2 Month Catch Up
Apr 06.10 / Everything Else, Photographs, Travel
Hello everyone! Been much longer than I thought it was since I last wrote anything. I assure you it wasn’t intentional – my work load has been absolutely mental! It does mean I’ve got lots to share with you now so I’ll catch you up with what I’ve been doing.
I finally finished going through the photographs I took in Berlin which you can see on Flickr if you do so wish to. To round up the trip (which was about 2 months ago now) – really enjoyed it, although it was very, very cold and wet. If my sister hadn’t bought me those leather boots for my birthday I don’t know what I would have done. Most likely lost some toes.
Over the last few days, I did the usual tourist spots – the Jewish memorial museum, checkpoint charlie etc. I also spent a ridiculous amount of time at a B&W photobooth, although the photostrips are quite nice to keep.
I’ve uploaded a huge batch of photographs from my 365 project to Flickr. I have some disappointing news to admit to though – I stopped the project near the beginning of March because I just wasn’t able to put a lot of effort into it because of the little time I’ve had spare and they were starting to become more and more last minute.
I am a bit sad that I didn’t carry it on as it’s been really nice to see a picture of something that had happened everyday since I started, it’s helped me remember things that I would have most likely forgotten about, like my friend plastering a ceiling one time!
Moving on to more positive things, I finished and handed in my dissertation! Probably not as exciting to announce as it was about a month ago, but the moment I had finished binding it was one of the most satisfying moments I had had in a long time.
For anyone worrying about it, it is a pain to work on, but don’t leave it till the very last minute. As long as you decide to write about a subject you enjoy, it won’t be as awful as you think.
There’s plenty more to come – some lovely things I’ve received in the post, some events that have been happening at university and all the work I’ve been doing whilst I’ve been missing and probably some other bits too.
But I’m kind of sleepy now so I’ll leave it for another time and share a happy face with you. Hope everyone has had a lovely Easter whatever it is you might have done. Myself personally, slowing working my way through my stash of easter eggs!
Berlin Day 02, Jewish Memorial + Berlin Wall + Sony Centre
Feb 14.10 / Travel
Didn’t actually realise that you could go into the memorial…
Berlin Day 02, Reichstag & Tier Garden
Feb 13.10 / Travel
Berlin Day 02, Brandenburg Gate
Feb 10.10 / Travel
As we missed the first day of our trip, we managed to visit quite a lot of places on the Tuesday – Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, the Jewish Memorial, the Berlin Wall, and the Sony Centre.
Berlin Day 01
Feb 09.10 / Travel
I’m back from my trip to Berlin and I had a brilliant time! I’ve never been to Germany before so it was nice to be somewhere new. Only a few things went slightly off plan, the main one including the 4 and a half hour delay on our outward flight – which meant pretty much a whole day in Berlin was wasted in Luton airport.
So to begin with, our 8.25am flight was delayed by two hours which was slightly irritating, but we kept ourselves entertained, eating, drinking and playing games on a variety of iPhones that appeared from people’s pockets (which made me want one for myself!).
Then the flight got delayed by another hour.
And people started to get bored.
Then it got delayed two more times, making the grand total of 4 and a half hours, at which point everyone had given up and either slept, attempted to get our £3 food vouchers from a women behind a big desk or gone to the bar.
As no one had had any/that much sleep, by the time we got to where we were staying, a few of us just went out to a Spanish/Italian/Thai restaurant, went back and crashed for the night.
And that was our first day of the trip!