Selasa, 09 Oktober 2012

Berlin, day two

Now that I'm back, I finally have the time to edit and post all the photos I took in the wonderful Berlin. I had time there, too, but let's face it, guys. I was out in a new town, having the time of my life with my favorite person and... yeah. I'm posting now.

Berlin was such a huge adventure for me. I had never traveled that far alone, and being afraid of flying, it wasn't easy. But it was oh-so worthy. My time there was amazing. I wandered around town while Lina was in class, by myself, and felt like such a badass (shush, I'd never done that). It felt scary, at times. But so very exciting. I loved the city and I loved the people. I hope you can see that through my photos.



while Lina was in class, I spent a morning having Starbucks coffee (yay!) and walking around town. Can you see the air balloon? It's so amazing! I didn't have the guts to go up there, but it's so gorgeous from afar!

More under the cut!













Oh. OH. Lina brought me to Ritter, the chocolate store, where you can have chocolate made with ingredients from a huge list they have. We made one with dark chocolate, gingerbread crumbs, caramelized roasted almonds and rose pepper. Heaven! 






She looks so pretty with my glasses. 


I was in love with the red leaves. I don't have that many here; ours are mostly yellowish and never get this beautiful autumn-y color. I love their trees so much!




The bottom picture was taken by Lina. I'm a little in love with it. 



The Holocaust monument was absolutely lovely (and would have been lovelier if it wasn't for the bunch of high schoolers running around and playing hide and seek. Still).


I hope you enjoyed these; more will come in the next few days, as I have more time to process them, in the breaks of my actual work. 

There are also news to come in the next few days, regarding my work, or an alternative job I'll be doing whilst still photographing. I think you'll like it. It'll give you a few delicious photos, too. Stay tuned! 












Jumat, 05 Oktober 2012

and as she travels, the world turns faster


Story 3/52
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and as she travels, the world turns faster
it's a frightening feeling, that of the traveler who has never wandered, never found herself walking aimlessly through the veins of a town she hasn't known. It's exhilerating. It's got the same brand of excitement as the newfound love, the wonder of loneliness and company altogether, mixing with the strange fear and the cold in the pit of her stomach. She has never walked alone and now she is, and she's so brave for it, isn't she? She, the one for whom everything is just a little harder, just a little brighter, just did it on her own, and now she's happy. And terrified, but that's a good thing.
It means she's taken a step forward.
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This photo was delayed due to my trip to Berlin (where I still am, having a wonderful time!). I spent all day stressing about not having taken a pic of the week, when my darling stopped me at an old train station and said 'Hey, you wanna take your picture here?'. It was only then I looked around and it was just the perfect location. She served as my human tripod and I owe a great part of this photo to her.


Senin, 01 Oktober 2012

At last I'm here (aka, blogging from Berlin!)

Hello, my darlings!

I am so sorry for my absence in the past week; I had several problems throughout the whole time, culminating with the death of my beloved computer, last Wednesday. My poor Mac was much too old, and with a small bang of my cell against it (I dropped the phone when I had the laptop in my lap) it died. As did all my info. Luckily, I have a good friend who happens to be a computer wiz and he's working on recovering my data.

To make things better, though, I am in Berlin! I'm with my favorite person in the world and so far I'm having a wonderful, wonderful time. I thought I'd share some of my pictures of day one with you, what do you think?

















(taken by my darling Lina)


(also taken by Lina)










(also by Lina)


I hope you're all having a terrific week! I'll post more news as they come, and more photos from this trip. See you!