What makes me feel alive ♥

Hello everyone, how are you ?

Today was very exciting for me, because you know what?
!! I booked my flight to Japan !! ^___^

Yes, it finally has come true, in about one month I will move to Japan and start my Work and Travel  journey through Japan and South Korea <33
This journey means everything to me, I have wanted to go to Japan since I was 11 years old so you can imagine how overly excited I am right now *__*
I booked my flight at sta travel, I can really recommend them to everyone who wants to do Work and Travel, they are experienced with this kind of customers ;) Plus: although I could only book my flight one month before the price was still good I think~

 

The shop where I bought my flight ticket ^-^ <3

What I will do: It was clear to me that I will try my best to fulfill my lifetime dream, travelling to Asia, after I've finished school. I thought about what kind of experience I want to make and found that "WWOOFing" will be the right choice for me :) If you don't know about it, I will talk about what WWOOFing is and why I wanted to do this in a later post <3 Now I'm looking forward to a nearly 6-month stay in my two beloved countries.

Not every station of my journey is confirmed yet, but I guess that's part of the experience and it's a bit exciting to not know exactly where the journey will go ^__^
My first stop will be Osaka, Japan!
And, as I stated in my very first post on this blog, I'm planning to use this blog as a kind of diary so there will be posts about my journey and lots of cute stuff regularly :)

Please note: I will update this post and add pictures as soon as I'll come to my pc again, I was just too excited and needed to make a post about it immediately ^__^

Have a nice day <3

[GERMANY] Great cities: Berlin ♥ part 1

Hi everyone ♥

How are you?  First of all, thanks to my first blog followers! I'm motivated to keep this blog very active from now on, promise ^__^

This time I want to write about my two trips to Berlin this year! Although I live in Germany I somehow never managed to visit our capital city. But since I've got a lot of free time this year I was lucky enough to visit this beautiful city twice, for one week each. Each time I went by bus and/or train and it took a looong time to get there, almost 12 hours!! My first journey to Berlin was very busy and I didn't manage to take much pictures. We did a loooot of sightseeing, made a bus tour through the city, visited all the famous places like the 'Rotes Rathaus', 'Alexanderplatz', 'Fernsehturm', 'Brandenburger Tor', 'Berliner Mauer' (the Berlin Wall) and so on!

Das Rote Rathaus

Der Berliner Fernsehturm <3

We visited the German Bundestag (parliament) and saw all the most popular German politicians at a discussion, even Bundeskanzlerin (I don't know the English word... Federal Chancellor?) Angela Merkel! xD Afterwards we could even talk to some politicians, it was very exciting! We also visited the 'Auswärtiges Amt' ( Federal Foreign Office) and took a guided tour! 

Besides that, we visited many museums! Berlin has a whole lot of different museums, many of them have free entry! 

In the evenings, we took a walk and discovered many beautiful bars and café's, one of my favourites was the 'Tadschikische Teestube' (picture taken from their website): 

They had the most amazing tea varieties I've tasted in my whole life haha *-* Everything was so beautiful and comfortable in this tearoom! We didn't want to leave~ It is small and a bit hidden, but was definitely worth searching for. Also, it's near to the 'Hakesche Höfe' where many small arts and crafts stores, galleries and a cinema are located so we took a midnight walk over there ^-^

On another evening, we visited the famous Berlin Shopping street Ku'damm and went to Hard Rock Café Berlin where we drank some of their delicious cocktails and I bought a cocktail glass and my second Hard Rock Café pin (first one from Prague last year) ♥ I collect them now! 

 Somehow Bavarian - looking pin xD

All in all, it was a great first visit to Berlin! There's so much more to tell about the beautiful restaurants and places we visited, but since I didn't take enough pictures it's a bit boring xD so I will talk a bit more about my second trip (with more pictures) next time! 

Have you been to Berlin before? 

That's it for now, part 2 will follow soon!

Have a nice evening
♥

 

Giveaway: Sincerely Dolly's Eyemazing Giveaway

Hello lovelies! ^__^ ♪

So, I don't participate in much giveaways usually, but this one is simply too cute to not do it!

One of my favourite blogs, Sincerely, Dolly, is hosting a giveaway  including
Revlon ColorStay crayon eyeliner, romantic compact mirror, Emoda pouch, ELF 'sea escape' eye shadow palette and wonderful EYEMAZING Eyelashes Harajuku Doll Series in Neko Eye, produced by amazing Kyary Pamyu Pamyu *__*
I love to wear false eyelashes and I'm a great fan of Kyary so I really need to win this giveaway haha~
The Emoda pouch is very pretty as well ♪ Wish me luck!

If you want to participate too take a look over here: 


Please enter Sincerely Dolly's Blog Giveaway!

Shopping: Liz Lisa Autumn/Winter Collection

Hello mermaids,

How are you?
I hope you're all having a nice summer!
Japanese Gyaru brand LIZ LISA already launched their a/w collection 2013 and I wanted to show you some pictures ♥
Their Season Concept is "Royal Wonderland: French Retro and Pop" ! ♥

 This one is my favourite outfit ^///^ It looks so cute and I think her hairstyle is really nice! I like Liz Lisa clothing very much, it's all girly and retro and lots of flower patterns... lovely! Also, you can easily wear it in daily life ♥

 Liz Lisa was founded in the late 1990's and is very popular in japanese Gyaru fashion ♪ 
When I go to Japan this autumn I will definitely go shopping at their Shibuya 109 store! ^-^

I love the pattern of these dresses *-*

Pictures taken from Liz Lisa's homepage and Official facebook page ♪

Have a nice day!

[FRANCE] Great cities: Paris ♥ part 2

Hello lovelies ♥  How are you?

This is part two of my report about my trip to Paris earlier this year!
We used the second day to do a bit of shopping ^__^
I definitely wanted to visit the Lolita shops in Paris! 
We went to Rue Keller where the Boddywood store is located:

 In Rue Keller there were many cute shops who sold a lot of gothic/cosplay/alternative clothing:

 

Shoe Paradise  ♥ 

And then, finally, we found the Boddywood store ^___^

This is me in front of the store ^__^ I was one happy girl!! ♥ 

I always wanted to visit the Angelic Pretty corner of this store!! And there it was!! ^-^ I was so very excited! At first it was closed and I was really afraid we couldn't go inside, but me and some other French girls who wanted to visit the store managed to find the guy who had the key to the shop ♪

 These funny sticks were located all over Rue Keller!

Ahhh! The store!! A girl took these pictures of the shop and me looking at all the wonderful clothes!! Thanks again ♥ 
They had a lot of clothes and accessoires from Angelic Pretty,  6% dokidoki, Emily Temple Cute, milk, etc. etc. it was like heaven ♥

Cute Blythe doll! ♥ 

Omg these dresses are so amazing ♥  Anyway, we hadn't much time for shopping but I bought a 6% dokidoki hairbow and a milk cutsew ♥ 

Unfortunately we hadn't got the time to go to the Baby, the Stars shine bright store -.- I was very sad about that, but I will definitely visit the store next time I come to Paris! 

Later this evening, we took a walk on the Seine and saw all those beautiful locks on a bridge:

It was a great day ♪

Okay that's it for now, there will be a final part 3 soon including my trip to Versailles ♥ 

[FRANCE] Great cities: Paris ♥ part 1

Hello ♥ How are you? 
This is the first part of the report about my trip to Paris, France! It was my first time visiting Paris and I was really excited! Paris is a really beautiful city with lots of interesting places ♥ 
Me and my friends did a lot of sightseeing and visited all the most famous places, but we took the time to discover small and hidden streets as well.  ^__^ 
We spent the first day in Montmartre, discovering many small and pretty shops, streets, etc. and also visiting famous 'Sacre Coeur'.

On the first picture you can see Sacre Coeur, a really beautiful church! From there you have an amazing view over Paris!

 And this was the first time I saw the Eiffel tower ♥ The atmosphere was amazing!

We took a walk through Montmartre and saw so many small shops and artists and everything, I've taken too many pictures for one blog post :D In the evening we fulfilled one of my lifetime dreams and visited the Moulin Rouge ♥♥♥ ^__^ You can see the pictures at the end of this post! I wanted to put them at the end of the post because it was the absolutely best thing! ♥

On the second day we made a sightseeing tour and visited for example Arc de Triomphe, the Opera, Champs Elysees, the Louvre and again the Eiffel tower!

 Someone had altered the station names inside the Metro <3

Closer to the Eiffel tower!

And the Louvre! It was so huuuge! We spent a few hours gazing at world-famous pictures such as the Mona Lisa. For me as an art-obsessed person this was very exciting! ^__^

Arc de Triomphe ~

We found this on a building and I had to take a picture ! ^__^ Oui à l'egalité !!

 And this is me in front of the Eiffel tower!
Outfit rundown:
Shirt: H&M
Skirt: Vintage
Accessoires: 6% dokidoki
Bag: Accessorize

And now to the best part ^__^ Pictures of the 'Moulin Rouge'! I don't know how many many times I watched the Baz Luhrman movie with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, it's my most favourite movie ever ^////^ It never fails to make me cry, haha ♥ I know it sounds tacky but for me it was very special to visit this place!

From outside ^__^

And the entrance: 

A poster of the show 'Féerie' ! I was very sad we couldn't visit the show this time but I swear, one day I'll save up enough money and watch a show at the Moulin Rouge!! ^__^

In case you don't know the movie 'Moulin Rouge', here are some pictures! ♥♥ (Pictures taken from Google)

 That's it for now, baby dolls ♥
Part 2 about my trip to Paris will be posted soon, including my visit at the Boddywood store ♥

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