Almost forgotten…

Just found these pictures on my external hard drive! They were taken around the same time last year with my lovelies Kerstin from Mademoiselleroy and Van Ahn from Chopstick panorama when we went to a market in London… kinda can’t remember which one it was… was it Borough Market?

Anyways. It made me miss London a bit and especially all my friends who I left behind when I moved to China. I found many great new friends in Beijing too but it’s sad that you can’t have them all around you at all times.

In this regard a big hug to my friends in London – I miss you! <3

xxx

british summers

Skirt, Rose Ring – Primark | Flats – Topshop | Wing Ring - OASAP

Now that I actually can spend some time outside instead of inside dark, artificially lit library halls, I have could actually enjoy the bit of sunshine that we had the last couple of days. Obviously it has turned grey and rainy again (damn you British weather!) but hopefully things will brighten up on Sunday again.

Yesterday I was finally able to pick up my package from OASAP from the post office, I got some lovely little bits – and found this lovely wing ring as a gift inside! Thank you so much, I love it! I’ll show you the rest in the next couple of days!

xxx

Ines

                                                                          

Jetzt da ich endlich mal Zeit habe ein wenig draußen zu sein anstatt in dunklen, Kunst Licht durchfluteten Bibliothekshallen zu sitzen, konnte ich auch endlich mal ein wenig Sonne genießen. Natürlich ist es jetzt wo ich frei habe wieder grau und regnerisch aber die Prognosen stehen gut dass es am Sonntag wieder besser wird.

Gestern konnte ich dann endlich mein Päckchen von OASAP vom Post Office abholen, ich hab ein paar tolle Sachen bekommen – unteranderem fand ich diesen tollen Flügel Ring als Geschenk in meinem Paket – vielen Dank, ich liebe ihn! Den Rest zeige ich euch dann in den kommenden Tagen!

xxx

Ines

lovely brighton

   

Wearing: Jacket, Skirt and Shirt – H&M | Boots – Topshop | Scarf – Vintage | Bag – Camden ||

Ah Brighton! I love you!
I have been in London for more than one and a half years but somehow I never managed to go to Brighton before – although it’s just one hour by train!

The weather could have been better but we didn’t let that bother us and instead enjoyed our time as much as we could. We had a blast trying the different rides on Brighton Peer – the ghost ride was so lame but we still managed to laugh (as you can see) -although Kerstin was more like WTF? :D Andrea and me even went on this bad boy which accelerates from 0 to 60mph in less than 3 seconds, with a force of over 3.6G’s in 2.8 seconds it feels like your legs are getting pulled away – my calves feel like I’ve been running for miles now! The ride was only 5 quid and lasted forever – if you are an adrenalin junky you have to try it! Ah-mazing.

We had Lunch at Café Aldo, which is a bit of an inside tip because it looks quite inconspicuous from the outside but they do amazing selfmade Pizzas for around £6! We did a bit of shopping as well but it was already quite late so we decided that we’ll have to go again soon and have a little bit more time for it. There are definately a lot of amazing stores in Brighton (although the vintage stores I have seen were all quite pricey… any insider tips?)!

I’m off to Brick Lane once more, have a lovely sunday!
xxx

                                                                                      

Bilder von unserem gestrigen Trip nach Brighton! Ich wohne jetzt schon über anderthalb Jahre in London und hatte es vorher noch nie nach Brighton geschafft – dabei ist es nur eine Zugstunde entfernt!

Heute keine ausführliche Übersetzung, zu langer Text! :D Nachher gehts wieder auf nach Brick Lane wie jeden Sonntag, wünsche euch ein schönes Restwochenende! 

xxx

chaos on the island.

 

The plan was to fly to Germany yesterday at 12.55 from London Stansted. Since I already missed a flight once, I had to make sure to leave early. So without having slept all night, I left at 9am, got to the airport way before time and consequently was the first in line for boarding. Since I was at the beginning I could hear everything that was going on between the terminal staff… when the rumors came that snow was heading our direction, I was the first to know. At 12.50 they cancelled all flights and even the planes that had already departed came back. So obviously everyone started storming to the ticket desk to get a new flight… I stood there queuing for 5 hours just to be 2 mins at the desk. I am rescheduled for tuesday, lets hope it will work this time. Worst thing was that no buses were running, so we had to queue another 2 hours to get a train ticket and another  hour to get on a train just to stand squeezed between a million suitcases in a heavily overloaded train. On top of that the bus from the station back home stopped halfway and refused to go any further which meant I had to drag my 25kg luggage for miles all the way back through the snowmud (uphill). End of the story is I spend about 70 Pounds for transport that day and I have a cold. What a brilliant day.

At least my boyfriend welcomed me at home with a hug and a hot coffee. I met so many people that day that were even unluckier because they had to book other heavily overpriced ways of transport to get home or stay overnight at the airport or a hotel. Good thing was that I met so many nice people to kill the time with. Luckily it happened in England; most people took it with humour, if it had been in Germany I would have been sourrounded by a bunch of miserable moaners. The English sure know hoe to queue! :D

In the end you gotta make the best out of any bad situation. My boyfriend once told me to never focus on the problem but on the solution. Moaning and crying won’t get you anywhere. I followed his advice ever since and it works for me.

I hope you guys had a better weekend and you’re not having to travel in these circumstances. Where ever you are, have a nice 4th of Advent.

xxx