Archive for April 5th, 2006

05 Apr 2006 Hamburg: Vinny’s Memorial (Videoclips Part I)
Author: Gail |  Category: Europe, Loss, Videoclips  | Leave a Comment

March 25, 2006
Hamburg Airport

A quick pan of the terminal while Declan O’Connell sings “Leaving on a Jet Plane” by John Denver to open Vincent’s memorial.

Berit’s introduction to the presentation, in both English and German:

05 Apr 2006 Hamburg: Dinner at Katya’s (full video)
Author: Gail |  Category: Europe, Food + Drink, Friends, Videoclips  | 2 Comments

March 22, Hamburg

I think Youtube.com’s having some server issues, but it seems to be up and running now, so I thought I’d post the full version of the video I shot at Katya’s place. Strangely, it shows up green at the beginning, but then it goes away. I’ve tried to upload the video several times, but it still starts off green for some reason!

Original post: Hamburg: Airport Meeting and Dinner with the Fraus

The dinner at Katya’s was a wonderfully boisterous affair, with plenty of music and grog and delectables. By the time I shot the video, we’d already been through the main course and had moved along to cheese… and dessert… and chips… and chocolates… post-dinner grazing food. I brought my computer to show everyone the photos and video of Justi and Jonas (see previous post) from the previous Sunday, and Katya put on this wacky folk-style hippie-sixties music that everyone seemed to know. Iris is warbling to “Biene Maya” (Kristin, I see you know it, too!) and I ripped the whole zany collection of three CDs onto my hard drive during the sing-along.

The dinner is a regular monthly gathering, usually on a Wednesday, where the ladies cook and chat and catch up on each others’ lives. It’s a great idea that’s been going on for a number of years (6?), and it’s seen them through some major life events. I was glad to be a part of it, and record a snippet of it for posterity.

Who knows, I might start up something like that here in Toronto. The kitchen’s tiny, but I still have our dining table from Pennsylvania that David put together and weighs half a ton. The sheer size of it begs for lots of company!

05 Apr 2006 Hamburg: Justi and Jonas
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March 17, Hamburg

We went to a teahouse after a Sunday stroll in the park by the Elbe River, and Jez was trying to get Justine to speak in English. She can, but only when she wants to! At the end of this video, Justi finally gives in and says in English, “Can I have a look, please?”

(Note: I don’t know if it’s a Youtube.com single server issue, but there’s a bit of a lag between the audio and video, and it cuts off a couple of seconds from the end.)