Die Wahl

Alle fünf Jahre ist es wieder so weit: Die Italiener rennen (oder gehen eher gemütlich - wir sind schließlich in Italien) zur Wahlurne um das Parlament mitsamt ihrem Ministerpräsidenten zu wählen. Durch verschiedene krisenbedingte Probleme ist die Regierung unter Silvio Berlusconi ja bekannterweise 2011 gescheitert und durch eine Übergangregierung mit Mario Monti an der Spitze ausgetauscht worden.
Monti ist im Dezember 2012 nun zurückgetreten und hat so den Weg freigemacht zu neuen Wahlen und die fanden gestern und heute statt.

Warum in Italien an zwei Tagen gewählt wird habe ich auch nicht so ganz verstanden, aber ich denke, dass das eigentlich ne ganz gute Sache ist. Dafür gibt es in Italien aber auch nicht sowas wie eine geregelte Briefwahl, wie bei uns. Zum Beispiel müssen die ganzen Studenten, in ihren offiziell eingetragenen Wohnort gehen um zu wählen. Das zumindest ist ähnlich wie bei uns, allerdings hat sich hier das System von Zweitwohnsitz nicht so ganz umgesetzt. Und Briefwahl - wie gesagt - auch nicht. Also was bleibt da übrig als deswegen mal eine ganze Woche Unifrei zu spendieren :D

Silvio Berlsuconi - Medienmogul und zukünftiger Ministerpräsident Italiens? 

Eigentlich sollte nämlich heute die Uni anfangen. Aber durch die Wahl würden ja eh keine Studenten in der Studentenstadt Perugia sein und deswegen beginnt die Uni offiziell nun erst am Donnerstag... Auch gut. Kann ich glaub ich gut mit leben :)

Und nun das Ergebnis: 

Seit 15 Uhr heute nachmittag ist also nach 1,5 Wahltagen das Wahlbüro geschlossen und seitdem wird ausgezählt: Berlusconi mit seinem rechten Bündnis liegt knapp ( 28,7 %) hinter dem Mitte-Links-Bündnis von Pier Luigi Bersani (30 %). Monti übrigens abgeschlagen auf Platz 4 mit 10,6 %. [Hochrechnung von La Repubblica von 22 Uhr]. Was das nun für die Regierung heißt, kann ich nur erahnen: Vermutlich eine unregierbare Pattsituation... Hoffen wir das beste für Italien und natürlich auch für Europa. Denn Berlusconi hat bereits angekündigt, dass er einen neuen und natürlich besseren Kurs einschlagen möchte. Mehr Geld für alle. Wen juckt es, dass es kein Geld zum Verteilen gibt. Ein sehr schönes Beispiel: Letztes Jahr wurde (sogar noch unter Berlusconi soweit ich weiß) eine Art Wohnsteuer erhoben, sodass die Menschen mit Eigenheim mehr zahlen mussten. Berlusconi hat vor einigen Wochen einen Brief an JEDEN Italiener geschickt, dass er diese unerhörte Steuer rückgängig machen wird und die Leute nicht nur in Zukunft diese Steuer nicht mehr zahlen müssen, sondern sie auch noch rückwirkend das Geld aus dem letzen Jahr zurück bekämen. Klingt gut, haben sich wohl einige Menschen gedacht und sind mit dem Brief in der Hand direkt mal zum Amt gelaufen und das Geld direkt zurückgefordert.

Diese Art Menschen, die man nun nicht gerade als mitdenkend (oder denkend im Allgemeinen) bezeichnend kann, sind also die Berlusconischen Stammwähler: Landbevölkerung, 50+, relativ wohlhabend und im allgemeinen nicht sehr gebildet. Von den Italiener, die ich kenne: Also junge und gebildete Studenten, hat sich kein einziger zu Berlusconi bekannt. Sondern ganz im Gegenteil: Die meisten hassen ihn regelrecht und verfluchen die Demokratie und die dummen alten Menschen, die es möglich machen, dass so jemand zum wiederholten Mal Italien in den Abgrund stürzen kann.

Hoffe wir diese Nacht also weiter, dass das Ergebnis morgen früh wesentlich anders aussehen wird. Die Hoffnung stirbt bekanntlich zu letzt...

La Settimana 8/13

Monday, 18.2.13:

On my way back to Perugia. After hours of sitting, waiting and doing nothing I finally arrived in Perugia at 9 pm. Right in time for Vita's Lasagne. Best timing in the world :)

Germay from above

Tuesday, 19.2.13:

Today was Flavia's Laurea, the italian graduation. I am so glad that I could flight yesterday to be in Perguia for the Laurea. It was great to see everyone dressed up. Flavia wore highheels and I loved them! It's so weird that she will leave Perugia now forever!But anyway I am so happy that we have met us here in Perugia!
Angelika's parents were here for two weeks to visit her and in the evening they cooked some awesome Piroggi for us. In fact I wanted to go to the Mumford and Son's concert in Florence in march, but Tommaso with whom I wanted to go has to work on this day now. So we will sell the tickets. Too bad...

La laurea! 

Auguri, Falvia! 

Celebrating in Morlacchi

Wednesday, 20.2.13:

Today I slept pretty long (it was 11.40). Normally in Germany I alway get up quite early. Around 9. But here in Perugia I could sleep the hole day. But this is bad because I don't wanna miss something of the nice sun outside :) We have found a new flatmate who will live here from March till July: Markus who studies also history with me in Bonn.
In the evening Vita, some friends of her, my two finnish flatmates and me went to nice Party in the mensa: Mercoledì Rock! The live band was amazing!

amazing poster for the party

Thursday, 21.2.13:

Today Jürgen and me wanted to do a trip because holidays are soooo boring when you stay all day at home :) So we decided to go to Foligno which is 40 minutes away from Perugia by train. I woke up too early for all the wine I drank last night and we went together to the station in Perugia. Foligno is a very nice city and the best thing: No mountains, hills or stairs at all. Feels like paradise :) The one thing that botherd me were all the road works on the streets. But therefore Foligno will be even nicer in a few months :) The best thing was the museum "Palazzo Trinci" which was once the palast of the Trinci family. Jürgen and me explored all the ways in the museum and there was no one besides us. Our little adventure in a medieval palast. Loving it!

Vita left to her home in the south to vote on the weekend. So one week diet for us who are left behind in Perugia :D

Il duomo

Riding a turtle - why not :D

The main piazza

Torta al testo in Foligno! 

Friday, 22.2.13:

It was raining the hole day. I hate rain. I mean if you are in Italy you expect at least a bit sun.... I went to the post to pay the bill for the internet and the telephone, but don't ask me why we have to pay that in the post...  

Saturday, 23.2.13:

Aperol Spritz! 

Still raining but who cares we are doing a trip to Todi! Lorenzo, Jürgen, Arek, Angelika and me went there together and the most important thing we brought there was the umbrella! Todi is really nice but I guess when the sun is shining it is even nicer :)
On the way back we stopped at 'handmade' to have an amazing aperativo. When we came back to Perugia we went to Lorenzo's house to drink some wine and then moved on to our place to drink some more and then we were in such a good mood we had to go to Lunabar. Amazing night! 

Il duomo

Jürgen, me, Angelika and Arek

Sunday, 24.2.13:

Nothing happend. Besides that in Italy the election started. I hope Berlusconi will be send home :)

La Settimana 7/13

What a week: so many things happend in this last week. the pope is retired, in russia it rains fire and stones and in Germany everyone is afraid of eating horses...

but at least in my life things were great last week:

Monday, 11.2.13:

I was still at home in Bonn and it is not just a normal monday, but "Rosenmontag" (Monday of Roses) at this means still Karneval :) I stayed over night at Lea's place and we had a lot of fun together like in the old days. But we had a little problem: Even if it was Rosenmontag we couldn"t get up! The bed was just too damn soft :) Around 12 am we got finally up. But we couldn't motivate ourselves  to go to the city and celebrate karneval. So we stayed in the bed and went to Chris' place to cook some pasta and watch a film with Adam Sandler (which wasn't funny at all like all his films). I fucking love his flat! In the evening Lea left to go home to Aachen and I went home to my parents. Home sweet home :)

Tuesday, 12.2.13:

It is still Karneval, but I have the feeling I'm getting old. So I went shopping with my sister in Bonn. But unfortunately we didn't find anything nice. But we had a very nice afternoon in the city. And we were in 'Pizza Hut' and had a nice american pizza. Not that I forget how pizza tastes  :P
In the evening I did a little italian antipasti stuff with ham and cheese and olives. I even found the amazing 'burrata' cheese in my beloved EDEKA supermarket :)

Pizza in Pizza Hut :)

Antipasti: Buttata, olives, filled paprica, ham and salami

Wednesday, 13.2.13:

In the morning I went to the city to go to university and talk my coordinator because we had a little problem with my courses in Italy. He hasn't answered to my email for two weeks and so I decided to go there personally. But fortunately we could solve everything easily. I met Eva in the city and we went to our haisdresser. In the evening we had a little dinner in my ex-soon-flat with Charlotte, Marit, Janina and Laura. It was nice to see all of you again after we this semestre that nearly everyone spend in an other country. And it was time to go to the sneak again. I love cinema and I love surprises (ok, just the good ones) and together it is the Sneak Preview: A film which is not yet released and you don't know which one it is. We hoped to see 'Les Miserable', but in the end we saw 'Warm bodies'. And I have to say that it was better than I expected.

Thursday, 14.2.13:

My pope poster in Perugia. Now not longer up to date :)

Lazy thursday :) I cooked some pasta for my mother. She thinks I should stay in Italy to learn more of those awesome recipes I've learnt from Vita :) I guess I think the same. Who cares if I go to university as long as I can cook some awesome pasta :-P
In the evening I got an email from my airline telling me that my flight tomorrow was canceled because of a strike. But when I tried to call the hotline of them noone picked up... I hate it.

Friday, 15.2.13:

In the morning I finally got somebody on the phone. Now I'm flighing on monday for the same price. Which means: Yeah! They gave me the hole weekend as a present :) Lea came for brunch and we had a nice day. In the evening we had a little Disney evening with 'Brave', 'The Beauty and the Beast' and my sister :) (Well, we used her room with my TV in it to watch the films). 

Saturday, 16.2.13:

The Cathedrale in Cologne :)

Shopping Day with my Mum in Cologne. I love those kind of days! And in the end we found a very nice italian restaurant at the Rhine which had a special offer: One pizza (no matter which one) + little salad for 6,90 €. So we went in and chooes the best and most expensive pizza on the menu: Pizza con Salmone e Spinaci. I love it! And my mother too!

Pizza again :)

Sunday, 17.2.13:

Last day in Bonn for the next half year. I watched TV all day untill Lea came. We were hanging around and doing nothing the hole day except talking and listening to music. Untill it was time to say goodbye again. I will miss all of you but I can't wait to come back to Perugia. The best time of my Erasmus will start because it will be summer soon and I have so many plans and citys to visit :) 

La Settimana 6/13

Monday, 4.1.13:

In the morning I had my exam. I was so nervous before, because it was in italian and oral. I hate oral exams!
But before I will tell you how it went I have to give you a look in my little daily soap:

I'm writing now for a few weeks with a guy who I met in the internet. Everything is fine, besides that he lives in Germany and I in Italy, but thats ok somwhow. Everthing fine so far. We even wanted to meat each other when I'm in Germany this/next week. So I get up in the morning - totally nervous and everything - and I get a message from his number. But it is not him, it is his girlfriend that he NEVER mentioned. She wrote I should stop writing with her boyfriend immidiatly. I mean is he kidding? He was writing with me all the time that he is single and lonely and all the shit and then I get a message from his GIRLFRIEND!? Unbelievable! Why are guys doing stuff like this? Lie and cheat?! What's the point?

Anyway I was laughing so much when I read this because I could not belive what I just saw. And tried to focus on medieval history and went to the exam. Which was ok, by the way :) I passed with 23 from 30 points... Could have been better, but who cares!

When I came back I had to talk to somebody but everybody was sleeping or in university, so I listend to the old Linkin Park songs and was so angry with him and guys in gerneral.

german dinner

Yesterday I decided to do a little german dinner with Kartoffelklöße, Rotkohl and Chicken in Cream (how to translate Hähnchengeschnetzeltes in Rahmsauce? xD). So I could distract myself from the hole guy-story. After the very delicious dinner with Lorenzo, Jürgen, Giovanni, Vita and Angelika we went out. First to a Talk-evening in the hostel here where we met a lot of nice new people - most foreigners like us who wanted to improve their italian - and then later (after another bottle of wine) to Merlins, where the 'Welcome New Erasmus' Party was. We had a very nice evening, with a baby hangover on the next morning.

Tuesday, 5.2.13:

I did nothing the hole day. Feels so good :) Ah, One thing: Best quote of the day: A hole is a hole. I should stop going on internet dating sites... 

Wednesday, 6.2.13:

I got up way too early to catch the bus to go home to Bonn!!! :) I was sitting and waiting nearly the hole day in the bus or later at the airport. I hate waiting! I bought an italian Cosmopolitan and wasted my time in the McDonalds for nearly 3 hourse, but at some point I could board and finally flew back to Germany :) I arrived arround 6 pm and my father picked me up. Unfortunatly we had some problems with the traffic but when we arrived home my Mum already had cooked something for us. I LOVE HOME <3

Thursday, 7.2.13:

I love beeing a zebra :)

"Wieverfastelovend" started! Or for you who maybe don't know it: The cologne Carnevale Day No. 1. Which means that we will party hard from now till Wednesday, which is the so called "Aschermittwoch".

We started quite early around 9 am in the new flat of a friend and had an awesome breakfast. Best thing to do because we will drink so much that we need a good and rich breakfast: We ate "Mettbröttchen" with onions and then caught the bus to go to the other site of the Rhine: Bonn-Beuel. Place to be when you don't want to go to Cologne, because there it is way to crowded... The weather was weid: Snow, hail, sun. But who cares: It's KARNEVAL :) In Beuel we saw the "Rathaussturm" (kind of attack of the townhall, where the "Princess with her ladys conquers the townhall to rule for this few days....ok, mabye it sounds like a strange tradition, but it's definitely fun :)) After a few hours it was too cold and we decided to go to the friends flat again. We were hanging around till we went around 5 to the city to a party. I promised to come later and went with Eva to our flat to eat something (awesome self-made burger!). Later I visited Lea and surprised her. Awesome surprise!!! You should have seen her face! :D 

awesome breakfast

"Rathaussturm" in Beuel

Zebra Power :)

Chris and Eva

flood of the Rhine

best burger ever <3

Chris and Frank

Friday, 8.2.13:

In the morning I baked a cake for Lea's birthday: Italian chocolate cake. It was so good! We went to her parents to eat the cake and drink some coffee and it was so nice to see them again. After the cake we went to Chris new flat to do some decoration for the birthday party. When everybody was there we had such a lovely party. But unfortunatly I don't remember so buch, besides that I was supposed to drink the Absinth... Anyway it was an awesome surprise that I was there for Karneval and it was such a good decision :)

Chris and Frank

Frank, Alex and Chris

Lisa and Lea 

Lea and Chris

Carsten and Marie

Saturday, 9.2.13: 

Hangover-Day! Stayed in bed all day long....

Sunday, 10.2.13:

Traditionally we go to Witterschlick, a little village near Bonn to celebrate Karneval. It's more like a big school metting, becauseyou see people you haven't seen for years and most of them you never wanted to see again. This time on the "Zooch" I even caught some sweets. That was the highlight of Karneval when I was a child. After the "Zoch" (don't know how to translate it properbly: it's a "train" of wagons which are dressed and on thoses wagons there are dressed people throwing sweets into the crowd). Laura invited us for a little party in her basement and we had a lot of fun - even if some glassed were broken (I'm sooooo soory, Laura!!!)
After some hourse we decided to go out and went to the village pub. Nice party! But around 9 Lea and me were so tired that we went home. I stayed over night at her place and we did a little pyjama party like we did years before :)

Lea and me

the hole group :) Love you guys! :)

La Settimana 5/13

Monday, 28.1.13:

A great day to do nothing besides studying. After hours of doing nothing and studying at the same time I decided to go out to buy a new Prepaidcard for my phone. You know that they are still used here in Italy? Well, I was kind of surprised in the beginning. Because in Germany we used them maybe 10 years ago but now it is not even possible to buy a phone with this cards anymore. Contracts are much more useful and easy to handle. Or maybe we are just lazy because we don't need to call a stupid number everytime when the money is gone.... Anyway this was the reason why I had to leave the house in the end :)

In the evening we wanted to do a nice salad, but my roommate Natalia and her friend Marta wanted to cook for us. So we had a little polish dinner with salad!

Tuesday, 29.1.13:

Vita and Angelika 

in front of Sant Costanzio

 Today was a holiday for the saint of the city, S. Costanzo. Everywhere in the centre were little stands who sold or gave away food and alcohol. Very nice :) But it was not just a day for food but for the heart. It is tradition that not married women go to the church of this saint to pray for a husband. And of course Vita, Angelika and me went there to get a bit help from the saint (maybe it was mor important for Vita and me, than for Angelika, but anyway we had a lot of fun and a nice walk). So maybe we are married soon - who knows :-P

in the church a picture of the Saint

And finally our landlord told us today that he has found somebody for the free room in our flat: Two finnish girls will move in. I hope they are nice, but I'm optimistic :) In the afternoon Angelika made her awesome polish apple cake. Jummi! :D

Wednesday, 30.1.13:

Natalia left in the morning, then I had a Tandem at 11 and we were talking about politics ans specially about Berlusconi. And you what? I think my italian really got better :) 
In the afternoon I learnd a bit and registerd for the exam. In Bonn I would do this via Basis, an online platform for our students but here in my faculty it works quite oldfashiond. So I went there took a pen and wrote my name in a list. Wow! 
In the evening Vitas friends were here and made some chinese noodles in a pan. We had a nice evening together but we dodn't go out after the dinner. This weeks is really no party week :)

Thursday, 31.1.13:

Best weather the hole week

It is already the last Day of February - unbelievable how fast the time is running :) Just 4 days till the exam and I am a pro in procastrination :) I went to the grocery store and bought some mortadella and ciabatta for breakfast and for lunch we cooked some spaghetti aglio e oglio. Soo good! And so easy! Maggi, a hungarian friend was sleeping here for a few days and today she left Italy to go back to Hungary! I will miss you, honey! :) 

The weather here feels like spring the hole week. Sunny and at least 12, 13 degree. I really love Italy!

Friday, 1.2.13:

Today Jürgen moved out and I moved in my new room. On the one hand it's so sad to see him leave but on the other hand I'm so glad to have my own room and so much space just for me! Sharing a room was a very interesting experiance but I'm glad that it's over :) 
In the evening we had a little ´Goodbye-Jürgen-Dinner at Lorenzos place and we ate so good! Antipasti with the best ham and cheese and than romanian sausage with polenta. So good, but we have to stop having dinner so late. We finished arround 11 pm and we were sooo tired and full that we couldn't go out anymore :) While we were eating we had a little discussion about what to drink at a dinner. Vita and Lorenzo, the italians could not imagine to drink something else than wine for a dinner. We told them that in Germany we normally drink wine, beer or coke for dinner and they looked at us as if we were totally crazy... haha :) Sometimes italians are kind of strange and close-minded ... but I love them :)

Dinner at Lorenzos 

Angelika at Lorenzos dinner

Vita and me at the dinner

Cupcakes made by Angelika

Saturday, 2.2.13: 

I moved finally into my new room and sorted my stuff. I even have flowers now. Did I tell you alreayd how much I love my new room :-P
In the evening we had an awesome dinner in a great restaurant. Best food ever!!! But again we ate so late and so much that we were so tired and full afterwards.... We have to change something :)

awesome Antipasti :)

Sunday, 3.2.13: 

First night in my new room <3
I studied and in the evening our new flatmates Johanna and Anna, two finnish girls arrived. we made pancakes and Pasta Melanzane for them. Unfortunatly the y will stay just one month but I guess we will have a lot of fun together :) 

my new room :)