Magical forest (Niendorf, Hamburg, Germany)

Hey guys! So the last three posts for this weekend before we hopefully get back to regular daily posts again. I even got some nice new ideas that I hope will turn out as good as planned so I can share them with you later on. Hope your weekend was nice and relaxing. I didn´t sleep so well last nights so tried to train more instead, but now my body hurts a lot. Anyway what you can always do, to slow yourself down and get calm again is taking a nice walk. You don´t even have to run or make exercises, just go for a nice long walk and liste to nature or music. My favourite place for relaxing is beside the harbour and "miami beach" this pretty forest I´ve already shown you a while ago. During the last weeks I´ve been there sometimes, not actually to take pictures, but really just for walking around. This really works well for me if my body is to hurt or tired for more training. But like I am, couldn´t resist to take some photos the last time. So hope you like them as much as I do. Enjoy your sunday and feel hugged.

This is where I enter the forest from the bus station.

And here you actually enter the forest area.
It is also allowed to bring your dog and let it run free.

There are many big trees and who know, maybe I´ll try to climb
onto one of them during summer. When was the last time
you climbed on a tree? I did that so often as a child.

It feels so good to walk upon those paths with all the green and light.

I got more than once the feeling, that I found a magical place.

You know it would be also nice to make a small forest party here.
Get some drinks, snacks an blankets and meet with friends.

Really need to make some photoshootings here. Are there any special ones you would like to see?

The only thing missing for me is a pond or lake or something.
All I found was this...leftover from the rain.

Oh but I also found one of those tents again. Think they are so cool!

I think as a kid you wouldn´t get me out of here again.

But really, try to take a walk somewhere, when you get the feeling that everything becomes to much for your head.

Canoeing and kajaking

Well I have to admit, that I was really worried about getting in contact with my new neighbours here, for that I am not so good in making new friends. It is not difficult for me to talk to people and be nice and even funny sometimes, but to actually get in contact and make friends...well that´s hard. So I was even more surprised as my neighbour here invited me to a small canoeing tour with his friends. That was so nice of him, and he propably doesn´t realize how thankful I was for that opportunity. Of cause I said yes and we went canoeing last monday (by the way, little me took the kajak instead, so the other four could use one canoe instead of two). It was so amazing, we had good weather, this international group of great people (from Iran, Vietnam and USA) were super friendly and we had lots of fun during these few hours. After we got back I even went to eat Kebab with the guys. It was a lot for one day (for me) but I am so glad that I went there and would repeat that any time again.

Still decided to dress warm, what was a really good idea.

We also took small breaks in between to rest our arms.

And all those spots were so beautiful like here.

Most of the time I tried to stay behind them, because I had no idea
where to go and don´t wanted to be in the way while making photos.

Aww and look who passed me by. There were actually a lot of small baby ducks around that day.

This little hous just caught my attention as we paddled by it.

Oh there was this one channel that was covered in green, trees, bushes, everything, it felt so awesome!

Sometimes I really got the feeling of being lara croft or something.
Strange, I know, but it was fun!

And in the end we really had sunny weather and amazingly nice views of Hamburg.

Tried new recipes

Oh before moving here I tried out some new recipes I wanted to share with you,because they were so yummy, that I will make them here again as soon as getting back next week. The first one was a simple breakfast idea that was already on my table several times, but this one is more...pimped? It just tasted better. And the second was for lunch as the potatoes needed to be eaten before they get bad and I still had some mushrooms left. So here we go and I hope you try and enjoy them to. xoxo

Breakfast:
Take vanilla yogurt (0,1% fat) and cut an apple into small pieces. Give your yogurt in a bowl and put on some cornflakes before adding the apple pieces and finish it with some honey on top. Make yourself a nice cup of tea and get yourself some water before every meal.

Lunch:
Peel and cut some potatoes and mushrooms and put them together with some oil into your pan. Heat it up and roast them until they are well done. Add some sauce and herbs and go on until the potatoes are nicely golden brown. Put everything in a bowl and use the preheated pan to saute some slices of bacon and top your meal with them. Here again, don´t forget about some water or juice for drinking.

This is such a delicious booster in the morning, I wouldn´t believe it if I hadn´t tried.

And it even looks good.

I am so thinking about getting me some strawberries soon!

And here you go with the lunch recipe. I also added some rosemary.

Not too healthy to be honest, but soooo good!

Through the city

The longer I live here, the more my sight of this city changes for me. It is still big and loud and wonderful, but I start to think more and more about things I need, where to get them, who to ask, how to spent time best. It´s becoming less running around and more exploring with a plan. At least when I find time for that. So I just got some small shots here for you that caught my attention throughout the city and there will surely come more every now and then.

A nice sign infront of a store.

Going underground for the subway station.

Enjoying interesting forms and colours up in the sky.

And yes, just observing people waiting for the bus like I do.

Floded "Miami Beach"

For a few days my BF came to visit me, he actually surprised me with that and of cause this made me really happy. We cooked together, watched some "Face Off", went to the city center and went for a walk on "Miami Beach", wich I saw floded for the first time. It was really amazing and I love to walk along beaches anyway, especially with him, we even had some sunny weather, eventhough the wind was pretty fresh and cold. However I made some nice photos there, that need to be shared with you guys. Enjoy and feel hugged.

As ships came by, the water rose even higher.

We also came across this beautiful old school ship...really like that.

You see usually you are able to walk on this small path on the left and still look at some stones and beach beneath you.

Don´t really know why I took this photo, but it kinda caught me.

See? No Walking on the trak today, it was all wet and shiny...and beautiful to look at.

But we still passed the cafe here, like I always do.

And you know I have to take pictures of waves again and again...sorry.

But I really like the colourplay of brown, white, blue and green here.

No matter of the wind, we weren´t the only ones talking a walk here.

And with the sun breaking through the wind was not that bad.

As we got back on the boat to head back to the harbour the sun
just looked amazing with the upcoming clouds again.

Look at this! So beautiful!

Rain and clouded sky

Hey guys! So here you got five more posts today. Well I start to keep up again, right? Gotta tell you, this feels really good and even though I will be on the road again next week, you will still get some regular posts. Just need to keep this going or my creativity will just dry out or something. Speaking of dry, a few days ago the weater wasn´t dry at all, but I still had to get outside and organize some stuff. Bad thing was, that my umbrella is still in Bielefeld. So little me had an adventures afternoon running through the rain until it finally ended in the evening as I got back to my new place. But the rain with the light of the sun and later on this cold but clear feeling in the air, were amazing, so I tried to take good shots for you. Hope you like them.

Sadly you don´t see it properly on this photo, but all this bright light here is actually rain.

In the evening the sky was filled with clouds and it seemed to be really dark, but somehow it was also
 a bit brighter here and there with some small spots of blue sky.

And the air smelled so fresh and clean, wonderful!

Here the proof for the main dark atmosphere.

The park behind my new "home"

And now that we mentioned the park behind the student residence, I just have to show you some photos. It is so beautiful down there, you know to just go for a walk, sit in the green for some minutes, watch some ducks chasing each other, go jogging, sit down in the cafe and drink something. Whatever you do, actually you are in the middle of the city, but it´s still calm, relaxing and pretty. I feel very lucky, to have this park so close here. To have the possibility for having a place to calm yourself down. No garden you call your own? No problem, go to the park.

That´s the cafe at the park. Haven´t tried it yet,
but it looks really nice.

You even have enough space to make a picknick during summer.

And the tracks for walking/running/jogging are really nice and right next to the water.

The pond there is not very big, but it doesn´t need to be.

And last weekend I was able to watch a really beautiful sunset
through my window here.