Deutschland-ING: Wiesbaden ft. Wine fest

Google here to help: a little bit about Wiesbaden.

"Wiesbaden is a city in the western German state of Hesse. Its neoclassical Kurhaus now houses a convention center and a casino. The Kurpark is an English-style landscaped garden designed in 1852. The red, neo-Gothic Market Church on Schlossplatz is flanked by the neoclassical City Palace, seat of State Parliament. Museum Wiesbaden displays expressionist paintings by Alexej von Jawlensky and natural history exhibits."

There are so many beautiful landmarks which I still yet to go, but here are some photos I've taken on my trip to Wiesbaden, I actually go to Wiesbaden very often for shopping and chill since the town gives me stress :'), I definitely need some dose of city. Wiesbaden is the closest city that I could get to. Wiesbaden shopping street is no doubt my favourite and as well as Kurpark. 

17-August-2018

🚆Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof🚆

If Brisbane train station looked like this....

This particular mid-street parking reminds way too much of Melbourne. 

It was actually the wine fest and too bad I don't actually drink alcohol that much any more.

Although it was the wine fest, I was pretty ok with not drinking and in fact this whole exchange has been sober for me, and I am in no particular interest in drinking for fun, really. I would try few wine here and there, and some cocktails and that is about it. And all the other exchanges students from Europe especially are big on drinking which I feel like i don't really mix well with that. No alcohol for me :'). I am a changed woman.

I had to take a photo of that floaty wine glass because for goodness sake it does not look like a wine glass. 

I am definitely enjoying German plants, there are so many flowers around and I took so many photos of just flowers that I could potentially have a full post just post photos of them. 

There are so many Cathedrals in Wiesbaden, and there's many more nicer ones but I just didn't have time to find them.

 This is part of the shopping street, this street is about 25 minutes stroll and have so many different shops and restaurants !

A friend of mine who can't really take photos took this photo for me

🌲 Kurpark 🌲  

I was in shook of its beauty and there's no park in Brissy is as beautiful or as big as this one. 

I was definitely in love again. I actually couldn't stop taking photos because by the time I arrived to this park it was the blue hour and it's best time to take photos! Now just sit back and enjoy the beauty 🌳🌲🌼🌸🌱

 

 

Also, odd enough, I've had a lot more Macca fries and coke here than I did in Australia, which I don't understand why. 🤷🏻‍♀️

X.Bessie 

Here for Deutschland-ING Day 1, Frankfurt city

Deutschland-ING: Frankfurt City

Little bit about Frankfurt according to Google

"Frankfurt, a central German city on the river Main, is a major financial hub that's home to the European Central Bank. It's the birthplace of famed writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose former home is now the Goethe House Museum. Like much of the city, it was damaged during World War II and later rebuilt. The reconstructed Altstadt (Old Town) is the site of Römerberg, a square that hosts an annual Christmas market."

Thank god, I finally decided to stop being a lazy ass about my adventures in Germany. Anyways, Frankfurt was a beautiful city and was the first city I landed as well, first day was full of excitement and for some odd reason, the excitement didn't last as long as I thought it would. I guess that's a sign that i have aged? I am just comfortable and calmly taking everything in, amazing architectures and the good old city vibes I like.

 11-Augst-2018 Saturday

Arrived in Frankfurt again after two days of recovering from Jetlagged, homesickness and no makeup face.

 

 🚊 Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof

Also, after I landed in the Frankfurt Central Station, I completely lost my way and ended up in the opposite exit. 

also this is something I learnt: European countries have a lot of bicycles around. 

Got lost but the view was still amazing.

Just waiting to cross the road, and got super excited and took a photo with some German heads and buildings

  

🎠 Römer🎠 

This is the city hall, I am in shook

This amazing bubble busking guy doing amazing bubble tricks

It's so hard to get a photo of me and just this old city.

Got told off for taking photos at this guy, so I dropped some gold coins to him.

Doing me: acting touristy towards the 40 storey high Euro tower

Doing me again, because good outfit needs to be featured in more than one photo

the most trendy colours of 2018 and super nice window merchandising

I just realised this market in Frankfurt is on almost every week, and more than one day a week, because after this visit, I went to Frankfurt again and the market was there again. And there seemed to be a lot of markets like this around, and you guessed, they have Beers and Bread with Sausages with almost no disappointments every time :').

The nice status in that market.

We were in an indoor fresh vegetables and food market, a little bit like the Melbourne Victorian Market. I sometimes feel like Germany reminds me of Melbourne, but definitely nothing like Brisbane. Only until this trip, I didn't realised how 'boring' Brisbane buildings are, but I still love Brisbsane though <3. 

🌉 Iron Bridge 🌉 

This bridge is filled with couple's love, and i wonder how many of those couples are still together :').

I would totally be more cliche and have a lock on this bridge, but too bad my loved one won't with me

Iron bridge from a different view and featuring a lot of people and tourists

🌜Frankfurt at 8pm🌛

I always lose track of time because how it gets dark so late and I am just generally happy to be out of the town I live in because I am one broke as city bitch who can't afford live in the city but still wanna be in the city.

 

x. Bessie

P.S. here for Deutschland-ING: Day 1

23

I have completely forgotten about this 'Once a year"tag. It would have been a waste of effort and lack of consistency if I don't continue with this birthday post because late is always better than never. 

As an old tradition of mine and continue from last year's birthday post and see where I was actually in my life, and how things have changed compare to this year. Last year on my birthday I was just a few days into my braces journey and my hair had just started to really grow, and of course yo girl was single. I was focused on saving money for exchange, had a pretty regular routine with my work and uni life. And this year in April, I was still in my braces, was still saving up for exchange, and I was still single and my hair was a little bit longer (If I had kept my own promise and not cut it then it would have been longer). Anyways, just months later things have changed, drastically!

Right now, I am on my exchange in Germany, madly in love with a person who are absolutely so special to me and living a braces-free life. But my hair is still short af :'). I promise you it is growing though. 

This year has been magical I don't know about you but I have definitely been on love high multiple times this year, and I have never felt so in love before, it is hard to describe when you are so in love and it varies slightly from person to person. To me, being in love is addictive, being in love is obsessive, being in love is magical and the feeling you get from this special person could make you so happy and so present in the moment with this person and just this person. You felt that you want the time to stop because time just goes by so quickly and you wish it could just stop for a while. I never would have in hundred years thought that one day I would be so in love with someone, and I never imaged who this person would be. I guess sometimes just let life gives you a surprise and just enjoy the prize! 

This year has perhaps not been all that smooth for my mental journey, I am surprisingly not that productive and I am surprisingly not that sociable and I am surprisingly not that upbeat about life (at least not to my standard). But I am still surviving and living it. I don't think time would stop for me because I don't feel 100% about myself or things, life would just go on no matter how I feel or no matter how anyone else feels. I just really have to pull yourself together even on the days I feel like shit. Something really worked for me on a bad day is to put on makeup and put on an EXTRA NICE outfit for the day. I would always felt much better afterwards. 

This year's birthday celebration was an even smaller one from last year's. I guess as years go on, you want to minimize your life in all areas and at least this is exactly what I am into. I still managed to get few photos. This year's one was a little different, I decided to give all my guests a little pot plant as a little birthday gift and thank them for their presence on this special day of mine and watching me grow older and wiser. 

I was actually planning on going to Little Beirut for some Lebanese food and you know I just love those, then it turned out that restaurant closed upon our arrival without any notice to customers who have booked that night, that was kind of disappointing to be honest. Then we went to Claude and Corbett a restaurant which I don't really like to dine in because it is just regular pizzas and burgers. At least I still managed to have a good time :).

 I didn't think everyone would be this excited to received a little pot plant of their own, but they are. I am spreading some solid eco love. Story of the night, Anh had a burst tyre  :').

Like I said, still living that braces life, my hair was longer than I have right now :') and marital status: single.

Amen, to how late this post really is. Also keep an eye on "Deutschland-ING" series, I swear there's more contents coming.

Bess. x