Wien Pt. II

Hallo ihr Lieben, 

weiter geht es mit meinen Fotos aus Wien!

 
Ich liebe die alten Wiener Straßenbahnen, die es leider nicht mehr so oft gibt - aber sie fahren noch, und meistens hab ich irgendwann Glück und erwische noch eine :-)

Ein bisschen Kulturprogramm muss natürlich auch sein: Die Albertina ist natürlich eine der Hauptattraktionen in Wien (also lieber nicht als Sonntag-Nachmittags-Programm nehmen...) , aber auch zu recht - ich liebe die 'Monet bis Picasso' Ausstellung!

Einen Sommertag im strahlenden Sonnenschein in Schloss Schönbrunn verbringen - was gibt es schöneres! Der Blick, wenn man von der Gloriette hinunterblickt, ist einfach immer wieder wunderschön.

Ein kleiner Abstecher in den 1. Bezirk zum berühmten 'Demel' ist bei mir immer drin - allein schon wegen der hübschen Tüten, und natürlich auch wegen der, zugegeben recht überteuerten, Schokolade!

Kaum zu glauben, aber bisher bin ich noch nie im Prater gewesen - das hat die Freundin, bei der ich war, natürlich sofort ändern wollen und mich in ein Riesenrad gesetzt :-)

Zum Abschluss noch ein kurzer Blick vom oberen Belvedere auf das untere Belvedere - mit Stephansdom im Hintergrund!

Ich hoffe, euch haben die Bilder gefallen! Wien ist einfach immer eine Reise wert, egal ob nur 2 Tage oder für länger, es gibt immer genug zu sehen. Ich wünsche euch noch eine schöne Woche, 

alles Liebe, 

Bella 

Lazy Sunday & The Fireplace

Hallo ihr Lieben, 

Und schon wieder ein Sonntag-Kuchen-Tee-und-Kerzen Post - ich weiß, ich mag ein bisschen eintönig wirken, aber was gibt es denn schöneres als lang auszuschlafen und dann einen gemütlichen Sonntag mit leckerem Kuchen und gutem Tee zu verbringen? Zum letzten Mal allerdings haben wir dieses Wochenende vermutlich unseren Kamin in Betrieb - der Frühling kommt ja nun doch langsam! ♥

Als ich dann jedenfalls versuchen wollte, das Feuer zu fotografieren, sind ein paar lustige Fotos entstanden, auf denen ich mich genau so in der Scheibe spiegle, dass ich mehr oder weniger "in Flammen stehe" - schaut selbst :-)

Ich wünsche euch eine schöne Woche, alles Liebe, 

Bella ♥

Ben & Walks = ♥

Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your light?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your heart?

Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your heart?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your heart?

All my friends they
Let me know
I've a fickle mind
Before the shows
I've a brittle tongue
It comes and goes
I've a fascination
With all I cannot control

Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your light?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your heart?

All my friends they
Let me know
I've a fickle mind
Before the shows
I've a brittle tongue
It comes and goes
I've a fascination
With all I cannot control

Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your light?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your light, babe?

 

Am I In Your Light - Ben Howard

Top 5 of 2014 - anything else

Hello, so I'm gonna finish this little series today with five things I loved but cannot match anywhere else! 

First of all, my iPhone. I have to explain that I always refused to have a mobile phone. I mean, look at the world, everybody is just walking around with their eyes tacked to a screen, talking on their headphones and living on the internet. So, when my parents asked me if I wanted to have a mobile phone, I always said no at once. I just liked being independent and free and not always available for everyone!    But as I got older, I stayed on my own more often, was with friends or at school, and so I thought it was time to get on with the present and leave the past behind, right? I bought myself an iPhone 5S, and I'm addicted. This was probably what I feared most, but I can't help it. My iPhone is the one thing I don't leave the house without. The one thing that's always in my hand. I sometimes wonder if I would still be able to relinquish it, I honestly don't think so. But anyway, this is definitely on my top 5 list. 

My scrapbook - we started this in school and instead of just doing what I had to, this became a real passion. I put such a lot of memories and little thoughts in here, I am sure that I will start to smile when I reopen this in 50 years from now, sitting on an arm chair with a cup of tea and look at all of this work, thinking about the "good old times" ! 

My baby - I got this guitar in February and I honestly wouldn't know what to do without it. I love its sound, its beauty, its shape (its an Epiphone EJ 200), even its smell. This is my love. 

Something very different now - a Pink tumbler. I went to Victoria's secret in London because I really really wanted a bottle and a tumbler, and I got both. I drink a lot more since I have them, as they can really carry a lot ot water, and I take one of them to school every day to make sure I get enough water.

And at last my Philips Smoothie Blender - I nearly forgot it as I haven't been using it a lot in winter, but it is perfect for making refreshing healthy smoothies in summer! I got it for my birthday and it never failed its job until now. 

 So, this was all of my Top products of 2014, I hope you enjoyed. See you soon

Top 5 of 2014 - Fashion

Hello everyone! This is my favourite five fashion pieces of 2014 :-) 

These Esprit jeans are not for nothing called 24/7 jeggins - they are my "jump-in-and-go" everyday jeans. They feel like a second skin, are amazingly flexible and so so cozy! Love love love. 

 Another great cozy basic - Brandy shirts. This is so slouchy and nice and whenever I get up with sleepy closed eyes I just grab this and I know my day will be bearable. 

 This is more room decoration than clothing to me - I ordered this beautiful Asos swing dress in autumn, I thought it would be perfect for Christmas. And then, because I really wanted to first wear it on Christmas Eve (which I did by the way), I hang it up on my wardrobe and it adorned my room from then on...

 I bought my Vagabond Grace at the day I went to Ben's concert. After having them on my mind for months, I decided to buy them as a kind of memento of this gig when I first wore them, and I really do think about those days in Vienna everytime I have them on. And I really do that a lot, I basically live in these - they are just so beautiful and easy to combine, perfect. Love love love again. 

 And last but not least my Go-to Cardigan from Mango - everyday, every night, every colour, every combination - this one always works. I live in it. 

 See you soon

Top 5 of 2014 - Music

Like I already said about 10 times before, I am a music person. And therefore, I am of course sharing my favourite 2014 albums with you. 

First of all, I Forget Where We Were. I think I've said enough when I name it to be the current soundtrack of my life.

And of course I also have to put Every Kingdom in here, as well as all of his EPs and unreleased songs, this is just what I listened to most and what I will always connect with this year. 

 Then another older album I really fell in love with recently - If You Leave by Daughter. This is probably the saddest and most depressive album I've ever heard, but as I love sad and depressing music I of course was bound to love it. Elena's voice is so, i don't know, clear and gloomy and melancholic and the lyrics are just touching and so true. Smother and Still are my favourite tracks right now. 

I remember the day Ultraviolence was released. I was ill, at home in my bed, so I downloaded the album to my mobile phone and listened to it about four times in a row. Then I decided to order it on vinyl.

 I love Lana, I love her deep, husky voice and her, I don't know, beautiful sadness. Ultraviolence comforts me somehow and makes me so calm. Sad, but calm. And she's so beautiful. 

And last, another old one I had on repeat this year: Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago. This is just flawless. Re:Stacks is my best companion for writing letters in the candlelight after midnight, and it's great company, for sure.

Of course this is not everything. Just to name a few other musical loves of the past 12 months - Damien Rice, Hozier, Coldplay, Birdy, Josh Rouse, Jacko Hooper, Charlie Simpson - there's too much great music in the world to ever be finished. 

Top 5 of 2014 - Books

Another hard decision - but this is what I enjoyed reading in 2014 most.

First of all: I made a big resolution some day in October, and I have to admit that I still haven't had enough time to finish it, but I really wanted to read Tolstoy's War and Peace. I found it on my nana's bookshelf and I just thought it was something I really should have read in my life, and actually I did enjoy it. It's not always easy to concentrate and it sometimes gets a bit long-winded, but I have already read Anna Karenina a few years ago and I somehow love the observing, detailed style and I love the atmosphere it creates. I just really really need more time. 

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a movie I absolutely love, and I have always wanted to finish the book so I finally did. 

Of course The fault in our stars didn't walk past me, and I found myself in tears at the end although I had already seen the movie twice before reading it. And I like being in tears over books.

I just finished Looking for Alaska and I have to say that I might like it even more. Really sad, but so great. 

And at last one of my all time favorites - Pride and Prejudice. No explanation needed, I love it. 

See you soon



 

Top 5 of 2014 - Beauty

I'm starting with my 5 days of " Top 5" series today and I'm trying to post regularly after this.

It's hard to decide between all my beloved beauty things, but I think I used those five most:

The Clinique Line-Smoothing Concealer - I really loved this concealer all year, it's perfectly smooth and light but covers without making you look cakey. I just love this. 

Another thing I used everyday is my Sleek Storm eyeshadow palette. I use it basically everyday and for everything, also for highlighting and contouring my face, and the golden shades are just gorgeous! 

My favourite nail Polish has to be this O.P.I. one which is great for simple beautiful nails, a nice basic. 

Then I have two hair products I absolutely loved, first of all my tangle teezer. I got myself a compact one as I use to just throw everything in my bag and I always take it with me wherever I go.

And finally I just bought my first "invisibobbles": they are scrunchies that kind of look like old fashioned telephone wires, and they are so much more comfortable than the regular ones! I have never got a headache as I usually tend to since I only use them!

25 Facts about me

Happy new year everyone, I hope 2015 is going to be a great year! As I've never really presented myself I thought I would share a few random facts about me with you, I hope you enjoy!

1. English is not my mother tongue and I want to apologize for any mistakes I have ever made and will ever make!
2. I don't have any brothers or sisters
3. I live in a small village
4. I sometimes wish I was born in another time ...
5. ... and in another country, the uk mostly
6. I love 60s movies, my favourite actress is Doris Day...
7. ... well and Keira Knightley probably
8. I love Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen books in general
9. and Wuthering Heights, how could I forget
10. My favourite yankee candle is soft blanket
11. I like scrapbooking
12. I love rosy things and decorating my room rosy
13. I sometimes feel a strong need to be in nature and just breathe 
14. I would love to have a cat but unfortunately I am allergic
15. I like fashion a lot but I'm just not brave enough to wear whatever I like so I usually end up dressing quite.. well not exactly boring, but not exciting haha
16. I really really love London a lot
17. I also love a lot of other things you can find in my -> About  page 
18. I overthink everything and make myself sad often,
19. but I somehow enjoy the comfort of sadness a lot 
20. I usually have a very low self esteem
21. I don't know what I want to study and it's slowly making me crazy...
22. ..because I feel like I really should make a decision but I'm so indecisive!
23. I often cannot say what I really think and then I usually sit down and write letters or songs
24. Music is basically my life 
25. and what keeps me going, always. 

See you soon ♥

2014 Part II

Only one day left of this year, yay!

I've also been on a lot of small trips in 2014, I really like getting away for just a few hours. It doesn't have to be far, just away.

And of course there was Ben and our trip to Vienna, which is something I will certainly never forget. The whole atmosphere was just .. magic.

But there was of course more than travelling. I've spend a lot of time with my family, especially my grandparents, and I'm really thankful for every minute I can be with them.

And there is one more thing really worth being mentioned: Food. I don't know how much gorgeous things I've eaten this year, I know this might sound strange. Food is just an easy way to make me very happy very fast haha! My friends and I really enjoy baking a lot and we've got each other amazing cakes this year!

But although it might sound that way, 2014 wasn't a overall perfect and beautiful year. I am so thankful for all the amazing things I did and because I am, it feels even more awkward to say that I am not a happy person at all. I do not understand fully myself, but there are times I feel anxious and lonely and lost, and I tend to think and overthink everything so much that I make myself sad and just.. I don't know, it's the worst thing to be awake in the middle of the night and forget how to feel.

But anyway, this is not the post I want to talk about internal struggles in my head and feelings I should feel but don't, maybe I'm doing an extra post on this some time.

I decided to to a little "Top 5 of 2014" series the next 5 days, I hope you will enjoy it!
See you soon ♥

2014 Part I

This year has gone just like the one before - way too fast. Last New Years Eve feels just like yesterday, although so much has happened in between!  I hate the feeling you get when time is running so fast and you have no idea how to slow down, especially when amazing things you have been looking forward forever end all of a sudden and all you have left is just memories.

But well, I believe that good memories are probably the best thing to have, because they never change. People change, worlds change, life changes, but memories stay the same, always. So I just wanted to share some of my best memories of 2014 with you and I hope you enjoy. I don't know if someone will ever read this, but at least I do :-)

I've been on a cruise with my nana at Easter and I have never seen more beautiful sunsets and sunrises than then. It's not always nice being around so many people on quite short space, but standing on top of the deck and seeing nothing but ocean, feeling the wind and the salty air in your face can be really inspiring and overwhelming, and I've seen lots of beautiful places I really want to go again. 

Then I went to Ireland with some of my best friends and we just had an amazing time I really like thinking back to. We went on a lot of trips all through the country and we really did see a lot for that short time!  Dublin is just a gorgeous city to stay,  and I hope to come back soon. 

Then, of course, London my love. There is no place such as London in this world, and you don't even have a clue how extremely excited I was for months because I knew that I finally would return to my favourite place. I know it might sound very exaggerating, but although I've only been to London three times in my life, it feels like home to me. I know it's crowded and touristy and dirty and dangerous, but it's also so magic. I just wish that London will one day end up being my real home. I just wish, so hard.

There has been so much more worthy to be mentioned that I just decided to do a Part II of this tomorrow! See you soon ♥