I have to apologize for the long delay but i became a victim of strange circumstances I can hardly tell you about.

In fact i got lost in the woods of Colorado shortly after Newyear's Eve.

Let me tell you!

It all happened when Nicholas an old friend of mine called me on the phone and asked to come over and do a nice camping trip to a well known resort in the Colorado Forest. A strange idea i was thinking to myself, doing a camping trip in january, but from the inside my adventurous side said "why not!", so I made up my mind and took the next plane to join my friend who is living in Westminster Colorado USA. 

Two days later after an excessive exploration of Denver's nightlife we finally got sober and took the train heading for the Colorado Forest that we reached in the evening without any trouble. By the way hitchhiking was great fun! we met that damn good looking girl from the South and ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| 

Shortly after assembling our tent and raising a fire my friend Nicholas left to go on searching for firewood and I was preparing our marshmallows - a MUST HAVE on every fancy barbecue!

Everything was prepared for a very nice evening between old friends but what should I say, Nicholas NEVER CAME BACK! At first I was thinking he was joking on me cause I heard strange, silly voices coming from the deep dark wood like some child imitating alien voices - you know the ones you hear on movies like "Scream" or stuff like that.

You know I am a brave Q*bert and I am not easy to scare, but after 2 hours of being alone and continously listening to strange noises going on I got a sudden feeling that not even Nicholas (he somehow can rerun jokes for quite a while) can act that endurably daffy and I started to think that there was something really strange was going on. Shortly after I heard some twicks snapping very close to me along with some lunatic laughing I really got a little scared and hurried inside that damn ten, which was not that save asylum I was looking for.

The upcoming night was what i would describe as my most horrifying moment in life and i am not really sure if I should tell you. At least you deserve to know what happened that night, so I tell you now.

Shortly after I got inside my sleeping bag ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| then it tried to ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| and after that ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| i did my best not ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS |||  anyway I never thought that this could happen ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| it looked like it was taking ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| and I was soo scared ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| too many victims ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| disappeared in the woods... ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| rumours said that it always lived ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS |||

Now you know the truth about this god forsaken place and I had a hard time getting back to civilisation and after that it took me another couple of weeks regaining my mental health. Nicholas if you read this, please get back in contact with me, any sign of life is much appreaciated! I don't want that ||| ERASED DUE TO CENSOR RESTRICTIONS ||| hidden in the woods did harm you. At least I want to know what happened to you!

Finally this January Horror Story ended on me and I hope I will soon come back to you with more pleasing reviews on my upcoming trips in 2012!

Yours Q*bert

This year our New Year Family Meeting took place in Ebringen/Germany. All came over except a few relatives that could not come. We had a very nice time singing, chatting & discussing. We also had a big chess tournament which igis won. He's the one sitting left to our Newyear's Prezel which was delicious! We all wish you a happy New Year!

You surely knew it! I am a great hobby ornithologist!

I always carry a pair of field glasses with me. There could always be a chance to have a view on natural wildlife and especially birds! You know I can hop up to 100 meters high, but I cannot fly - that's why I always admire or should I say eager birds for their ability to fly wherever they want!

Seagulls are not that rare but I like them though - It is same with Men, they always have an eye for nice looking women although they are not rare either!

On hunt for the ultra rare "Sea Aurich"! To find a speciment of this rare species is a once-in-a-lifetime moment for every hobby ornithologist! Guess what: I didn't found one either... :-(  Although I bought me this big telescope...

Each of my holiday trips end with buying souvenirs! I found this nice "St.Pauli" flag (a worldfamous German soccer team located in Hamburg). I am not sure why pirates around the world are fans of that team, at least they carry their fan utensil with them, but I guess I will find out soon!

Uwe, Sabine and Adrian bought me this nice hat that fits me very well. This once belonged to Helmut Schmidt the famous German chancelor! He must be very popular among Seamen cause they always wear such hats, maybe as a sign of honour or maybe the hats are part of fan merchandising.

What a surprise! Shortly before our holiday in France came to an end, I met my dear old friend Paul the octopuss! He now owns a souvenir shop with three dozens of employees working for him. A lot of work to be done - but at least he has eight hands to handle it!

We had a nice chat about the past soccer tournament which the Spanish team won. He told me that Germany will win the next cup in 2012 and who am I to disagree ;-)

See you soon my dear fans. I'll be in Minorca/Spain soon for some nice Menorcin food!

Stay tuned! 

Another entry about our France trip which is about to come to an end soon... :-(

The pink granite coast is world famous!  And we enjoyed our stay very much!

As a Q-bert I am a very tough guy and I can stand a lot of things. I am very sensitive for two things: sunlight and water! That's why always seek a place in the shade!

I did some research on local coast fauna & flora and found some nice very nice speciments! The doves were a bit shy but after uwe gave them our last picnic sandwiches I was able to talk to them! It was mother and daughter and what really surprised me, they didn't even heard of Q-bert @!#?@!!

Later after I met this little pal! We had a nice chat about the weather and french food. He did this nice drawing in the sand for me - isn't it sweet?!!

Uwe, Adrian and Sabine persuaded me to do a trip through the bars and Casinos so we went to the coast line on hunt for some nice locations to spend our money:

Uwe was delighted having found this nice place with the wild sea on one side and some wild lounge and bar streetlife on the other side! 

Uwe, happy, having found this nice Casino and shortly before we entered the Casino. Later after he gamed away our entire holiday money! Oh man!

Another piece of Modern Art. Too heavy to carry it away and too expensive when you are broke...

Talk to you later...

Sorry for the wait, again a massive lack on time on my behalf. Anyway here is another post about our France trip.

The Breton region has a lot to offer if you go for nature, so we decided to visit some nice old villages. Most of the buildings were made of very solid granite stone. People love to decorate their houses with nice flower ensembles:

I love to hang around and so I enjoyed it very much to smell these nice flowers. After a short break we found a very nice place to stay for the night:

Not bad isn't it? 

The next morning we did some walking around and I found this nice little house:

It was for sale but uwe and sabine persuaded me not to buy it 'cause there are rumours that a ghost of a deceased disco dancer lives in the old house who is singing old Boney M tunes in the night - should be a horrible experience - haha!

Shortly after I found this little pal:

It is strange, but I seem to attract cats! Everywhere I go they follow in crowds. I dislike to be hassled by admirers that way.

Anyway this one was friendly and told me that I still have a lot of fans even here in this tiny village. Years ago they even errected a kind of statue for me. a true sign of honour!

After a short walk we found the statue in the middle of the village close to the mayor's house:

Not bad! Although I am not very much into Modern Art I like this nice monument of admiration!

Later after we did some relaxing aside from the public in the local countryside.

I really like to be close to my fans, but somehow I also need some time for my own...

More hot stuff coming up "soon"

Yeah right, I met "Black Beard" again an old friend of my wild days. Did a lot of @!#?@! drugs when i was a growing up Q-bert and this was my buddy back then.

He changed a bit since we last met in 1776 and lost one leg in a battle with a big white shark. Anyway he seems not to grow older.

This was taken after a long chat with Black Beard about the good old times and shortly before we decided to take a trip through the Pubs here. I hate to get drunk but this time I definately made an exception ;-)

I know I am late... can you forgive me? You know I'm not a lazy Q*bert but I had a lot of press dates recently, anyway here it is another short review about my France trip.

Uwe, Sabine, Adrian and myself went on a nice trip to St.Malo and visited the Aquarium there. Here are some impressions:

What a surprise, the missing proof that Yeti really exists! Found at the entry of St.Malo Aquarium!

Had a small chat with some of my underwater friends. Did I already tell you that I can assimilate languages within seconds?

Some poisoness and dangerous creatures. Lucky me the glass window was thick enough so that they couldn't break through!

This is "Horst" one of my favourite fish friends. He is 80 years old and a very relaxed guy. Told me that he likes to chill to reggae vibes. The Aquarium cleaning team always provides this kind of music to make sure all fish are in a good mood.

Look at these strange creatures, they seem to belong to the stoneage.

Definately not the prettiest animals on this planet!

I love these turtles! I should clim into my diving suit and go for a ride :-)

Some sort of group posing...

We finished our visit with a small submarine dive. It was absolutely brilliant! I think I am gonna buy me such a nice little undersea vessel to explore the fish pond in my garden!

I didn't know that Nemo conceived such a big family, my deepest respect!

Talk to you later my dear friends, I am @!#?@! tired

Hey you guys out there, desperately waiting for a new entry from me :-)

And here it is...

This time I am writing to you from France, a very nice country in the heart of Europe.

Uwe, my private photographer and Sabine & Adrian who administrate my Badian headquarters took me to a nice region located at the very north-west of France called "Bretagne". A typical coast region. Normally I don't like water very much but this time I really enjoyed the view on the coastal surface and the Atlantic waves with their giant ocean spray.

On the pictures above you can see us looking for a new holiday residence to buy at a place called "Cap Frehel". I fell in love with that location and was urgently trying to find a nice small house for me and my friends. You know I am not a rich Q-bert but due to my enormous popularity and several commercial contracts I still have a couple of dollars on my several accounts on the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

After a couple of days of painstaking search we finally found this nice little place that suited me very well. You know I am not too choosy so I guess this tiny ensemble of two houses would do at first. A funny detail: One of these houses had a big light on top that circles around in the night. Maybe it was once used as a kind of disco lighting. Anyway I bought this solid built residence for a very reasonable price, a true bargain of course! I hate wasting money!

More spectaculary reviews about my long France trip coming up soon! Stay tuned :-)

check this out: a picture of that damn scary guy. a true villain in a cat's coat. I would hardly go out at night if he is around... I hate rude cats! Normally I eat them for breakfast but this time I let him run away... Anyway my days here in Spain come to an end, I am invited by Rudy from France since months and its time to get into the shipping box again. I will have a short stop in Berlin to get some German Becks Beer and Spreewaldgurken, some @!#?@! disgusting food from the region Rudy seems to like.

Later I met a bunch of strange, lethargic guys, hanging around on the street.

Some photos from our boat tour to the haven city Mogan. I was very scared about the @!#?@! ship´s quality, but we made it to Mogan without sinking.

I always wanted to do this, taking the train from "Paddington" at 16:50 like one of my all time cinema heroes Margaret Rutherford as "Miss Marple" in "Murder she said" a cool Agatha Christie classic. "16:50 ab Paddington" was the German title.

I have been dreaming of that Paddington train station since I was a very little Q-bert! Not to watch any murdering going on, but to visit one of London's most impotant locations! This is a must for any cinema maniac like I am. Lucky me Sabine my traveling guide found some time and did that favour for me. So we did some nice subway station hopping on our last day in London. Also "Oxford Station" was on our list! Did you know that due to an accident in Oxford Station in 1984, caused by smoking, any kind of smoking was forbidden in London's subway stations. And you know I hate all kinds of smoke!

Later, after we finished subway station hopping, we had to take our plane back to Germany. I heard that Konnopke's Imbiss will open up his new restaurant soon so I will have to be in Berlin soon, not before doing a short trip to Spain with Oliver for some snorkeling fun.

Talk to you soon :-)

hi folks, guess you are curious what happened next :-)

had an awesome day! Charles took me to that wedding ceremony and man, what a @!#?@! crowd of people! William and a nice woman wrapped in white curtain cloth called Kate welcomed me and lifted me on their shoulders to make sure I won't get trampled down by the wild bunch of fans. I am popular, I know, but this cheering and screaming made me speechless! After William, Kate and some parts of the family (all dressed in nice carnival style costumes) took me to a church the crowd outside completely freaked out! Then later after William, Kate and myself drove inside a very old car with wooden wheels that was HORSE driven! I always thought british people can afford more than that but anyway, I am not sophisticated!

During that long ride with the horse waggon I really enjoyed my fans cheering at me. It is good to know people still love me after all these years! A few hours later we had some sort of date for the press. Man I really dislike this @!#?@! kind of exposure but anyway due to the fact that I am a guest I kept my nose still and grinned in the camera. Did I tell you that I know how to behave in foreign countries? Look at this fantastic picture: Myself on top of William's left shoulder close to that damn good looking girl! Haha, this made my day :-)

Finally the whole thing ended with a lot of hugging and kissing while William and Kate were still dressed in their carnival costumes, haha! I think they are a nice couple, a little stiff but quite lovable.

So I end my little review on this royal carnival now. Tomorrow evening I will have to leave London for some new adventures! Stay tuned my dear fans!

Got a call from Charles lately (Yeah, right, the Ex-Husband of Diana!), whom I get to know in London in the mid-80's during a Parker Game promotion tour for the Q-bert Game adaption. We became close friends and I presented him one of these Gottlieb Arcade units. He still has it standing in his living room, but this is another story...

So when he called me to join his son's wedding, I immediately decided to come over and fly to London. That meant I had to grab my things in a hurry and leave Thailand. It was a hard decision but hey, this is what friends are for! So after a @!#?@! long travel with the press always on my back I reached Germany to change planes. Sabine who picked me at Baden-Baden airport to join me, took me in her case to avoid further press attention and we were able to arrive in London just in time!

But what a surprise! The city was extra-crowded! Seems that Charles and William invited some more people to that damn marriage thing so we had a @!#?@! hard time to find a hotel for the night. While Sabine was invited by a business company she has to do some sort of market research thing. I found myself a small abandoned room on the road no one seemed to be interested in. I was very happy cause it had beautiful windows and also provided a phone close to my bed! but the best thing, it was free! haha!

So stay tuned & let's see what comes next. Talk to you tomorrow when I have further information on how that marriage cermemony thing turns out!

The land of smiling people - I have to leave them all behind... :-( But I have some @!#?@! serious appointments in London. Some kind of Royal ceremony, but I have no further information! People who know me better understand that I cannot say NO, so I am on the way to London.

Anyway here are my last pics of lovely Thailand: The boat trip to the countryside airport on my last destination was a lot of fun! I like these crazy little boats hopping over the waves and causing some nice ocean spray! On my arrival I saw this nice Temple complex. Some people told me not to hop on the stairs of the temple brcause it is holy. I found this hard to do; my feet made me want to hop. But I resepect people's wishes brcause I know how to behave in foreign countries!

Anyway, deep inside I have a feeling that Buddah (I guess he is the man people admire here with all these statues) is a good god cause he is always displayed with a joyful smile on his face. He surely would love people enjoying themselves, having fun and living their inner child and this is exactely what I try to do when I start on hopping :-)

So bye bye Thailand, hope to be here again soon!

PS: I got a small Buddha statue from one of my fans. I was very happy although I must say it is quite heavy and made of pure green Jade! Hope this won't cause complications at the customs!

Today we relaxed in our hotelroom for a while before we went to the beach. Although Tobi smoked a lot, and I normally hate any kind of smoke, I suddenly bursted out laughing and I could not stop! No idea why this happened but we laughed about banal things we normally would not even grin at. Hahaha

Later, we took a trip on the beach and I hopped on stones a lot. The @!#?@! stones did not change color although I jumped on them as hard as I could. What a strange experience! Then I stopped being too anxious about changing stone's colours and started to enjoy nature in it's pure beauty instead. This really moved me and I really learned something more important than changing stone's colors: Letting Go!