“Hi, I’m Aki!” I’ve been learning German for a week.
My class is partly composed of Syrian refugees. We learn together, we laugh, we make jokes and talk about our different cultures.
But there is a thought that is haunting me: “What did they go through before they arrived here?” … What are their stories?
Bande-son : “Cause I’m a man”, Tame Impala
J’ai illustré un livre qui s’appelle Trois petits chats (oui, il faut croire que mon chiffre fétiche est le 3 :), écrit par Claude Helft, c’est sorti au début du mois d’avril chez Gallimard jeunesse Giboulées. Ce sont des petites histoires poétiques et un peu folles de trois petits chatons…
J’ai répondu à une interview à l’occasion pour La Mare au mots.
Three little cats
I illustrated a book called Three little cats (3 must be my lucky number :), written by Claude Helft and published in April by Gallimard jeunesse Giboulées. They are poetical and crazy stories about three little kittens…
Bande-son : “All I really want to do”, Bob Dylan
Même si je m’en plaignais beaucoup à Melbourne, j’ai réalisé à quel point le casque est important quand on fait du vélo tous les jours (surtout après avoir eu moultes altercations avec des taxis, camions et autres véhicules à 4 roues…).
En Allemagne, on dirait que les gens adorent célébrer les produits de saison. J’ai déjà évoqué leur folie autour de l’asperge ou de la rhubarbe, la fraise arrive et ils ne manquent pas de nous le montrer en installant des petits stands en forme de fraise un peu partout et qui ne vendent et bien… que des fraises :)
D’ailleurs, la maison fraise à côté de chez moi a ouvert aujourd’hui, haha !
I have a bicycle, woohoo ! “I’m gonna die… I’m gonna die…” Well, yeah, I think I’m going to buy a helmet…
There is an awesome ice cream shop 5 minutes away from where I live. “ice cream to celebrate the end of a project, ice cream to get some motivation, ice cream to celebrate a new contract, ice cream… because it’s sunny!” I’ve almost tried all of their flavours…
I’m taking more time to read… “I want a washing machine, eeeerrrr…!”
But more than everything… I’m waiting for the strawberry house at the front of the supermarket to open! “Thousands of strawberries for meeee!”
Even if I complained about it when I was in Melbourne, I realized how important a helmet is when I use my bicycle everyday (especially after having a few arguments with taxi drivers, truck drivers and other 4 wheel vehicles…).
In Germany, it seems like people like to celebrate seasonal products. I’ve already talked about their passion about asparagus and rhubarb, now strawberries are coming and they installed small strawberry houses everywhere. And they sell strawberries only :)
By the way, the one close to my place opened today, haha!
Bande-son : rien
Live from my stomach…
Things I’ve been eating (a lot) recently…
Some streuselkuchen (cake with a layer of fruits and some crumble on top), some pretzels (especially the ones with butter: the butter bretzel), plenty of green and white asparagus, cooked in many ways, in a soup, boiled, marinated, grilled… (as german people would say, it’s Spargelzeit, meaning it’s asparagus time :)
And last but not the least, I’ve been eating plenty of rhubarb that I cake into tarts, cakes, rhubarb curd, poached rhubarb…
Bande-son : “Bryan Ferry”, Tom McRae
C’était bien trop facile de parler anglais alors pour rendre la vie de tous les jours un peu plus fun, je suis partie vivre à Berlin…! Attendez-vous à voir plus de saucisses et de bières par ici ;)
It was too easy to speak english so to make my life more fun, I moved to Berlin…! Expect to see more sausages and beers here ;)
Bande-son : “Opus 21”, Dustin O’halloran
