Movies 2016

Another year full of movies...

January 01: CinemaxX: Joy
January 04: Neues Arena: Kirschblüten und rote Bohnen
January 05: Mathäser: The Revenant (free tickets/preview)
January 09: Eldorado: Carol
January 11: Rio Filmpalast: Suite française (free tickets/preview)
January 15: Mathäser: Legend
January 16: City Kinos: The Big Short (FB Kinorunde)
January 22: Mathäser: Daddy´s Home
January 27: Mathäser: The Hateful Eight (preview)
January 30: Eldorado: Brooklyn
January 31: CinemaxX: Die Mitte der Welt (test screening)

February 01: City: Sufragette (free tickets/preview)
February 06: Eldorado: Anomalisa
February 11: Mathäser: Deadpool
February 14: Theatiner: Mademoiselle Hanna und die Kunst Nein zu sagen
February 19: Münchner Freiheit: Midnight Special
February 20: Atelier: Hail Caesar! (FB Kinorunde)
February 27: City Kinos: Mustang (FB Kinorunde)
February 28: City Kinos: Hello, I am David!
February 28: Eldorado: Freunde fürs Leben

March 03: Mathäser: Zoomania
March 04: Mathäser: Dirty Grandpa
March 05: Werkstattkino: Bollywood Actionmovies + Miami Connection (private party)
March 07: Mathäser: Eddie - The Eagle (free tickets/preview)
March 08: City Kinos: Grüße aus Fukushima (preview w. Doris Dörrie)
March 12: Mathäser: Der Spion und sein Bruder
March 12: Eldorado: Son of Saul (FB Kinorunde)
March 16: Leopold Kinos: Spotlight
March 20: Gaumont Opéra: Triple 9 (Paris)
March 21: Luminor Hotêl de Ville: Il caffè si beve bestemmiando (38e Cinéma du Réel, Paris)
March 21: Luminor Hotêl de Ville: Ganesh yourself (38e Cinéma du Réel, Paris)
March 21: Centre Pompidou: El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa (38e Cinéma du Réel, Paris)
March 22: Luminor Hotêl de Ville: La mécanique des corps (38e Cinéma du Réel, Paris)
March 22: UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles: The Lady in the Van
March 22: Centre Pompidou: Il Matrimonio (38e Cinéma du Réel, Paris)
March 25: Mathäser: Die Bestimmung - Allegiant
March 25: Gloria Palast: Batman v. Superman
March 28: Atelier: Trumbo
March 28: Atelier: Rock the Kasbah
March 28: Eldorado: Mein Ein, Mein Alles (FB Kinorunde)
March 29: City: Im Himmel trägt man hohe Schuhe
March 30: Gabriel: 10 Cloverfield Lane (free tickets/preview)
March 31: City Kinos: Birnenkuchen mit Lavendel
March 31: Werkstattkino: Seven Doors of Death (40 Jahre Werkstattkino)

April 02: CinemaxX: Veteran (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 02: CinemaxX: Pandemic (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 02: CinemaxX: Emilie (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 02: CinemaxX: High-Rise (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 03: CinemaxX: What we become (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 03: CinemaxX: The Survivalist (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 03: CinemaxX: The Lobster (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 03: CinemaxX: Green Room (Fantasy Filmfest Nights)
April 04: City: Ein Mann namens Ove
April 06: CinemaxX: Verrückt nach Fixi (test -screening)
April 09: CinemaxX: How to be single
April 09: Werkstattkino: Jugendverderber Nacht
April 10: Gabriel: Criminal Activities
April 15: Riffraff: Above and Below (Zurich)
April 16: Arthouse Le Paris: Une famille à louér (Zurich)
April 16: Atelier: Wild
April 19: Atelier: A War
April 20: Filmmuseum: Dead Man
April 23: Mathäser: Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank
April 23: Atelier: Der Schamane und die Schlange
April 28: CinemaxX: Bahubali (FB Kinorunde)
April 29: Mathäser: First Avengers: Civil War
April 30: Atelier: Ein Hologramm für den König

May 03: Monopol: Die Poesie des Unendlichen (free tickets/preview)
May 06: City: Starless Dreams (DOK.fest)
May 06: Atelier: Trapped by Law (DOK.fest)
May 07: City: Horse-Being (DOK.fest)
May 07: HFF: Dreams Rewired (Preisverleihung Dokumentarfilmmusikpreis, DOK.fest)
May 25: Gloria Palast: Alice im Wunderland: Hinter den Spiegeln
May 26: Mousonturm: The Case of Hana & Alice (Nippon Connection, Frankfurt)
May 26: Mal Seh´n: Erinnerungen an Marnie (Filmdinner, Nippon Connection, Frankfurt)
May 26: Die KÄS: The Birth of Saké (Nippon Connection, Frankfurt)
May 27: Mousonturm: Being Good (Nippon Connection, Frankfurt)
May 27: Mousonturm: Dying at home (Nippon Connection, Frankfurt)

June 02: City: Monsieur Chocolat
June 03: Mathäser: The Nice Guys
June 09: Atelier: 7 Göttinnen (preview)
June 11: Rio Filmpalast: Nur Fliegen ist schöner
June 11: Atelier: Jussi Adler-Olsen - Erlösung
June 12: Eldorado: Tomorrow - Die Welt ist voller Lösungen
June 14: ARRI: Axolotl Overkill (test screening)
June 17: Werkstattkino: Fetish Kurzfilmnacht (Nachschatten FF)
June 18: Atelier: Demolition
June 18: Werkstattkino: Sick (Nachschatten FF)
June 18: Werkstattkino: Sexperimente (Nachschatten FF)
June 19: Werkstattkino: Extrem unbequem (Nachschatten FF)
June 21: Werkstattkino: S&M Sally (Nachschatten FF)
June 23: Mathäser: Money Monster
June 25: Metropol Kino: Miss Hokusai (Stuttgart)
June 26: Gloria Palast: The Wailing (FF München)
June 27: Münchner Freiheit: ??? (FF München)
June 28: City: Nur wir drei gemeinsam (FF München)
June 28: City: Wiener Dog (FF München)
June 28: City: Psycho Raman (FF München)
June 29: Gasteig: Suburra (FF München)
June 29: Gasteig: The Salesman (FF München)

July 01: Rio Filmpalast: Sangue del mio sangue (FF München)
July 01: Rio Filmpalast: Dog eat Dog (FF München)
July 01: Münchner Freiheit: The Eyes of my mother (FF München)
July 2: City Kinos: The Shell Collector (FF München)
July 2: City Kinos: Komissar Pascha (FF München)
July 2: City Kinos: The Daughterr (FF München)
July 2: Gasteig: Captain Fantastic (FF München Award Ceremony)
July 3: City Kinos: The Assassin
July 08: Mathäser: Verräter wie wir
 July 12: ARRI: Toni Erdmann (free tickets/preview)
July 15: City Kinos: Unterwegs mit Jacqueline
July 15: Cinema: BFG (sneak preview)
July 17: Gloria Palast: Independance Day 2
July 22: City Kinos: Frühstück bei Monsieur Henri
July 23: Leopold Kinos: Ice Age
July 28: Club de l`Etoile: Docteur Folamour/Dr. Strangelove (Paris)
July 29: MK2 Odeon: Elvis & Nixon (Paris)
July 30: Gaumont Opéra: La Couleur de la Victoire (Paris)

August 01: UGC Cine Cité Les Halles: The Neon Demon (Paris)
August 03: MS Starnberg: Kurzfilme (ffsf Dampferfahrt)
August 05: City: Maggie´s Plan
August 07: Lagerhauskino: Nur wir drei gemeinsam (Schongau)
August 09: CinemaxX: Die Legende von Tarzan
August 10: CinemaxX: Ghostbusters
August 11: City: Willkommen im Hotel Mama
August 12: Sendlinger Tor: Schweinskopf al Dente
August 13: Mathäser: Lights out
August 14: Werkstattkino: What we do in the Shadows
August 16: Atlier: Julieta

August 24: CinemaxX: Die Unfassbaren 2
August 25: CinemaxX: Swiss Army Man (Opening FFF)
August 25: CinemaxX: Carnage Park (FFF)
August 26: CinemaxX: The Ones Below (FFF)
August 26: CinemaxX: Deep in the Wood (FFF)
August 26: CinemaxX: Under the Shadow (FFF)
August 26: CinemaxX: Yoga Hosers (FFF)
August 27: CinemaxX: The Priests (FFF)
August 27: CinemaxX: The Lesson (FFF)
August 27: CinemaxX: Get Shorty (FFF)
August 27: CinemaxX: Imperium (FFF)
August 27: CinemaxX: My Big Night (FFF)
August 28: CinemaxX: Into the Forest (FFF)
August 28: CinemaxX: The Greasy Strangler (FFF)
August 28: CinemaxX: Psycho Raman (Centerpiece FFF)
August 28: CinemaxX: Abattoir (FFF)
August 28: CinemaxX: The Girl with all the Gifts (FFF)
August 28: CinemaxX: To Steal From a Thief (FFF)
August 29: CinemaxX: Kidnap Capital (FFF)
August 29: CinemaxX: Happy Birthday (FFF)
August 29: CinemaxX: The Devil´s Candy (FFF)
August 29: CinemaxX: The Eyes of my Mother (FFF)
August 30: CinemaxX: Level Up (FFF) 
August 30: CinemaxX: Havenhurst (FFF) 
August 30: CinemaxX: Desierto (FFF)
August 30: CinemaxX: Night of the Living Deb (FFF)
August 31: CinemaxX: Toro (FFF)
August 31: CinemaxX: Another Evil (FFF)
August 31: CinemaxX: Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (FFF)
August 31: CinemaxX: Beyond the Gates (FFF)

September 01: CinemaxX: Antibirth (FFF)
September 01: CinemaxX: They Call Me Jeeg Robot (FFF)
September 01: CinemaxX: Cell (FFF)
September 01: CinemaxX: Seoul Station (FFF)
September 02: CinemaxX: Shelley (FFF)
September 02: CinemaxX: We are the Flesh (FFF)
September 02: CinemaxX: Terra Formars (FFF)
September 02: CinemaxX: Scare Campaign (FFF)
September 03: CinemaxX: Mojin - The Lost Legend (FFF)
September 03: CinemaxX: I Had a Bloody ... House Harker (FFF)
September 03: CinemaxX: Don´t Kill It (FFF)
September 03: CinemaxX: The Similars (FFF)
September 04: CinemaxX: Here Alone (FFF)
September 04: CinemaxX: The Neighbor (FFF)
September 04: CinemaxX: War On Everyone Dirty Cops (FFF)
September 04: CinemaxX: Train to Busan (Closing Night FFF)
September 07: Pathé Tuschinski: The Secret Life of Pets (Amsterdam)
September 09: Pathé Tuschinski: Suicide Squad (Amsterdam)
September 10: Pathé De Munt: Bad Moms (Amsterdam)
September 16: Museum Lichtspiele: Ben Hur
September 17: Mathäser: Nerve
September 23: Mathäser: Die glorreichen Sieben
September 24: Atelier: Snowden
September 30: Corso Cinema: A Monster with a Thousand Heads (Zürich Filmfest)

October 03: Mathäser: Findet Dorie
October 08: Atelier: El Olivo
October 12: City: Tschick
October 14: Mathäser: American Honey
October 15: City: Frantz
October 16: CinemaxX: Burg Schreckenstein
October 19: CinemaxX: Bridget Jones´ Baby
October 22: Eldorado: Hinter den Wolken
October 22: Mathäser: The Accountant
October 23: Atelier: Human
October 29: City: Doctor Strange

November 03: City: Die Tänzerin
November 04: Mathäser: Girl on a train
November 04: City: Eine Geschichte von Liebe und Finsternis
November 05: Cadillac & Veranda: Meine Zeit mit Cézanne
November 05: Arena: Welcome to Norway
November 06: Breitwand Herrsching: Mahana
November 10: Eldorado: Café Society
November 15: City: Paterson
November 16: City: The Arrival
November 19: Werkstattkino: Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis
November 19: Werkstattkino: Chongqing Hot Pot
November 19: Werkstattkino: Überraschungsfilm
November 19: Werkstattkino: The Tag-Along
November 20: Werkstattkino: Ode to my Father
November 20: Werkstattkino: The Golden Cane Warrior
November 20: Werkstattkino: Three
November 21: City: Ich, Daniel Blake
November 24: Atelier: Who´s gonna love me now? (QFFM)
November 26: Houdini: American Pastoral (Zurich)
November 26: Riffraff: The Bedroom (Porny Days, Zurich)
November 30: Eldorado: Midnight in Paris (last screening, bevore shut down)

December 06: Mathäser: Underworld - Bloodwars
December 08: Mathäser: Sing
December 11: Werkstattkino: Marketa Lazarová
December 13: Monopol:Polder - Tokyo Heidi
December 15: Mathäser: Rogue One
December 18: Mathäser: Sully
December 22: City: Nocturnal Animals
December 27: Gaumont Opéra: Personal Shopper (Paris)
December 28: UGC Cine Cité Les Halles: Passengers (Paris)
December 29: La Cinémathèque Francaise: Slightly Scarlet (Paris)
December 30: UGC Cine Cité Les Halles: Assassin´s Creed (Paris)
December 31: UGC Cine Cité Les Halles: Le Fondateur (Paris)

Movies 2012

January 03: Cafe Central: Ich reise allein (Berlin)

January 07: Monopol: Huhn mit Pflaume
January 12: Neues Arena: Wiliam S. Burroughs: A man within
January 21: Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor: Ziemlich beste Freunde (FB 1)
January 25: Arri-Kino: Heiter bis wolkig (test screening)
January 29: Mathäser: ???
February 05: Maxx: Fünf Freunde
February 18: City: ???
February 23: Mathäser: Ghost Rider 2
February 23: City: The Artist (FB 2)
February 24: Mathäser: Jack und Jill
March 03: Atelier: Shame
March 10: Mathäser: Devil Inside (FB 3)
March 12: Mathäser: Headhunters (preview/free tickets)
March 17: Cinema: Love
March 17: Cinema: Livide
March 17: Cinema: We need to talk about Kevin
March 17: Cinema: The Theatre Bizarre
March 18: Cinema: Childish Game
March 18: Cinema: Rosewood Lane
March 18: Cinema: Sleep Tight
March 18: Cinema: Chronicle
March 18: Cinema: Juan of the Dead
March 22: Mathäser Filmpalast: Die Tribute von Panem
March 28: Mathäser Filmpalast: ???
March 28: Werkstattkino: Amer
March 30: Maxx: Sharayet - Eine Liebe in Theheran (free tickets)
April 01: Arri-Kino: Haus der Krokodile (free tickets)
April 01: Mathäser: ???
April 03: Mathäser: Piraten - Ein Haufen merkwürdiger Typen
April 03: Mathäser: Spieglein Spieglein - Die wirklich wahre Geschichte von Schneewittchen (preview/free tickets)
April 04: Neues Gabriel: The Lady - Ein geteiltes Herz (preview/free tickets)
April 04: Cinema: Iron Sky
April 05: ???
April 07: Filmtheater Schongau: Yoko
April 13: Atelier: Monsieur Lazahr
April 16: Gloria: Blindsight (free tickets)
April 19: Eldorado: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
April 23: Mathäser: Project X (preview/free tickets)
April 27: City: Natalie küsst (FB 4)
April 30: Arri-Kino: Wer´s glaubt wird selig (test screening)
May 01: Mathäser: The Avengers
May 07: Mathäser: Das Hochzeitsvideo (free tickets)
May 09: Mathäser: 50/50 - Freunde fürs (Über)Leben
May 17: City/Atelier: ???
May 19: UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles: The cabin in the woods (Paris)
May 27: Mathäser: Men in Black 3
June 05: Studio Isabella: Die Kunst zu lieben
June 10: Mathäser: Wir kaufen einen Zoo
June 25: Studio Isabella: Simon
June 29: Mathäser: Snow White & the Huntsman
July 15: Cinemes Verdi: Moonrise Kingdom (Barcelona)
July 17: Mathäser: The Raid
July 21: Gloria Palast: Ice Age 4 - Voll Verschoben
July 24: Mathäser: Batman Begins
July 24: Mathäser: The Dark Knight

July 24: Mathäser: The Dark Knight Rises
July 29: Atelier: Haus auf Korsika
July 30: Mathäser: Rum Diary

July 31: Leopold: Kochen ist Chefsache
August 01: Rio Filmpalast: Holy Motors
August 10: Neues Gabriel: Prometheus
August 16: City: 360
August 19: Mathäser: ???
August 22: Maxx: Total Recall (free tickets)
August 27: City: Das Schwein von Gaza
August 28: Cinema: Sightseers
August 28: Cinema: V/H/S
August 29: Cinema: The Day
August 29: Cinema: After
August 29: Cinema: God Bless America
August 29: Cinema: Grabbers
August 29: Cinema: Inbred
August 30: Cinema: Sightseers
August 30: Cinema: Brake
August 30: Cinema: Excision
August 30: Cinema: Cleanskin
August 30: Cinema: A.C.A.B - All Cops Are Bastards
August 31: City: A Chinese Ghost Story
August 31: City: Eva
August 31: City: Eden
August 31: City: Ace Attorney
August 31: City: 13 Eerie
September 01: City: Columbus Circle
September 01: Cinema: Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate
September 01: Cinema: Sushi Girl
September 01: Cinema: Chained
September 01: Cinema: The Suicide Shop
September 01: Cinema: Detention
September 02: City: The Pact
September 02: City: Thale
September 02: City: The Awakening
September 02: City: Crawl
September 02: City: The Hidden Face
September 03: Cinema: Portrait Of A Zombie
September 03: Cinema: Killer Joe
September 03: Cinema: The Possession
September 04: Cinema: Comedown
September 04: Cinema: Compliance
September 04: City: Beast
September 04: Cinema: No Tell Motel
September 05: City: When The Lights Went Out
September 05: City: The Aggression Scale
September 05: City: The Cat
September 05: City: Doomsday Book
September 06: Neues Arena: ???
September 07: Atelier: Holy Motors
September 09: Eldorado: To Rome With Love
September 09: Neues Arena: Life in Stills
September 10: Monopol: Samsara 2011
September 15: Werkstattkino: Snowchild
September 17: City: Liebe (free tickets)
September 18: Mathäser: Merida - Legende der Highlands
September 19: Mathäser: Und nebenbei das große Glück (free tickets)
September 21: Neues Arena: Die Kunst sich die Schuhe zu binden
September 21: Mathäser: Das Bourne Vermächtnis
September 21: Cinema: Angels´ Share (free tickets)
September 22: Monopol: Chico & Rita
September 23: Arena: Late Bloomers
September 29: Studio Isabella: Die Schatzritter
September 30: Arena: Parada
October 08: Maxx: Taken 2 (free tickets)
October 09: Mathäser: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
October 13: Mathäser: Looper
October 13: Mathäser: Savages
October 20: Mathäser: Madagascar 3
October 21: Mathäser: Hotel Transylvania (Preview)
October 22: Mathäser: Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt (free tickets)
October 23: Neues Arena: Männer sind anders - eine anti-romantik Komödie
October 31: Mathäser: Tai Chi Zero
October 31: Mathäser: Zombie Ass: Toilet of the dead
November 01: Mathäser: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
November 01: Mathäser: A simple life
November 01: Mathäser: Rent-A-Cat
November 01: Mathäser: Pieta
November 01: Mathäser: Mondomanila
November 02: Mathäser: Red Eagle
November 02: Mathäser: Headshot
November 02: Mathäser: Skyfall
November 03: Mathäser: Underwater Love - A pink musical
November 04: Mathäser: Ai Wei Wei - Never sorry
November 04: Mathäser: Reign of Assasins
November 05: Mathäser: Man with the Iron Fist
November 07: Mathäser: Love
November 07: Mathäser: Rurouni Kenshin
November 07: Mathäser: Sadako
November 10: Cinemaxx: Die Vermessung der Welt
November 12: Cinemaxx: Cold Blood
November 13: Mathäser: Paranormal Activity 4
November 18: Cinemaxx: Asterix und Obelix - Im Auftrag ihrer Majestät
November 24: Royal: Cloud Atlas
November 27: Mathäser: Dredd
November 30: Pathé Tuschinski: Argo (Amsterdam)
December 2:  Pathé de Munt: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Amsterdam)
December 3:  Pathé de Munt The Bay (Amsterdam)
December 4:  Mathäser: End of Watch
December 18:  Cinemaxx: Silver Linings (Preview, free tickets)
December 22:  Rio: Was machen Frauen morgens um halb vier (Benefizkino)
December 30:  Mathäser: Jesus liebt mich (free tickets)
December 30:  Mathäser: Alexandre Ajas Maniac

Dark VS. Light

A friend of mine recently told me that my art was too "dark" and that there was always some hidden undertone to it. I understand why she said that, but I do not see this in all of my drawings.

As I´m trying to slowly find a job (at least a side job) where I can also be creative and hopefully do some drawings and illustrations, I would like to know whether you prefer the "dark" and moody pictures or the other lighter and more colorful ones. Take the poll on the right side of the navigation bar. Thanks!

Juice Passion

Whenever I see a new little juice bottle, I just have to get it. The content isn´t that important. I do love juices (usually the pure ones) but if the bottle is nice, I´ll also drink smoothies and shakes. The best juice I´ve ever had was the orange juice in Amsterdam and freshly squeezed pomergranate juice in India.
I started a drawing journal a few days ago, mainly to get rid of the side-effects of this passion. As I buy the drink because of its outer packing I just can´t throw the bottles away. But I do not want to collect them. Now I can draw them and then throw them out. Woo hoo! You´ll find sketches of these juices randomly across in my journal.

Happy Day!

What a great day yesterday. The ordered book "A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book" by Frank Warren finally came. I read about half of the pages so far and it feels as if I´m holding a treasure in my hands.
And then a lady I got to know some weeks ago, just gave me her old bicycle. What a wonderful present! I´ve been wanting to have one for quite some time now. I offered to pay for it, but all she wants is to have a cup of coffee with me. Thanks, B.!



This is one of the pics I took in Amsterdam. I like the pic and the text. It´s a good motto. ;) It´s a mirror in the "House of Bols". If you look carefully you can see me inside the letters. I´ll post some more journal pages and about the fun I had there, in the next few days.

Amsterdam - Day 3 (Part 1)

On the third day of my stay I used the 72-hours i amsterdam card. The Van Gogh Museum was too crowded, so I just walked on to the Jewish Historical Museum. Wonderful and interesting! And I was pretty lucky with the special exhibitions they had there at the moment.


The museum is housed in four synagogues. Each synagoge shows a different part of the museum. There was an exhibit which reminded me of my husband: A hat with a hat box and a little hammer. Any body who knows what it is used for?

One exhibition showed works by Charlotte Salomon, titled "Work in Progress". On display were the reverse sides as well as individual sketches which she made for her series of over eight hundred gouaches, "Life? or Theater?". Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943) painted these remarkable gouaches to tell her life story.


Charlotte presumably considered the pieces that were on show unsuitable to include in her series. The sheets were unnumbered, and in some cases she concealed the person’s face, by sticking something over it. The exhibition offered an intimate insight into Charlotte’s sense of humour and her sensitivity.

The second exhibition showed "Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama" about the first international super star. Sarah Bernhardt´s name became synonymous with acting and continued to cast a spell on players and audiences throughout the world long after her death. She was the first stage actress to appear in films.

Amsterdam - Day 2 (Part 2)

Houseboat:

3-D letters at the Museumplein behind the Rijksmuseum:

House along the Grachts:

I found a little bottle of ink and I was inspired by Stefan G. Bucher´s Daily Monster to this (I made two more in the journal):

Amsterdam - Day 2 (Part 1)

NEMO is a famous science center right next to the Central Station in Amsterdam. The word NEMO means "nobody". Inside the NEMO visitors believe themselves to be in no man’s land, where fantasies seem to become real. The building resembles a giant green boat.

The I amsterdam Card is great for visitors who plan to see some tourist attractions. It is also for public transportation and restaurants. I liked the two canal rides most of all the free offers.

Van Gogh Museum. I drew it way too dark. Have a better look here:

The only thing at the Van Gogh Museum which you didn´t have to stand in line for, was this staircase. It is beautiful and all black and white.

I was surprised by some of Van Gogh´s pictures and motifs. Check this one out.

Amsterdam - Day 1

The first day I was quite tired - going to bed at 2 am in Munich and getting up for Amsterdam at 3 am. Still I enjoyed walking around the city and had 12 hours of sleep my first night at the hotel.

I went to a famous coffe shop. It used to be called Chocolata and they used to make wonderful chocolate pralines with a kick ;). But now the shop has been taken over by Abraxas. They do not have all these pralines, bonbons and chocolates anymore, but at least they did have delicious brownies and muffins.

The most important item on my to-do-list was to go to this comic store. It is Europe´s first antiquarian comic shop and it has a great selection of comics in many languages. The Lambiek Stripantiquariaat is as great as I had expected it to be. I could have spent hours there and it took me a long time to decide which comics I would buy for myself. They had so much more phantastic books, but I just didn´t have the budget for that.

These are the 3 comics I got for myself:

• Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
• Rusty Brown by Chris Ware
  
• Alberto by Daniel Bosshart

So far I have only had a look at Alberto. It is a beautiful comic without text. Only in the beginning you can read a page of the journal of the only character of the story. I´ll update that later.