Jack-O-Oh-O

Have I mentioned how I actually looove Halloween? Not the trick-or-treating or the cheap costumes but the way one loves scary stories and Tim Burton films. Autumn is my favourite season and I'm always in for any reason for a special celebration day during the gloomy time of the year.

Last weekend I decided to carve a Jack-O Lantern with my buddy Nils. I'd seen those big fat pumpkins at his nearby supermarket few weeks earlier and knew already then that I just had to get my hands on one! With the support of cool music, munchies and some soft drinks we then created a superior lantern and an ass load of soup.

Oh yeah, we also salted and fried some pumpkin seeds in the oven cos we didn't want to throw anything of the veggie king away. Google nor I recommend doing this tho, since the seeds aren't really digestable and you tend to get a tummy ache afterwards. I suppose you ought to remove the outer shell first but I have no idea how that's supposed to work. Nils couldn't.

Don't be afraid of Nils, his identity is just badly photoshopped haha

Our Jack-O turned out pretty bad ass right?

Budapest pt. 1

Dear me, it's been ages since I left and came back. Well technically not that long but I feel like a shit ton of things have happened. I'll just start by showing some Budapest pictures. I took close to 800 pics again and shooted about 4h of video material. As it turns out, I won't have the time to edit all of that footage too much since University work doens't leave me much free hours if any.

View from our Hostel Room!

As you can already see, the city is wonderful and full of funky details for beginning Architects! I was totally overwhelmed with the old buildings, beautiful bridges and all the greenery.

Throughout the week I was walking in a dream. I just LOVE travelling and having all that time only to concentrate on the things you love (like drawing, eating, laughing, photographing, strolling through the Vintage heaven etc. etc.) instead of sitting long hours at my working desk, really felt awesome. Every day brought something new and exciting!

What kind of pictures would you like to see from Budapest? I've got it all! Any questions? I've gathered quite a list of places to visit, where to eat and where to shop during this Exkursion so I'd be more than happy to share.

Piece of Japan

While in Hamburg at the beginning of my Semester Holiday, I also visited my old job at Akiko's. Gosh how I miss the place! It was like old times, sitting behind the counter, chatting and drinking Japanese tea with my ex-boss, quiet Jazz in the background.

Loved my job, adored my boss and enjoyed the customers there. Do drop by if you ever pop in Hamburg!

http://www.akiko-japan.de/

AKIKO
Wexstraße 39
20355 Hamburg

Munchy Heaven

Wish it was my fridge but sadly it ain't. I'm looking forward to visiting this crib again some time in the future. Yeah dude, I just owned a whole blog post to your refrigerator.

I'm off to Crete now with my significant other so bare yet another blogging pause with me! I'll be back in a week :)

Inspiration Trip

One Friday in August I took a day trip to the Architecture Museum in Frankfurt with Kevkev and Katrin. I'm not a fan of Frankfurt at all, but it's super convenient living next to a big city I have to admit. If you get bored with the nightlife of Darmstadt, you can jump in the train and try partying in Frankfurt, Mainz or Heidelberg instead! All convenient and cheap as I'm able to use all the local trains, busses, undergrounds and trams for free inside Hessen with my Student ID.

I imagine myself somewhat of a V.I.P tourist when travelling to different corners of Germany eventho I've lived here for more than 2 years now. I can speak German pretty fluently and am able to avoid the usual tourist traps and prices everywhere but I still feel like taking a miniholiday in a foreign country when visiting an unknown city in here. This time too, nevermind living 20 min away from Frankfurt!

At the end of the museum's visit, me and the Ks popped into some restaurant to lunch together before getting back. I usually don't dine out without my boyfriend's wallet with friends, so enjoying the sun at Zeil was quite a luxury.

yums yums!

Next time, blogging from Finland! Maybe yes, maybe not. I don't know what the capacities of my sister's laptop are and if it likes to co-operate with my camra. We'll see, no stress from my part haha.

You've got Mail

The most wonderful surprise waited for me, when I returned home this week from my holiday! A cute little package from my friend Kitty from Hong Kong! Oh yeah and the August issue of Schöner Wohnen -Europe's Most read magazine of Interior Design.

Goodness Gracious how happy and excited I was to discover this treasure. It removed me almost to tears to think how long friendships can last, eventho you haven't seen each other in years! An unexpected present in the middle of a normal weekday somehow cheers me up more than one given on some special day. It kinda shows how you're in the thoughts of your friend throughout the year and not only on your birthday, Valentine's or at Christmas.

Sweet goodies made in Hong Kong, China and Japan! My lone late night tea-parties just got a delicious upgrade! Thank you Kitty! You're a doll ♥