Back from the Hols!

Back on the Albion, very relaxed from the holidays but also stressed from the first two days at work where a whole lot of work was already waiting for me to get back...

So i had my friend Briseida over who is living Mexico and will be moving back to Canada quite soon. We met 4 years ago and got in touch when she wanted to send her cousin Maria a text but accidently send it to me - an accident that lead to a great friendship. It was the first time we ever met and also her first time in Europe. I wanted to make the best out of her trip and luckily i seem to have succeeded. We spend the first two days in the capital, Berlin and had loads of fun there. First thing we actually did was helping out a homeless - twice. Also we visited all the famous sights like Brandenburg Gate and the goverment buildings..and of course we couldn't deny a visit of Madam Tussaud's. After discovering Berlin we went back to my beautiful hometown Erfurt, which she totally fell in love with. She said that i actually live in a fairytale ( I think she is right.. ;) ) .. We also gave my favourite city Weimar a visit and Thuringias most famous castle "Wartburg"...despite the touristic stuff, we partied alot and had fun with hot wine on the local christmas markets... told random people how beautiful they are...sat down with Mafia people for drinks...and...even got a tattoo. Well - at least SHE got one. A beautiful Canada maple leave. She spend many years of her life in Canada, it is where she had her most important time ever - so it means a lot to her. Enough with the talking, enjoy the pictures and the video (sorry, it was my first time I tried Magix..i promise I'll do better soon - also, i will most likely buy a video camera soon)

Holidays...

The reason why I am not posting much around this time is that i am on holidays, my friend Briseida from Mexico came to visit me,it's her first time in Europe ever and i am hosting her on her trip :) We've already been to Berlin and now we're in Thuringia for the rest of the week...I'll be back next week for sure with lots of pictures and videos from the holidays!

Nails nails nails...

No one who really knows me would ever define me as a "girly girl"... what they dont know (and what i don't like to admit) is that i do indeed have a very cheesy site: i love cheesy love romance movies and books, i love "kiss me" by Sixpence None The Richer, fashion and yes...nails. During the past few weeks i discovered my passion for nail design, i started using nail polish but then discovered a less annoying, better looking innovation of German brand "Essence" - Nail Fashion Stickers ! They are easy to put on, last several days and are easy to take off too. All cost about 2 Euro only. I can highly recommend them!!

Where is the love

Looking at the world as it is now, as it always was, i wonder if humans will ever learn. There is NO need for war, NO need for depression NO need for crime. If all of us would be open minded AND open hearted this world could be nothing else but paradise. Spread love. Not hate. We are one, we are a whole big family and none of us must be alone. Such an easy message, yet so hard to understand for so many of us.
100 people were asked about their greatest wish. 78 answered with "Universal peace".
You may think this sounds quite good. I do not agree. My question is: Why only 78....
The reason i come up with this is Couchsurfing.org . I booked my flight back to the place i like to call home, Cork - Ireland for December/January. I also already booked my b&b for the first week in Cork City, but as we would like to spend another one nearby at the seaside i decided to look for a host at couchsurfing. CS is a place like no other. Whoever wants to travel, alone or not alone (because you WILL meet great people wherever you go) should take this into consideration. It is one of the most heart warming things i have ever seen. Please take your time and take a look at this truly beautiful, humanly network. We need people like this.

( Big ) foot notes

Refering to the comment on an older post on the Albion i will now show the video of getting the tattoo done. You can also see the end result. Surprisingly the healing process was incredibly quick. After just one day it didn't hurt anymore, i could wear any shoe i wanted to wear, i felt nothing at all. It still looks great and healed perfectly! I feel sorry for my friend who had to deal with me being all whiny squeezing his hand - and shirt. Never go to a tattooist on your own. Enjoy the pain.. ;)

Get on your boots!

Sick at home and lots of time for [FASHION] blogging...cuz how i spend my days sick at home is just not really interesting...and i surely don't want to bother you.
The past week i found some amazing boots on www.mustang.es ' fall / winter collection (yes i do tend to surf on spanish sites). I just couldn't let go, i looked at these boots over and over again so i went to find similiar ones (as we don't have a mustang store here and i couldn't find them online)... and yep, i saw the shoes of my dreams in a shopping window. They are very practical, they make me alot taller, improve the way of walking, look extremely nice ( i just love the grunge style ) and are extremely comfortable. For the looks of them, i added a chain to one of the shoes. I also found the hat of my dreams in a shopping window, on the shop window mannequin. The mannequin must now be freezing on its head because it was the last one they had and they gave it to me, ah the luck i had. In (sick) times like these, shopping just makes you happy...and when cleaning up my room (because i've got hell loads of time today) i also found the ring of my dreams, which i lost some time ago :) It kinda represents my ANKH tattoo which i got in 2010.
Have a great weekend x Mary

The season's ending

*sigh*...back home with a bruised and blue thumb, sword traning just NEVER ends harmless and without injuries. So this Saturday we went to the last medieval fair for this year ( thank you Peter for telling me bout it! ) ..and I can only say that i am very proud that i attented more than 10 medieval festivals this year, one of them being one of the TOP events in Germany. I spend about 18 years of my life being jealous of the people who lived history at those events. I always wanted to be one of them, i always wanted to own these outfits, wanted to own a sword, go to these concerts, just LIVE this hobby with passion. Over the past 2 years i finally got into the scene via some friends. I met amazing people at the fairs, some of them now being friends I would never want to miss ( Huge shout to Martin ), i got my very own outfit, i bought a very good sword and i do have regular sword training with my friends now. I finally live the dream i never dared living. And this year just topped it. I spend so much time living history, it is incredible. Thank you Simon, Lukas, Martin and Tanja for making the time there even more amazing. You are four of my greatest friends ever, i love you guys.

but for now... i'm pretty wrecked. Good night. ;)