long time no blog

I know, I knwo, it's been a while - quite a long while, my apologies!
Christmas finally came and wet, it was sooooo much better in the cold, with a bit of dirt white snow around, the whole family together, cooking, eating, drinking, chatting the time away... beautiful.
And finally it felt like a new year lay ahead, with temperatures dropping way below zero and thick white snow for days and weeks. New years was my last party with Claudi in Berlin for a while, she is on her way back to Vienna.
Then Lauren, the friend of a friend from Melbourne came over to stay with me for a while and brought with her some Melbourne air. I got to knoew Berlin a lot better, doing the tourist thing for the first time since I live there. We discovered a lot of new places, went to an Aussie concert, a bar in a squat, had Russian food and got to check out some truly genuine street art.
Although I registered as unemployed, jobwise 2010 started quite pomising, and I hope things will develop from there on.
Now back at my parents place for a week to clean out my grandmas house delving in olden treasures, I enjoy a lot of family time, cooking and bonding with Andi the dog.
Next week I will finally leave Germany again for the first time since I got back and head down to Italy to volunteer for the Trieste Filmfestival. Exciting times ahead, 2010 here we go!