About the one who wrote this page for the angloclub:
Name: Astrid
Year of Birth: 1967
Motto: I am what I am
A little family history:
My father was born here: www.koenigsberg-kaliningrad.de
My mother was bon here: www.olbernhau.de - I visited this small city a couple of times since Germany was reunified and it's a very beautiful area, especially if you like nature
I grew up here: www.stadt-bad-kreuznach.de
and now I'm living here: www.koeln.de
I have a brother who is 6 years younger than me.
Hobbies and
Free Time Activities: reading, writing letters and e-mails, meeting friends, playing games such as "Settlers", "Therapy", "Lifestyle" etc. travelling, theatre ( esp. comedy ), concerts, sauna, hiking, biycling, nordic walking, and especially canoeing. Andreas and I have folding cayaks ( to get an an idea what that is, look at the pages www.faltboot.de or www.faltenreich.de I have been acting in an amateur theatre group in Bad Kreuznach and would like to find one here in Cologne, too
Favorites:
books: "Desert Flower" by Waris Dirie
"The Horse Whisperer" by Nicholas Evans
" Chocolate" by Joanne Harris" , books by Tom Sharpe and Tommy Jaud and last not least
" Wonderful Colours" and "Hybrid Eyes" by Osman A. Sankoh - very important books for the understanding of black and white
bands: Especially New Model Army ( www.newmodelarmy.org ) - any other fans out there???
But also Paddy Goes To Holyhead ( Irish Folk Rock ) and Fury In The Slaughterhouse
songs: Almost all of the a.m. bands, but also:
"Patience" + "One In A Million" - Guns 'n Roses
"Cats On A Cradle" - Ugly Kid Joe
"Bad Medicine" + "You Give Love A Bad Name" - Bon Jovi
"These Dreams" + "What About Love?" - Heart
"Boys Don't Cry", + "Why Can't I Be You?" - The Cure
"Breakfast At Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something
"Entre Dos Tierras" - Heroes Del Silencio"
"Supergirl" - Reamonn
"O.K. Italia" - Edoardo Benato
"American Idiot" - Green Day
"The Look" - Roxette
"Look At Me" - Geri Halliwell
"Bitch" - Meredith Brooks
"Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
"That Don't Impress Me Much" - Shanya Twain
"I love rock + roll" Joan Jett
"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" + "California Here I Come" - Sophie B. Hawkins
"War" - Bruce Springsteen "Over the hills and far awy" - Gary Moore
CD: "Big Guitars In Little Europe" by Justin Sullivan ( NMA's singer ) and
Dave Blomberg
films: I've seen many films that I liked and it's hard to decide on one.
I loved "Goodbye Lenin" ( latest German history shown in a funny way ) and "The life of the others" ( in a less funny way )
And I really like the German comedian Loriot.
food: Chinese + Italian
drink: Pina Colada
favourite countries and holidays: Hard to decide... I really loved Norway, but I'm also very fond of Spain + Italy and these places differ so much! Most impressive, however, were the U.S. and Canada
( I've been to N.Y., Toronto and Ohio ) on the one hand and on the other Russia ( my father was born in Königsberg/Kaliningrad and me and my family went there for a
holiday a couple of years ago ) and Lithuania
For some reason one holiday in Italy ( Ventimiglia, to be precise ) was also very special - I guess you can imagine why. He is a nice memory, and unfortunately the only one of my ex - if I can call him that - I never heard from or about anymore. I do not mean that I am in constant touch with my other ex boyfriends but every now and then I hear from them or learn about them from mutual acquaintances how they are doing. Anyway, I was told that in Italy it is rather unusual that man and women can be just friends or even less than that, acquaintances, especially if there was something going on between them way back when.
In any case, I would also love to know how the other people I knew in that small town and in Bologna are doing now.
What else? I love pets, especially cats (had two very lovely ones, Pünktchen and Lissy... they were real cuties, I mean Lissy still is but unfortunately Pünktchen died end of 2005 ) and would like to get in touch with other cat owners and / or people who like cats although they don't have one of their own, also for mutual catsitting
I would also like to hear from people with similar interests and a penchant for foreign
languages and cultures
Greetings to: My boyfriend who is really a wonderful man and all my family and friends
