I collected some really cool brand new car commercials. I’m sure you know more, so don’t hesitate to add a link of your favorite car commercial in the comment area. Most of them I watched on TV and some are really cool with a great sound and on big screen.

Saab -- very beautiful, great visual ideas. Let’s see if this spot will help them to get out of their crisis:

Audi A5 -- When I saw this spot on German TV the first time it was like a WOW -- the picture perfectly combined with the music. You want this car:

Cadillac -- A new start with new models. At least their produced a great commercial. Let’s see if they can produce great cars again:

Audi A4 -- intelligence with beauty united, great metaphor:

BMW X6 -- beautiful new car with great pictures. No need to say more. Great song, fits perfectly:

Toyota -- Great idea, just the “dudiduda” in the background is annoying. They should have taken a better song for that.

And here 11 Evergreens

Some are not really old, but already a classic. There are much more great car commercials, it would be an endless list, but I think 10 is enough for the first run and if you have another great one, leave a link in the comments.

Genius spot by Mercedes -- Beauty is not everything, it matters what’s in it!

Sexy Cadillac commercial -- with Kate Walsh:

BMW -- nicely done how they made it clear which one is the fastest car on planet:

Audi -- One of the smartest commercials ever:

Audi A5 -- break the cycle:

VW Golf R32 -- If a man thinks loud, he says “rev counter”:

Porsche -- a Porsche with feelings:

Very good Dodge commercial to show a young and hip brand. Perfect song!

When the world was alright. GM presented all their brands with proud and more to come. They did it very well, also the song was great back then.

Audi is hated by these people, now wonder in this town!

What is your favorite car commercial. Let us know and leave a link to some other great car spots.

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In my series for Exploring South Africa

1. Back Again And Pictures From Our Vacation In South Africa!
2. Pictures Of Garden Route In South Africa!
3. Photos Of Kruger National Park In South Africa
4. Video And Best Of Photos of South Africa

Alrighty, the last time I will write about our trip in South Africa. This time a best of collection, 99 of over 2000 pictures in one gallery. I hope you enjoy them and I made you wanna go there too. Of course you can see more picture on the linked posts above.

I also upload a video of our elephant riding in Knysna, that was fun. Unfortunately the Soundtrack is against copyrights, so YouTube muted the sound and I have to replace it with another one:

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I think the dutch influence is starting to get into my music taste. Great voice and wonderful cover of Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” by Laura Jansen from Holland. Also her other songs are pretty good, like “Single Girls”, but check out yourself:

And here the original, very cool song and nice voice:

Additional a song by Laura Jansen, “Single Girls”:

Not to forget an homemade acoustic cover of “Use Somebody”, strong voice, considering she was just sitting on her bedroom and did it like that, imagine in a studio with a nice setup:

And which version do you like the most?

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Does the same happen to you?

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What a real cool prank. It would be interesting to see the face of the new colleague when he sees his new desk the first time. He must believe he is back in the late 80’s. Unfortunately I’m not working in a corporate environment anymore, but I have to show it to my old colleagues so they can do this for the “New” guy.  I bet it’s fun!

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In my series for Exploring South Africa

1. Back Again And Pictures From Our Vacation In South Africa!
2. Pictures Of Garden Route In South Africa!
3. Photos Of Kruger National Park In South Africa
4. Video And Best Of Photos of South Africa

Here you can see the pictures of the last 5 days of our wonderful vacation. From Port Elizabeth we went by plane to Jo’burg and then by car for 4 hours to Hazyview where we received a very warm welcome by Tina and Neil  in their Guest House. The reception was also at the same time a bar, very cool beginning.

After we left our bags in our room we drove the Panoramic Route. Fascinating views, an amazing feast for your eyes. No wonder that some view points have names like “God’s Window.” A truly beautiful area, you can’t see enough of it. You have to see it yourself, a camera cannot capture that. Aaaamazing!

In the evening we relaxed by the pool and went to a nice restaurant.

The next morning at 5:30 am we drove to the park with Neal and his Dad. Neal wanted to show his Dad the animals and offered us to drive right behind him, he was so nice and guided us through the park. In the first 2 hours, we saw the “Big Five”, the leopard, lion, elephant, buffalo and rhino. Some people are days on the road and do not see all 5 of them. We were lucky and we had our great guide Neal.

The impressions of the park are memorable because the giraffes running across the road a meter from you, the Impalas even come to you and the lions are not bothered by you. Experience first hand the wilderness is really remarkable. In the evening we went with Tina and Neal to a burger place, where only the locals go, that was pretty cool and I had a very tasty, huge burger – good lord!

On day 3, we drove early in the morning into the park again. After that, we stayed in the bush and visited the godparents of Gretel, who have also just been on holiday there. We had “Braii” (BBQ), which was super, super delicious! Cool was also, that 10 meters from us you could see the animals that were passing by and smelling the great food. At night, you were able to see their eyes in the dark, reflecting by the fire, it was a real bush night.

On day 4 we completely relaxed, hung by the pool or even went shopping for souvenirs before we drove the next morning towards Johannesburg. Where our wonderful trip also came to an end and we flew back home.

Hazyview was really great, the time passed by so quickly. Tina and Neal made the stay remarkable. We felt at home with friends, even though she is a football fan of Hamburg. If you want to go next year for the World Cup to Nelspruit, you should book a room at Dreamfields Guesthouse, which is only an hour away from the stadium. If you want to see more photos from our guest house, you can go to their website.

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In my series for Exploring South Africa

1. Back Again And Pictures From Our Vacation In South Africa!
2. Pictures Of Garden Route In South Africa!
3. Photos Of Kruger National Park In South Africa
4. Video And Best Of Photos of South Africa

Here we go with the second part of our trip. We left Cape Town to drive on the beautiful Garden Route. First station was Stellenbosch, a really nice area with vineyards. From there we passed Montagu and the hot springs and drove along the coast to Hermanus where you can watch whales.

While heading to Oudtshoorn we stopped in a little but well known restaurant at Route 62, “The Country Pumpkin”. The owner was very nice and he had huge spare ribs. But the best of all, I forgot my credit card there and one of his friends drove after us and brought the  credit card. That was so funny, in the middle of nowhere, desert, long street and mountains at the horizon, a Harley Davidson driver comes in front of our car and pulls out my credit card of his pocket, what a hilarious situation. We were so thankful, that his friend brought the credit card and we were laughing about our stupidity. I will never forget this moment.

In Oudtshoorn we were able to touch white lions and tigers, that was pretty cool. We visit an ostrich farm and Gretel were even riding an ostrich, she was so scared on the back of the ostrich. Shortly after we were in the Cango Caves, huge caves. A natural wonder, fascinating. Later that day we tried out ostrich steak in a game resort. I was surprised, it was delicious and healthy too. No cholesterol and little fat.

The next 3 days we stayed in Knysna, where we visited “Birds of Eden”. Warning! I took loads of picture! It was damn cool to see so many beautiful birds. We also loved to ride on the elephants, that was a great experience. Of course we saw the Knysna Heads and on our way to Port Elizabeth we passed Nature’s Valley and the highest bungee jumping place on earth. In Port Elizabeth we took a flight to Jo’burg to get to the Kruger National Park. But the pictures of our last 5 days will be online not before next week. So stay tuned.

BTW, some people asked me, what camera I used. It’s a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ, a great camera! Not a SLR camera but imho the best compact camera on the market with 12x zoom.

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Hey Ho! Thought I should bring up another German song, you probably won’t listen outside of Germany. The song was just released this week and probably a future no. 1 in Germany. The singer is Xavier Naidoo, beautiful voice and he already had several no. 1 hits and some of the most successful albums in Germany the last 11 years. The video and the dance might be a little bit cheesy but the song is brilliant. I hope you will like it.

You can also buy this song at Amazon.com. There is also some English singing part in this song, so you might understand something.

Here are the German and English lyrics:

German lyrics

Alles kann besser werden
Holen wir uns den Himmel auf Erden
Alles soll besser werden
Holen wir uns den Himmel auf Erden
Alles wird besser werden
Wir holen uns den Himmel auf Erden
Und keiner muss sein Leben mehr gefährden
Einer der kostbarsten Schätze auf Erden

Ich will raus aus dieser Scheiße hier
Doch ich weiß nicht,wie das gehen soll
Raus aus diesem scheiß Revier
Doch ich weiß nicht,wie das gehen soll
Man sperrt mich hier in diesen Bezirk
Weil ich den Rest der Welt nicht sehen soll
Ich werde aus diesem Knast heraus spazieren
Wenn ich weiß,wohin ich gehen soll

Alles kann besser werden
Holen wir uns den Himmel auf Erden
Alles soll besser werden
Holen wir uns den Himmel auf Erden
Alles wird besser werden
Wir holen uns den Himmel auf Erden
Und keiner muss sein Leben mehr gefährden
Einer der kostbarsten Schätze auf Erden
Auch wenn du jetzt bitterlich weinst
Bitte gib nicht auf
Auch wenn du grad das Leben verneinst
Bitte gib nicht auf
Auch wenn du dir verstorben scheinst
Bitte gib nicht auf
Auch wenn alles verdorben scheint
Gib nicht auf

Alles kann besser werden
Holen wir uns den Himmel auf Erden
Alles soll besser werden
Holen wir uns den Himmel auf Erden
Alles wird besser werden
Wir holen uns den Himmel auf Erden
Und keiner muss sein Leben mehr gefährden
Einer der kostbarsten Schätze auf Erden

I can see beyond the borders of here
And I know there’s more for me
I’m not afraid to face what they fear
If it means I can be free
Discourage me if you think you can
But I won’t stop till I’m out of here
Yeah,I just don’t give a damn
Not afraid to face what they fear

Alles kann besser werden…

And a quick translation:

Everything can be better
Let’s get heaven on earth
Everything should be better
Let’s get heaven on earth
Everything will be better
Let’s get heaven on earth
And nobody has to risk his life anymore
One of the most precious treasure on earth

I want to get out of this shit
But I do not know how
Out of this damn area
But I do not know how
I’m a prisoner in here in this district
Because they don’t want me to see the rest of the world
I will walk out of this jail
If I know where to go

Everything can be better
Let’s get heaven on earth
Everything should be better
Let’s get heaven on earth
Everything will be better
Let’s get heaven on earth
And nobody has to risk his life anymore
One of the most precious treasure on earth
Even if you are crying bitterly now
Please do not give up
Even if you denying life
Please do not give up
Even if you feel like dead
Please do not give up
Even if everything seems corrupted
Do not give up

Everything can be better…

I can see beyond the borders of here
And I know there’s more for me
I’m not afraid to face what they fear
If it means I can be free
Discourage me if you think you can
But I will not stop till I’m out of here
Yeah, I just do not give a damn
Not afraid to face what they fear

Everything can be better…

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The summer break is over and I’m back to write on my blog again. I hope you are still here and keep following this blog in the future.

We were in South Africa for 3 weeks , touring through the country, met relatives and friends of my girl friend and got to know the culture and the Multi-faceted landscape and wildlife.

There were 3 absolutely wonderful weeks that I do not want to miss. The first week we were in Cape Town, a stunning city, no wonder that many people rave about Cape Town. Beaches on one side and surrounded by mountains and forests on the other side. I must say the people were very nice and friendly. I have only positive impressions of the country and its people. Even with the crime we didn’t have any experience, fortunately. We saw a lot of security staff, whether in parking lots, shops or roads. I think South Africa wants to convey a sense of security so that the general impression that South Africa would be too dangerous for a vacation, no longer corresponds to the truth. Of course there are still very dangerous places, especially at night and you should always be a little cautious, but if you’re not too stupid and careless, then nothing should happen, and South Africa is not more dangerous than other countries and cities.

As I said, the first week we were in Cape Town, Gretel’s hometown, where we visit her grandmother, godparents and friends. We saw quite a bit of Cape Town, we were on Robben Island, Cape Point, Boulders Beach, Waterfront and, no, not on the table mountain. We didn’t have the chance to go on the top, but that is another reason to come back again, and that’s for sure, but next time in the summer. I’m already looking forward to it! Then I can make a comparison of South Africa before and after the World Cup.

I hope you will like the photos of the first week in Cape Town. Soon I will put the photos of the Garden Route and the last great week in Kruger National Park with wild animals online. Enjoy!

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Alright my lovely readers, it’s time for a few days of summer vacation, or let’s say a few months. Currently, I have just too much to do and before more projects on my desk get piled I prefer a well-deserved break. I will use the new available time to work on other projects or for wpSEO and WP Engineer, which require full concentration. A blog post is not done in a minute, especially if you write in bilingual.

I had only planned 2 months, July and August, but since my girlfriend and I go to South Africa in mid-September, the summer break might go on until early October. But don’t worry, I will come back, with new posts, new motivation, and hopefully with you as loyal readers – unless I got eaten by lions.

Meanwhile, I will gladly continue to respond to comments and also optimize the website. A complete renovation of the site won’t happen, only some fine-tuning and optimizing the performance will take place.

During my blog-abstinence, I will take care of long overdue projects, designing websites, starting new projects and who knows, starting to create my portfolio website finally. Until then, it is still a long way. But at least I finished designing my logo, kind of. After over a year of reflection, review, revise and start over from scratch, I believe I have my final logo for my 1 man web design agency. I hope you will like it. I’m curious myself. To be seen after the summer break.

So expect a quiet time on NotANiche until beginning of October.

I wish you an unforgettable summer and I really hope to see you soon on my website again!

P.S. I hope I will take more adventurous photos in South Africa, like the one above, which I took 3 years ago.

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