Day in the life: Germany and Surprise

Guten Tag! I hope you are all absolutely dandy :)

I'm in Munich !!! (Actually that is not entirely accurate, I'm sitting on a balcony in Croatia but lets just pretend I'm still in Munich please).
I absolutely love it here, the food, the atmosphere and especially the food are amazing. I don't have as many photos as I would like because, well, let me list the reasons:
1. We don't have the big camera with us because Mum said it was too big to carry around
2. We don't have my small digital camera because for some strange reason it refuses to charge
3. The camera that we did take (an old, small digital one) is now broken, every time we turn it on it vibrates vigorously (notice the alliteration)
Basically my family does not have the best of luck with cameras. We have also had one stolen and another run over by a bike but thats a different story.
Anyway, I do have a few iPhone shots and some photos taken by the video camera. I'll put some in now for you to gaze your eyeballs upon :)

Breakfast. Yes I spilt my tea (artistically) and yes that is Nutella - Yum

Pastries galore

Some interesting machinery at the Deutsches Museum

This is a helicopter, I liked this helicopter

Our weaving skills were fantastic (warp and weft)

If anyone was thinking of giving me a present a pink vespa will be appropriate :)

The atmosphere surrounding these food markets was incredible!

I was very tempted to bring this little friend home. Hedgehogs are my favourite animal incase you were interested.

The town hall in the Marienplatz was quite spectacular

Despite the somewhat misleading title these photos were not all taken in the one day but are just the best of the photos I have been bothered to download, I promise there will be more to come. The wifi connection here is frustratingly dodgy and it has taken me all week to write this post because it continuously cuts out but thats ok because I think I might actually be able to publish it tonight. Sorry that it has taken me so long to post and the delay might continue but I have a little surprise for you all :)

Since my photo supply isn't exactly abundant I decided that I would . . . dun dun dun . . . drumroll . . . suspense . . . vlog!!! I have been creating a bit of a video diary to share with you all, I still need to edit a few things but then I will upload it onto youtube and hopefully you will all enjoy it :)

Ok, thats all for now. I hope you enjoyed this post, let me know what you think in the comments :)

Until next time, Auf Wiedersehen!

Love Alex xx

Top 5: Things to Pack for a Holiday

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Hello dear internet world,
So I'm going on a holiday to Europe in a few days so I thought it would be relevant to come up with a list of my top five things to pack for when you are going away. It can be anything from a big overseas holiday, to a road-trip with friends or an overnight stay with relatives. Enjoy :)

1. Sun Protection 

Everyone loves warm weather and sunny days but getting burnt is not fun. Therefore I am being very responsible and telling you to slip, slop, slap because no one wants to look like a big red tomato. The products in the photo are what I tend to use, I use a specific face sunscreen because my face tends to be quite sensitive and also a lip balm with SPF otherwise my lips will become all burnt, blistery and gross. Wearing sunscreen won't prevent you from getting tanned, you can still achieve a summer glow without running the risk of skin cancer. So yes now that I am finished with sounding like your mum we can move on to number two . .

2. Books 

It's no secret that I absolutely love books and I think that a holiday is the perfect opportunity to catch up on some reading because you are taking the time to relax and take a break from your busy little world. I'm going to be packing these three books and probably a few more as well. We are studying Emma (look how I underline the titles like a good english student) at school and I was actually meant to finish it seven weeks ago but I'm slowly getting there. I'm super excited to read Paper Towns because I've read The Fault in Our Stars (can't wait to see the movie) and Looking for Alaska and really love John Green's style of writing. And finally City of Lost Souls, I'm a big fan of the mortal instruments series and the last book just came out so I'm super excited to see how the series ends.

3. Camera 

I think that a camera is definitely an essential for capturing all those special memories (sorry for the cheesiness). The event doesn't have to be that spectacular, the most ordinary every-day activities can make the best photos which are so good to look back on. Your camera doesn't have to be anything fancy (phone cameras are really good these days) as long as you are able to have a record of the things you see and activities you do.

4. Travel Journal 

Ever since I could write, on every trip that I have ever taken my Mum has nagged me to keep a journal with photos, descriptions of what we did and random things that I collected like serviettes. It always seemed like the biggest chore at the time but I'm so glad that I did it because I love looking back over them now. I would definitely suggest packing a little notebook in which you can quickly jot down exciting things that you see/do.

5. A big bag 

I always, always, always, no matter what, overpack. I also tend to pick up anything and everything, simply going to the shops will result in my bringing home a whole stack of fliers. This is why when I go on holidays I like to take a rather large day bag. This bag was a birthday present and is the perfect size for taking on the plane, to the beach, site seeing and pretty much anything else you can think of.

Congratulations for reaching the end of my first edition of Top 5, I hope it wasn't too long. I think the next one might be top 5 study tips or something like that so stay tuned (haha I have always wanted to say that).

Love Alex :)