indoor picnic

We wanted to have a picnic but the weather was rainy. Did that stop us? Of course not, we just picnicked indoors. Et voila:

walking around Bremen + bratwurst

Greg took today off to hang out with me. :) We walked around his town.

Saw this windmill contraption + flower patch.

And this lovely park.

We stopped to have a bratwurst. Mmmmm. Sidenote: Jessie, remember when I went through my bratwurst phase and cooked it for a month straight? I bet you miss walking into the Upham house smelling brats. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

OH!!!! Why didn't I ever learn German?!?!?!?!!!

tram ride into downtown bremen:

lychee lunch

Mmmmm Greg took me to this restaurant around the corner called lychee. Sidenote: can you find lychee fruit at regular grocery stores in California? I sure hope so. Anyways, we order a 0,5 L of chianti and started with shrimp spring rolls with a warm plum sauce. Deeeelicious.

Then we had some chicken curry.

I'm convinced anything drenched in curry and served over rice is good.

dagmar

The first time Greg came to Bremen last summer he subleased a room in a house owned by a lady named Dagmar. She is a large German lady whose English is shabby but not bad. She rents out rooms to international students. Greg is renting a different room from her this time and lucky him, they share a wall. haaaaaaaaaaa.

Dags, enjoying the sun + drinking a beer. Large and in charge.

g's workspace

This is where Greg works:

This is what his desk looks like:

This is what Greg's back looks like in Germany:

This is his campus:

These are his papers:

He is a computer scientist.

MAMA

Happy Birthday Mama!!!!!!!

You don't look a day past 29.

love,

sister

mensa "food", take 2.

more mensa "food"

we thought those heart shaped things were chicken nuggets.

oh no, they were little nuggets of processed "cheese".

oh dear god.

mensa "food"

Mensa (cafeteria) "food". blahhh.

Hallo Deutchland !

Oh, hallo.

this is what I look like in Germany.

Flying to Bremen

flying to Bremen to see GREG!!!

hallo Bremen.

the view from Madison's window

Now that the trees are in full bloom that view from Madison's window is even better!!!!! Ah I would give an arm and leg to live in this apartment for the rest of my life.

picnique avec Madison

After the museum we had a picnic together at the park near my place.

bottle of chardonnay

slice carrots + apples

baguette + boursin cheese

clementines

pastries

check, check, check.

nom, nom, nom.

YSL @ Petit Palais

This afternoon Madison and I went to the Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective art expo at the Petit Palais. We had to be real sneaky about our photographs, which made it really fun. Or at least we thought so. We were both blown away by YSL's creations.

His workshop:

a video showing how quickly and fluidly he sketches the clothing:

trench coats + trench suits:

jackets:

Madison and I couldn't get enough of the mannequin's hand poses!

some nifty hats:

gah! so good.

he is so genius!

LOVE this:

well, okay.

whoooa YSL getting naked on us.

how fun would it be to wear this?!?!

or this!!!!!!

or any of these!

but not these.

I WANT THIS DRESS>>>>>

this room was incredible. so many dresses, all so beautiful.

YSL you are a French god.

this is what the inside of the Petit Palais looks like.

The courtyard:

Maaaaad!

Moi.

details.

Alison suggested that we take off our shoes and slide around in our socks on the hard wood floors. That would be the bee's knees.