Favourite Places

Good morning everyone! :)

I hope you're all doing good. I really felt like blogging and thought about ideas for new blogposts. So I decided to blog about something that I really enjoy. Travelling. I haven't been to that many places out of Europe, but then again I've been to a lot European places. I really want to travel the world after I'll finish school, starting with a year in Australia and New Zealand with one of my closest friends! I'm so excited for it, one and a half more years to go.

So in this post I wanted to blog about my favourite places, I've been to already. There are actually three of them, I think. The first one is this small town in Austria, called Damüls. I go there every year at least once to go skiing. My family and I have been there every winter for at least the past ten years. It feels like home and winter time is actually my favourite time of the year, just because I can go skiing at my favourite place again. I'v also been there for the second time in summer this year, which was kind of confusing. because it looks a whole lot different in summer than it looks in winter. Here are a few photos of this beautiful place, enjoy!

The second one of my favourite place is probably another small town, but in the Netherlands this time. It's called Katwijk. I've basically been to every possible part of the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, but Katwijk is my favourite one. It's close to Den Haag and to Leiden, a beautiful city with a great university!

Katwijk is a town with a small center with cute shops and restaurants. It's close to the sea and they have some really cool bars on the beach! The drive to Katwijk from where I live is only about 4 hours, so that's cool. 

My third favourite place is the capitol of England, London. I've only been there once, this April, but I immediately fell in love with this city, I really want to live there at some point of my life. I'm going there again this December/ January and I really can't wait. I just love how London is so multicultural and open to anything. People are very different there than they are where I live. London has it's personal style and I love how everybody seems to be their selves their. This might be a very naive view, but as I have only been there once yet, that's all I can say. Camden and Soho are probably my favourite parts of London. As I am a small town girl I am really impressed by how easily and fast you can get to any place in the city. I actually kind of dislike the Tube but then again I really love it! London is full of culture and creativity and it makes me really love this town. 

What are you favourite places in the world? I would love to know! :)

New URL

Hola mates!

As you probably may have noticed, I changed my url. I just really got bored of the old one and started to hate it more and more every day. The new url fits me pretty well, since concerts are my ultimate recipe for happiness and coffee pretty much gets me trough every day. I also changed the header and played a bit with the design. I'm okay with it's look, at least for now. You have to know that I'm a perfectionist when it comes to things like those. So I sat here the whole evening trough, thinking about new urls and googleing how to change this in your html to make your blog look more professional. I'm such a nerd sometimes, haha. At least Imagine Dragons kept me some company with their music during that. I'm actually going to see them live in a few days. I'm going to travel to Luxembourg with two friends for their gig their, since they're not coming to Frankfurt and the gig in Cologne was already sold out. The gig in Luxembourg is actually on a Saturday so that fits perfectly. We're going to stay there overnight in a Hotel, then travel home on the next morning. I'm looking forward so much to it! But what I'm even looking forward to even more is flying to London over New Year's with my friend Inga. Our hotel is in Camden aka my favourite place ever and we're so close to everything in the city. New Year's Eve in London is actually the coolest thing ever, not just because of all the parties, but because they have the prettiest firework ever in Westminster, check it out here. I really can't wait for it! What are you guys doing in your winter holidays/ on New Year's Eve?

The 1975 concert & meeting them

Hiya guys, 

I haven't blogged in a while, simply because I was so busy with my school work. I constantly have school until 5 pm and I had exams and reports to hand in going on. But I haven't got any exams this week, so maybe I'll have a bit more time to blog. 

This Friday I went to Frankfurt to see one of my absolute favourite bands in the whole wide world. There might be some swearing in the following text post and some shortened language, I'm sorry. I just copied from tumblr and added a few thing, because I was too lazy to write everything again.

I went straight to the venue after school and was there at like 2.15 pm, but my friends had already been there since around 12. The tourbus was already there, too. My friend was told that the guys would still be at the hotel, but for sure they weren't. After some time, Matty, George and Ross came out. According to them Adam was still asleep in the bus and they all looked dead tired but still were the nicest people ever. I knew George was tall, but honestly not that fucking tall. He already bend his knees a bit so he was smaller but when I tried to take a selfie I just couldn’t get all of him on the photo and he then just grabbed my phone laughing and took the selfie himself. He took two more, but they’re too awful for the internet to see, haha. My friend had loads of present for them and Matty was literally behaving like a little girl on christmas eve, he was so happy about the present she gave them. She had some black hoodie for Ross on which she stiched up The 1975 with fake leather and they all were basically completely freaking out about it, because according to Matty the apperently have had the same idea for a hoodie to do. We told them they should arrange Sina (my friend) for the merch, hahaha. My other friend and I gave them some cigarettes with chocolate flavour, just as a joke, but they were super happy about it. They told us they would come out later again and went inside the venue. Adam then later came out and as clumsy as I am I stepped full on his foot when we took a selfie.

As the time of the concert came closer more people started queueing up. People always start fights with me on twitter when I say that its pisses me off how those 15 years old One Direction fans claim to like The 1975 just because Harry Styles likes them. But it was the same again yesterday. I swear 90 % of the crowd were little 1D fangirls and they kept talking about One Direction when we stood in the queue. Wish the gig would’ve been 18 +. But I also met some really cool people, here's a picture of us all! :) 

Anyway the opening act was quite good and 20 minutes late the 1975 started to perform. The show was sick even though the microfone was way too silent and the sound was quite shit in that club. I ended up having a fight with some security guard who wanted to throw me out during the last song because I had argued with him before and didn't listen to what he was telling me. He basically told me not to film, but everyone else was filming, too. I mean was he actually serious? Normally you're allowed to film at every concert, even at the ones with super famous people performing. I would've done what the security guard told me, when everyone else would've been not allowed to film, too. That was what I told him but he just kept on screaming at me and that was when I had enough and freaked out a bit. He also argued with some of my friends and we were all pissed as hell, because he ruined a huge part of the concert for us. Also the band had noticed that something was going on, I mean they were directly in front of us and kept looking to figure out what the hell was going on.

After the concert we went out to where the bus was. There were tons of fangirls already waiting too, it was so annoying. They were even wearing hotpants and crop tops, like wtf it’s the middle of november and it was abou 5 ° C outside. The guys came out after some time and told us that they would come back and that they just wanted to bring their things into the bus. For sure those dumb fangirls ran after them and when Matty came out they started to mob him. LIKE WHAT THE FUCKING HELL ARE YOU SERIOUS. I was shouting at them that they should leave him some space and back off to build a queue. Obviously they didn’t listen to me and kept going on mobbing that poor chap. Matty looked so uncomfortable it was heartbreaking. Some girls even grabbed his hair and shit. Those girls were so disrespectful and rude, I have no words for it. There are times where I seriously question if some of those young people even have parents who tell them how to behave. I had enough of those twats pushing me around just to get to Matty and went to where Ross was. I let him sign my ticket and took another photo with him.Then I went to where George was but he went went back into the bus, I guess he had enough of the fangirls. I went to Adam and let him sign my ticket and took another photo, too, which looks awful by the way, whatever it's below. George shouted for the others to get in the bus because they apparently had to leave. 

We all were so pissed because of those fucking dumb fangirls who as I said only knew them because of Harry Styles and didn’t knew anything about the band. Some girl even called Matty George (he was just awkwardly laughing about it). And for sure they all only knew Matty and that’s why they fucking mobbed him. I MEAN WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT??? They’re the most chilled and nicest lads ever, why mobb them if you could have a easy chat with them? I’m still so fucking pissed. The only positive thing was that George, Ross and Matty were smoking our cigarettes when they came out, haha.

All in all it was a good night but some things really just ruined it. I couldn't even talk to them properly anymore that night. And they’re not even big over here in Germany yet…

But the 1975 are the most chilled and nicest lads you could possibly ever meet and I'm so looking forward to see them again in March! 

I hope you all had a nice weekend, thanks for reading! 

- Anne x

Haul: Mainz

Hey there!
Last Saturday I went on a little shopping spree with my parents to Mainz. It's about an hour drive from where I live and it's a lovely city. It was nice to go somewhere else for shopping since I actually got tired of always shopping in Frankfurt or all those bigger towns around where live. Mainz isn't that big but it has some nice shops and I found a few things. But see it yourself! :)

Since it's getting more wintry I decided to get some sweaters, because who doesn't love cuddly, warm sweaters? I bought it in a bigger size, since it's really short and I wanted it to fit loose, too.

Vila Clothes; Size L; 15,95 € (original price: 26,95 €)

Oh, another sweater. Who would've guessed. I bought it in a bigger size again because it fitted really tight in S and I wanted it to fit loose.

Only; Size M; 19,95 €

I have only worn these babes twice, but they already look so used, oh my god. Thanks to the shitty weather outside. I wanted those kind of boots for ages now and I was very, very happy when I found them. I don't  even know which brand they are and I'm too lazy to get up and look it up. Anyway I bought them in 'Fink Schuhe' if that helps.

European Size 38; 69,95 € (they were on sale, yay!)

Oh god, I'm so in love with this tank top. I first saw it in grey, but then went for the black one, because black's my coulour, haha. I again, bought it in a bigger size because the smaller one fitted weird around the boobs area, I guess it was made for someone with smaller boobs then me, haha. It's longer than a normal top so you can wear it with a pair of leggins or tights.

Vila Clothes; Size M; 24,95 € (original price 34,95 €)

Ok something is officially wrong with the upload thing for my blogposts. This skirt is plain black actually and on the picture it looks like some sort of grey? Ugh. 

I can imagine wearing that skirt while going out clubbing or when I'm in London over New Year's Eve.

Vila Clothes; Size S; 15,95 € (original price 26,95 €)

Same thing with this. Ugh what is going on? Those dark grey leggins actually have a flower print on them.

Only; Size S, 19,95 €

Have a good start in the week tomorrow! 

- Anne x

Olly Murs Concert & Meeting Him

Hiya you beautiful people out there!

Hope you're alright. Autumn has kicked in and it's raining outside constantly. Ew. So now I'm lying in my bed, being deadly tired. Today is the last day of my holidays and I'm quite sad because of that. But this post is about something different anyway, so here we go.

So on Wednesday the 9th I went to Offenbach for Olly Murs' concert there. I arrived in the afternoon because I had to be at my work placement until 3.30 pm and then take the train to Offenbach and then the bus to the venue. My friends Inga and Sabrina we already at the venue since 1 pm. Just when I stepped out of the bus a got a WhatsApp notification from Sabrina that they had just met Olly Murs. Do you have any idea of how pissed I was? The walk from the bus stop to the venue was like 1 minute so I had missed Olly Murs by 2 minutes. I was quite disappointed but kept telling myself that it was alright because I had already met him last year. I thought there were no more chances to meet him that day since he hadn't come out to meet fans on the other German shows. I was just happy that two of my besties had met him, look how cute their photos with him are! :) 

When I arrived at the venue they were already back in the line and there were just a few people in front of them so being in the front row was saved for us. We just chatted with some others until the doors opened. Unfortunately it started raining during that time and by the time we were let in we were al soaking wet even though we had some umbrellas. The opening act for Olly was Ivy Quainoo, the winner of the first series of the German Version of The Voice. Her voice is stunning, just like her. She's a real cutie and basically blows you away with her amazing voice!

Then after some time Olly finally came on! As some of you probably know I have already seen and met him last year and I knew how amazing he was live. Olly is a real entertainer and knows how to connect with the audience. The eye sex with him isn't too bad, too! ;)

My favourite songs live were Dance With Me Tonight, Hey You Beautiful and Troublemaker! Unfortunately I haven't uploaded any videos of the concert on YouTube yet. But you can find some on my Keek.

After the last song, which was Troublemaker, we went straight outside to the back of the venue in the hope to maybe meet Olly, we knew the chances weren't really high. Some others which we had met before already went out before Troublemaker and told us that Olly hadn't left yet. As we waited more and more people came out in the hope to meet Olly. Time passed by and at some point some of our friends had to leave because they were picked up by their parents or had to catch their train. Inga and I were left alone out of the group of our friends. It was raining again and we had no umbrella because Inga had forgotten hers in the venue and we didn't want to go back to because we were afraid Olly would come out during that time. 

It was getting later and later and we were getting wetter. My hair looked like I had just come out of the shower and my dress and shoes were soaking wet, let alone my jacket. I could already feel myself getting ill. To explain you where we were waiting I just drew this little thing because it was to complicated to write down.

From where we stood we could see the tour bus perfectly which the others couldn't since their view was blocked by the truck where they where loading in the instruments and some stage stuff. Time passed by and it was already probably 11.45 pm. Then one of Olly's background singers and his drummer walked past us and told me after asking that Olly would come out.

After some time Inga and I were like 'fuck everything, yolo' and went past the barriers and to where the tour bus was. Nobody stopped us. We first went to stay under some roof to not get more wet but then went straight to the bus. Some crew member was sitting in front of the bus, drinking his beer and smoking a cigarette. We didn't talk to him at first and it was kinda awkward. Then, about two minutes later some other, older crew member joined us. He was quite funny, asking if we were that guys fanclub and why he didn't have fans. Inga asked him after some water because was really thirsty. He told her that he had some in his pockets. This was when the funniest thing happed. Inga thought he meant the back pockets of his jeans and lifted his jacket to get the bottle. But the thing was, the bottle was in the pocket of his jacket. He bursted out laughing telling her that he would never let her get a bottle from hiss back pocket, since his ass was too old for her and she was too young for him, haha. Olly's crew is literally the coolest and funniest crew ever. (it probably doesn't sound as funny as it was)

We later asked the bus driver when they would leave and he told us that they would be probably leave in about 40 minutes. At that point it was already after midnight and we thought that there wouldn't be a chance to meet him anymore. Shortly after that some guy from the management came by and told us that we had to go back to the others and weren't allowed to stay by the bus. We thought that Olly was already in the bus anyway so we went back to were the others were. We were about to say goodbye to everyone when some guy from the German management came out to tell us that Olly would come out soon. So we stayed.

A few minutes after that some guy from the British management came out and told us to queue up and stay calm. Not to mention that I was completely calm and just wanted to go home to change into dry clothes. There were only two people in front of Inga and I. And then finally Olly came out. He was as nice and cute as always. He signed my polaroid, from the last time where we met. Then when we wanted to take a photo the most akward thing happend. Olly took my phone to take a selfie of us but my phone didn't want it the way he wanted to, which meant going to my camera roll and opening a selfie of me which I had taken earlier to check if it was possible to take selfies by the small light that was above us, since it was already dark outside. He wanted to click it away but my phone just went forwards and backwards between my camera roll and the actual camera. I annoyingly said: "Ollyyyy." (I hope I didn't sound too mean and annoyed, haha)

And he was excusing himself like "Sorry, I don't understand anything, it's in german" (my phone). I grabbed it from him to go back to the camera and then gave it back to him and we finally took our photo. 

He hugged me goodbye after that and kissed me on the cheeck. I thanked him for the amazing show and we basically left after that, since it was nearly 1 am and I had my work placement in the morning and Inga had to go to school. I arrived at home around 2 am and practically fell into my bed. In the end the waiting and being ill for the next week was worth it! Olly is such a different person when you meet him than he is on stage, but he's lovely and perfect both ways. I can't wait to see/ meet him again one day! :)

- Anne

Haul: Florence, Italy.

Hey babes! 

Here are a few things that I bought on my trip to Florence. It isn't much since apparently I'm a very picky person when it comes to shopping with my own money. I didn't spend that much there and still had a lot of money left when I came home, but I already spend it on concert tickets for Bastille, The 1975 and James Arthur so it was good that I had some left, haha. 

I don't even remember which day it was, but on one day we went to some huge supermarket which had a clothes selection on the second floor. Everything was actually quite cheap, but still in a good quality. That's probably the difference between shopping in Italy and Germany. If you buy something cheap in Germany it is for sure shit quality. 

I bought two pairs of Jeans since I really had a lack of jeans in my closet recently. I just tended to buy more like coloured pants in the past months so I really needed some basics again. The darker jeans had kind of a look like those boyfriend jeans but it fits really tight. You can't see it on the photo but it has a used look and is kind of ripped in the knee area.

The other one is just a basic light jeans. I don't tend to go for jeans that are that light, but it fits really well and looks good, so I bought it.

Well, that's my new baby. I was looking for a bag when we were in downtown Florence and it took ages for me to find one. I actually wanted a real leather bag which was kind of a bigger size, so I could fit a lot of stuff in. We basically were in every possible shop, well apparently if you believe my Italian cousin, and just when I was giving up and we where in the last shop I found this baby. It looks a lot better in reality than it looks on the photo, just saying.

I actually was looking for a different BB cream by L'Oréal Paris but they didn't have it in my skin coulour so I went for the Maybelline one. I'm pretty fine with it and now use it daily. It makes the skin look a lot 'cleaner' and covers up little spots and it doesn't make you look like you're wearing tons of Make Up so that's good.

I needed more lip glosses for my collection since it is really small. I found this gorgeous colour in the same shop as the BB cream. We sadly don't have Rimmel London in Germany anymore, I don't even know why. So whenever I'm in a country that sells it I go for Rimmel products since they're really good and not really expensive.

Then I needed a new powder since I tend to let my powders fall down on the floor pretty often. All of my others were broken, thanks to my clumsiness. I really like this one, it has a little mirror in the box which is really useful to be honest. 

I hope you guys liked this mini haul, it was my first one so I hope it's not too bad. :)

- Anne 

Florence

Hiya guys!

I'm back from my holidays in Florence, Italy where I was with two of my friends for a few days. We flew there on Saturday and came back yesterday. We stayed at my aunt's during that time, since she lives near Florence. On the first day we only arrived around 11 pm so we didn't really do anything except chilling at her's and drinking some wine. On Sunday we went to some designer Outlet in Barberino which was actually pretty nice, they had all those nice brands like Gucci, Prada, Moschine, Pinko and loads more but I didn't really find anything that I liked. In the evening we went to some restaurant for dinner. One of the things that I like most about Italy is the good food and the good wine so it was perfect. One Monday we went to Florence for some more shopping. We drank the best hot chocolate that I've ever drank right next to the famous dome and met up with my cousin around 4 pm. I've only met him a few times since he lives in Italy too and dislikes Germany, haha. But he's actually one of the coolest people ever and we got along pretty well. He showed us around for a bit and we went for some more shopping, only stopping by to drink some wine. After that we continued our shopping spree. In the late evening we went for dinner in some nice restaurant in Florence. On Tuesday we actually did nothing but going to a wine testing, but it was nice. In the evening/ night we originally wanted go out clubbing with my cousin and a few friends of his but it sadly didn't work out. We flew home yesterday around lunch time. I wish we could've stayed longer, but since it was my 18th birthdays yesterday I had to be home. 

I really do love Florence! Tuscany is such a nice and beautiful part of Italy and I'd love to go there again soon. I didn't really take many photos, but enjoy those few!

- Anne x