It's 29 degrees outside!!!

Yep! you read it right! I'm in Germany, and it's 29°c outside!!! It got nice and warm yesterday already, and we went for a bike ride next to the Elbe. I wish I had taken my camera... I might do the same thing today or tomorrow- and this time I will... On the way, on the nice path next to the river, we found out that there's a place called "City Beach" which is a nice pub/cafe/volley ball area/chill out place. So we stopped for a beer before going back home. They actually have sand there, and nice beach furniture, and it's a pretty big place. Definitely a place to come back to. So today its 29°c and coz Rob has to study- I'm not sure when we'll have time to go out and enjoy it- I would go somewhere alone but I don't really feel like doing something like that alone, half of the fun is to share the good weather with someone you love.

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In the last few days we had some trouble with the cellular company we ordered a SIM card for me. They sent it with DHL and the guy said that without a residence permit he can't give it to me. He said it's an o2's regulation (the cellular company). o2 on the other hand said that it's not true and that the guy should have given me the envelope. DHL said that the ppl in o2 know nothing and that it's not true. This way we were thrown back and forth between stupid companies, and in the end we got an e-mail replying ours, from o2, saying- that yes - I need a permit to sign their contract. Why didn't they say anything about it before in the 100 e-mails they sent me saying what i need to prepare? no one knows... In the end Rob ordered a SIM on his name, and annoyingly enough they wouldn't even let us give them my bank account info, and insisted on taking Rob's. So now I'll be paying him back every month for my phone calls- a situation I must say I don't like... The customer service here is just a joke really... If there's one good thing about Israel is customer service.

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Just wanted to tell you guys- look on the side bar of my blog- there's a new poll there!

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Hmmm... maybe I will go out alone and enjoy the good weather... we'll see...

The sun is shining!

Except for my Chinese visa problems - which I'm planning on trying to solve tomorrow, these are beautiful days. The sun is shining for the last week now, with changing temperatures, but mostly around 15°c. Now for example its 19°c.
We took advantage of this nice weather on Saturday- and walked all over town for a few hours. We finally found a nice summer jacket for Rob and then we went to a very special coffee place called "the reading room". After that we walked all the way from the french concession to people's square, looking for a sports store to buy goggles for me, for our skiing trip in 10 days. The only kind we found were really good but too big for me and very expensive... So we're hoping we'll be able to buy it up north...
My visa issues kinda make me stressed coz they said that after a students visa I can't get more than one month as a tourist, so I needed to ask my dad for his help- to ask the ppl he's working with here to help me get a business visa. Tomorrow I'm meeting a friend of theirs and we're gonna go to the Police Bureau together- with some documents. Cross your fingers for me- I hope I get the visa until my flight back...

I feel a bit empty now with no school- even though I keep busy with the visa issue, skiing trip etc. I hope to find something to do in March- like teaching someone English, preferably privately, or signing up for a short term Chinese course (only if it's not too expensive). If all of this wont happen I'll make myself a routine of studying Chinese at home and planing our Tibet trip for April.