kitchen

our apartment came without a kitchen,
and we decided to get a nice one, one that we can sell on to the next tenant some day
because it fits the space (looong and narrow) perfectly.
so at least designing fancy kitchens for the last year did pay off a little.

the kitchen is from ikea,
simple matte white doors with an oak worktop.
having it installed was almost as much as what we paid for the units,
so we decided to do it ourselves,
with T's job at the university coming very handy
because the woodshop let us borrow all the tools we needed.

it was a lot of work, but also fun,
and looking at it every day still makes us very proud!

koblenz and the rhine valley

we spent Sunday in Koblenz, which this year is hosting the bundesgartenschau
(= the national garden show). the city looked great,
and we took the new aerial cable car that now connects the city
with the forteress on the opposite bank of the river Rhine.

after a day full of walking around we finally jumped on a train at night
that took us through the beautiful Rhine valley (bottom three pictures)
back home.

after dark

some pictures from my friend M's lovely wedding last saturday.

I took only my D90 (which I have not used very much lately) on our trip
to practice a little, I always get confused by all the options,
shooting film in my K-1000 is so much easier.
As always the after dark shots turned out fine, so I'll only show you some of those.

do you know what you're doing with your digital SLR?
any tips on catching the light just the way it is,
the way that film does? let me know!

at home

some random pictures from our flat.
we're still without a proper living room
but the sofa should arrive any day now
and we're working on shelving for our books.

in germany we've got another three-day weekend coming up.
we're going to a friend's wedding in Koblenz (which is where I lived until I was 19).
I haven't been in there in 7 years, so I'm really looking forward
to spending a couple of days there.

what are your plans for the weekend?