was a bit of a Spanish fest. True story.