66/356: 2 Akt Lovemobile @ Streetparade Zürich

After the living room concert on Friday, I had another big highlight on Saturday. In the middle of last week my brother sent me a text asking if I would like to experience something unforgettable. Since my project has made me a lot more spontaneous, I said yes without asking what it was about.

As it turned out he got me a ticket to one of the lovemobiles at the Streetparade in Zürich. You ask what the Streetparade is? Essentially it is a free EDM music festival. The main attractions are 28 lovemobiles that make their way along the edge of the lake. All the lovemobiles play a different kind of electronic dance music. There is something for every taste.
They take about four hours each to get from the starting point to end. Beside the lovemobiles there are numerous stages and uncounted big parties in the clubs all over the city. The Streetparade usually attracts about one million visitors. It is one of those events that I would recommend everybody to experience at least once in their live. Even if you don't like that kind of music.

I have been to the Streetparade on numerous occasions but never on a lovemobile. I regret now that I have never done it. It was such a great experience to be on the lovemobile. I had such an awesome time. We were on the second lovemobile to make it's way through the crowd. I don't know what difference that made but the crowd was so energetic. So much positive energy.

Was there a down side you ask? Only that now I have to wait a whole year to do it again.

 My ride for the afternoon

 look at that crowd!

 the view from the lovemobile.

 Great party in a great setting.

 more of the crowd.

 and then some.

 one of the other lovemobiles.

thanks bro! Unforgettable day!

55/356: Störtebeker Atlantik Ale

A regular day you might call it. I had an exhausting day at work so I didn't have time to think about what I could do today. More beer it is then. This time around it's German; Störtebecker Atlantik Ale. It has a really nice unique taste that I can't quite place. Usually the Beer I try for this project is better than your everyday stuff you can get at swiss supermarkets. I think I will be spoiled after this year. 

It's swiss national day in thursday so I will try to come up with something else than a new beer for that day. Until tomorrow, cheers

54/356: Hot Sauce & Granola Bar

What an exciting day. I got a new type of granola bar and a new type of BBQ hot sauce.
Both had a practical reason. I ran out of the hot sauce that I got a few weeks back and loved so much. So I had to get a new one, naturally. This one is quite awesome as well! Gotta admit, I love my sauces. Recommended!

The nut/granola bar I got because I workout after I get home from work and need some energy for that. So what better than a granola bar stuffed with nuts. Mmmmm yummy....Well, it gives me energy, that's what it's supposed to do I guess. Chocolate would be better though. Everything is better covered in chocolate.

Bonne appetit.

53/356: YB At Stade De Suisse

Went to see a great football (soccer) game at Stade De Suisse Wankdorf yesterday. It was the first time that I saw YB (the local football) club and the first time that I have been to that arena. It was  a really pleasant experience. BSC YB played FC Thun, the local rival. That was a promising premise!



The Stadium was more than two thirds full and the game was exciting. The home team was trailing by two goals at half time. In the second half they actually managed to score three goals and go on to win the game. It was proper dramatic with many good scenes. I couldn't have picked a better game to go see.

On a side note, Since I started this little project, I have been using my phone's camera very often. I am getting very annoyed by it. It's time for a new phone!

play on.

52/356: Mythos, Greek Beer

It is the hottest day of the year. So what would be better fitting than to try a cold beer? Today it was my first Greek beer. It is called "Mythos". It's a really nice beer and best of all, it was ice cold. What better than sitting outside on a sunny day with a cold one? With temperatures like today, not much!

I don't have any drink sampling planned for tomorrow. Let's see if I can stick with the plan!

Don't sweat too much my friends!

50/356: Random Act Of Kindness

It was a RAK day. What is a random act of kindness you ask? Well the name says it all. You do a total random act of kindness. Usually it is for somebody you don't know. Me, I payed for someones snacks today.

There are two snack vending machines at the main train station in Bern: 

I had 20.- prepared in coins and loaded both of them with 10.- and walked away. Now I hope people will actually notice that there is some money in them. I should have put up a sign or something. Ah no matter, I am sure somebody will notice and claim the free snacks. 

Pay it forward!

49/356: Same Same But Different

I had the ultimate Bern experience today. I ran along the river Aare for about 7.5k but then instead of running back down, I put my stuff in a water proof bag and let the river carry me back down to where I started. It was epic!

Drifting along in the Aare is something that is very popular among the locals and I can really recommend it to anybody. I have never swam so far in the Aare or any other river for that matter. I am positively destroyed right now but also feel great. I did have my phone with me and so could have taken pictures before getting in the water, but shame on me, I forgot to do so. I guess I was too excited.

I can tell two things, you haven't seen Bern until you swam in the Aare and this is not the last time that I did this variation of my runs. Actually can't wait to do it again!

48/356: The Fancy Box Arrives

I got my first fancy "Ashton Kutcher" subscription box in the mail today. I didn't really think about getting this soon in the last few weeks so receiving it was a pleasant surprise.

I am kinda dissapointed by the contents. Some items like the t-shirt and the socks are nice but they are way too big. The socks are size 10-13 and I am 8 1/2. The t-shirt is a L and I usually wear S. I am a little dissapointed because I let them know when I ordered that I was an S. Too bad, I really like the t-shirt.

The USB power adapter is a nice idea but no good for me because it needs an american outlet. Maybe I will gift it to a visiting couchsurfer.

the last item, a book, I am not too sure what to make off. I'll have a deeper look into it.

All in all I would have been happy if the sizes would have been good for me. I will write fancy again about my sizes and if they mess up again with the next box I will cancel this subscription for sure. Meh, I guess not all firsts can be great.

47/356: A Thing That Cuts The Middle.

In the news today; I made Zucchini filled with minced beef. It was really good. Did take me a bit long to make it and since I did some workout earlier.. well let's just say I will not sleep for a while yet.
The grand new thing is, that tool I bought which lets you get the middle of fruits or vegetables out. This weird contraption:

No idea what it is called in English and pretty sure I will never use it again. Never had one before though so this is my new thing for today. Hurray it's not food! But I will show you a picture of the food I made anyhow. You know you love it.

Omnomnom...

45/356: EDC London

Eeeeeepic day! 

I went to Electric Daisy Carneval today. The whole reason why I was here this weekend. There was great music, nice people and not so good food. I had an awesome time.

So many DJ's so little time. The only problem was that some DJ's I wanted to see played at the same on different stages. So instead of going from stage to stage all the time I decided to stay at the main stage through the whole event. I saw Hardwell, Alesso, Steve Angello and Tiesto. If the do EDC again next year, I will be here too!

43/356: Starbucks Double Shout Espresso

I got this coffee as a freebie at the train main station in Bern. I have had it in the fridge for some time now. I drank it yesterday because I wanted to do some workout but felt so tired that I didn't feel up for it. Since there was nothing else around that Starbucks Double Shot Espresso was it.

It reminded me a lot of Japan. They have many kinds of coffee in small cans like that. If you ever walked past a drinks vending machine in Japan, I am sure you have seen them. If you have never seen on of them, let me show you:

 I liked it but not enough to go out and actually buy one myself. Probably way overpriced anyhow. Tonight I am off to London for the weekend. Let's see what new thing I can come up with.

42/356: Ofen Tomatos With Feta Cheese

I had a very yummy dinner today. I made tomatoes with feta cheese and herbs in the oven. Throw it in the dish, put some spices and herbs on it, leave it in for twenty minutes, grab a Foccacia and tadaaaa ready is your very nice mid-week dinner. 

To accompany that I had a regional beer called "äs Gattlig's" which to be honest, I have no idea what it means. It tasted quite well! 

41/356: Asian Fusion Food

Another day with a full schedule so food it was. I tried an Asian fusion food place called "Nooch". The food was actually quite good. Not to sure where it was supposed to be from though. The names were all fancy made up stuff and the taste, well could have been a number of cuisines from Asia.

All this restaurant tasting does have an upside. Whenever I will host guests, which due to couchsurfing, happens rather often. I will always be able to tell them where to get good food. That is when I don't feel like cooking myself, which does not happen that often.

40/356: Back To Sampling Beer

Tonight's lucky winner was an american beer. The Yuengling Traditional Lager to be precise. Coming from, what they claim to be, the oldest brewery in the US of A. I did enjoy it. It was rather on the light side of taste and so, very much to my liking.

Let's see if I can come up with something more exciting tomorrow but as I mentioned before, this is hard to do when you have a busy life. I shouldn't be making excuses.. I should just get on with it!

Let's drink to that!

36/356: Adventure Rooms

I escaped!

..but let me begin at the start. I went to Adventure Rooms today.
Basically you get locked into a room and you have to find your way out to freedom. To find your way out you have to solve puzzles and try not to kill the other people in your team. Think the movie "Saw" minus the gore or an adventure game from the early nineties.

I got to do it because somebody wrote about on couchsurfing and looked for a few more people to join. From all the people tonight I only knew one guy and as weird as this sounds, not knowing each other probably enabled us to solve all the puzzles. Of course I am not going to say more, you should go and do it yourself, it was an evening well spent.

 Some of the stuff that we needed to solve the puzzles.

 Being locked into a room with a bunch of strangers turns people into maniacs.

The key to freedom, we found it! 

We got told that they are looking for a new location for a second room, I will go do that for sure. Can't wait!

33/356: Restaurant Thurm Molino

Another day, another food related post. BUT this time there will be no pictures of food! I am getting a bit bored of those myself. Instead I have this wonderful shot of the restaurants front taken from my seat while waiting for my food.

There is nothing fancy about the restaurant, just your normal Italian place in Switzerland. I have nothing to complain about the food though. I had a healthy Caesar's salad and a fruit salad for dessert. I had to go for something healthy because I totally failed my workout goal today. Blame the hot weather!

Oh, I also got rejected by the literature agency. Tomorrow I will contact another one.

27/356: Japanese all around

Today was a grand day. I got to cook Japanese food for a Japanese guy. Best of all; he actually liked it!
Hideki is surfing my couch for one night and requested to have some Japanese food, of course I was more than willing to fulfill that request. I could do a first and at the same time see how a Japanese person rates my food. Next time around when he visits I will have to make something Swiss though. I promised.

Another pin on the wall.

24/356: Vegetable Gratin & Childrens Book Manuscript

I started on a children's picture book manuscript today. This is something I have been meaning to do for a long time. When my brothers and me were just little kids, our grandma used to tell us these awesome stories from her childhood on the farm. We loved hearing those stories. Over and over of course. To this day I have a vivid memory of those stories.

So a few years back I thought that other kids might enjoy them as well. I asked my grandma to write them down so I could turn them into a manuscript and see where it goes from there. Today, after putting it off for many years, I have finally started working on the stories. First I just wrote them down the exact way the grandma gave them to me. After that I started putting the first of six stories into a form in which I think they can be used for a picture book.

The hardest part is to decide which parts are too much or not socially accetable.. and believe me, some parts are waaaay out there. But then again, we enjoyed them when we were kids.. ah I am sure I will rewrite some passages many times.

So if anybody out there knows a german/austrian/swiss literature agent.. do let me know.

On a sidenote, I made a vegetable gratin today.. and it.was.awesome! I am stuffed at this point. I can hardly move. Will make this again for sure!

23/356: Apple Chips, Lemon Grass Iced Tea and Fancy Box Subscription

I can honestly say that my life has gotten more exciting since I started this project. Trying something new if it is only a new brand of food or drink usually doesn't do it anymore and I often don't even mention those on the blog.

A good example is today. I tried some Kids apple chips during work:

 Because I felt like that was not enough, I bought lemon grass iced tea at a specialty shop:

 

Today's true highlight was the the box subscription though. I assume you have never heard of this so let me explain.

There is a thing where you get a subscription to receive a box of goodies every month. Usually you will not know what is in the box until you receive it. That depends on the subscription service though. There are a wide variety of subscriptions out there.. actually way more than I anticipated. If you would like to know more about the topic, visit this blog: My Subscription Addiction

I started frequenting this site called Fancy. It's a site about lifestyle stuff. I really liked what they have on there so I visit every few days. That's where I first stumbled upon the box subscriptions.

So on Friday I signed up for the Ashton Kutcher Box, which according to the web page linked further up is supposed to be really good. I am way more excited about this than I should be. Can't wait to receive my first box!

By the way.. this is friday's post. I was just to lazy to post yesterday.. so there will be a second post later today.

stay cool.

5/356: Alternativ way home

Today I took the bus and the tram for my way home from work. This is was a change from the train that I usually take. I have to admit that I was more excited about this than I should have been. I really enjoyed seeing a different landscape outside the buses window.