You mights have noticed that in the last few weeks I've been not really active here and on other social media. I've been feeling so unproductive which seems to be a regular thing by now. The last six month have been rough, my last internship has added so much unnecessary stress and the summer heat really isn't helping, too. So for now I'm going to talk about my current projects to get myself back on track DIY-wise. In the past these post were limited to my knitting projects but since I'm not really knitting that much during the warmer month of the year I chose to extend to other crafts as well.
The first project is a knitting project I kind of abandoned after I had to frog the whole the thing and start over. It's the "Quick Ombre Hat" and my first version turned out way too big.
Then I started several pieces in my pottery class. The first one is a small tile where I tried some appliqué decorations. Actually we were supposed to do flowers but I chose tentacles and seaweeds instead. Fortunately my teacher is fine with me doing what I want as long as I implement the techniques he shows us. The second project is some kind of decorative lantern and mine is loosely inspired by the College of Winterhold in Skyrim. This is why I put a dragon on it. Sadly I have to wait a while longer before I can glaze these because pottery class wont be re-starting for a few weeks.
Here is this months "Document your life" video. It was a busy month with us being on vacation and everything. The music in all my videos was kindly provided by Mr. Biest. I'll leave you the link to my YouTube channel here in case you want to check out my other videos.
Hier mein "Document your life" Video von diesem Monat. Es war eine Menge los wie zum Beispiel unser Urlaub. Die Musik hat wieder netterweise Mr. Biest beigesteuert. Ich lasse auch den Link zu meinem YouTube Kanal einfach mal hier, für den Fall jemand von euch mag sich meine anderen Videos ansehen.
The month of July was mainly one thing - warm. Way too warm. We had around 30°C most of the time and I just can't deal with that. But I still managed to to some fun things this month. First of all was Mr. Biests and mine 10 years anniversary in the beginning of the month. Sometimes I can't really believe that it's been 10 years already.
Next we visited the "Filmpark Babelsberg" in Potsdam with some of my family members. It was really cool and especially enjoyed the stunt show.
Then Mr. Biest and I were on vacation in Hamburg for a few days. I wrote a separate post with a video and a lot of pictures about that.
The rest of the month I spend mostly inside trying to escape the heat. We of course watched the lunar eclipse. My photos are not the best but it was really cool to see.
Der Juli war vor allem eines - warm. Viel zu warm. Wir hatten so um die 30°C und das ist einfach zu warm für mich. Trotzdem habe ich versucht ein paar schöne Sachen zu machen.
Anfang des Monats war Mr. Biests und mein 10. Jahrestag. Kaum zu glauben, dass es wirklich schon 10 Jahre sind.
Dann waren wir mit meiner Familie im "Filmpark Babelsberg". Das war ziemlich cool und ich fand vor allem die Stuntshow sehr beeindruckend.
Mr. Biest und ich waren außerdem für einige Tage im Urlaub in Hamburg. Ich habe dazu auch schon einen längeren Post mit vielen Bildern und einem Video gepostet.
Den Rest des Monats habe ich vor allem in meiner Wohnung vor der Wärme versteckt. Natürlich haben wir auch die Mondfinsternis angesehen. Meine Fotos sind nicht so toll geworden, aber es war toll das zu beobachten.
Those of you who follow me on Instagram have already seen that I was on vacation for the last few days. Since we couldn't do a longer vacation we decided to do short trips to different cities this year. Back in February we were in Prague and now we visited Hamburg. We went there by train which was nice since I really like taking the train and it was way more comfortable than a long-distance bus. We stayed at an Airbnb and that was nice as well and quite close to the city. We only stayed in Hamburg for three days but we made sure to make the most of our time there.
I took this opportunity to film some clips and I decided to put together another short video. The music was kindly provided by Mr. Biest (@korny92). Check out my YouTube for all of my other videos if you like.
But I also took a lot of pictures and of course I brought my Instax camera with me. I didn't took as much polaroids as I did in Prague and I had some trouble with the lighting so not all of them turned out good.
Since we arrived on a Sunday most shops were closed and we used the time to explore the St. Pauli Piers, the Old Elbe Tunnel and the port. We also had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe which was amazing and very delicious. Ohh, and we also visited the Reeperbahn which was a bit underwhelming but I guess we just were there on the wrong day and the fact that it was still quite early didn't help either.
For Monday Mr. Biest had tickets to the "Miniatur Wunderland" booked. It's the largest model railways in the world by he way and it's just so cool. We spend hours in there and I loved all the cute and weird little details that are hidden in the different scenes.
After a small lunch of fish sandwiches we visited the "Elbphilharmonie", this huge concert hall by the waterfront that people either seem to love or to hate with a lot of passion. I really liked it and since the weather was really nice we had a great time enjoying the view and exploring the "Plaza" half way up. After that we explored the city some more and did a bit of shopping. I didn't buy anything huge since they had essentially the same shops we have at home. In the evening we ate at a small Restaurant called "Nakama" which had amazing asian fusion cuisine and delicious homemade lemonade - I just love the whole homemade lemonade trend!
Our last day we spend by riding the ferry around the port and enjoying the view. We also had another fish sandwich and drinks at the Hard Rock Cafe. And we spend a few hours just drinking coffee because our feet hurt and we both were tired. The train ride home was mostly okay but we had some delay in Berlin and the train we took from there was not only very old but also dirty and we had a few very annoying fellow passengers. I just took this as an opportunity to take a much needed nap.
Alle die mir auf Instagram folgen haben sicher mitbekommen, dass ich kürzlich im Urlaub war. Da wir dieses Jahr nicht die Möglichkeit hatten einen großen Urlaub zu machen, haben wir uns für mehrer kurze Städtetrips entschieden. Im Februar waren wir in Prag und dieses Mal ging es nach Hamburg. Wir sind wir mit dem Zug gefahren, was ich deutlichen bequemer finde als den Fernbus. Unsere Unterkunft war wieder ein Airbnb und es war wirklich schön und zentral gelegen. Da war nur drei Tage in Hamburg waren haben wir versucht die Zeit so gut es ging zu nutzen.
Ich habe natürlich trotzdem eine Menge fotografiert und ich hatte auch meine Instax dabei. Ich habe allerdings nicht ganze so viel damit fotografiert wie in Prag und ich habe immer noch ein paar Schwierigkeiten mit der Belichtung, weswegen nicht alle Bilder wirklich gut geworden sind.
Da wir am Sonntag in Hamburg ankommen sind, waren die meisten Geschäfte geschlossen und wir haben die Zeit damit verbracht die Touristen Gegend Rund um die Landungsbrücken zu erkunden. Wir waren auch im alten Elbtunnel. Gegessen haben wir im Hard Rock Cafe was wieder sehr lecker und gemütlich war. Auf der Reeperbahn waren wir auch kurz, aber am Sonntag ist da einfach nichts los und im Tageslicht sieht es da ehrlich gesagt auch nicht wirklich toll aus.
Für Den Montag hatte Mr. Biest Tickets für das Miniatur Wunderland gebucht, die größte Ausstellung von Modelleisenbahnen der Welt. Wir haben einige Stunden dort verbracht und es war wirklich beeindruckend. Ich fand es besonders spannend die ganzen witzigen und seltsamene Details in den Landschaften zu entdecken.
Nach einem Fischbrötchen zum Mittag haben wir dann die Elbphilharmonie angesehen. Wir hatte ziemlich Glück mit dem Wetter und konnten den Ausblick vom Plaza über die Innenstadt und den Hafen genießen. Am Nachmittag haben wir uns etwas in der Innenstadt umgesehen und Abends haben wir in einem tollen Restaurant namens "Nakama" gegessen. Dort gab es asiatische Fusion Küche und hausgemachte Limonaden.
Unseren letzten Tag habe wir dann mit einer großen Rundfahrt auf der Fähre, mehr Fischbrötchen und Drinks im Hard Rock Cafe verbracht. Die Zugfahrt nach Hause beeinhaltete dann noch eine größere Verspätung in Berlin, einen alten und dreckigen Zug und nervige Mitreisende. Ich habe die Zeit dann einfach für ein dringend notweniges Schläfchen genutzt.
