week 37: Things I love

It's already thursday .Normally I post every wednesday about things I love.

This week I'm a day late .

I always take lots of pictures of things I like but I never post or upload any of these.
So I came up with the idea to post every wednesday about things I love.
Feel free to join me. Post every wednesday a picture (or a few more) of things you like and tell us why.
This week I'm loving....

 

traveling, food and international friendship

 

I tptally love traveling. I lost my heart in asia.

There are so many places in asia I want to visit .

I'm very happy that I'm going back to Hong Kong in november but I still have lots of more countries and cities on my wishlist.

 

Japan is always on the top of my list. I visited Japan 2008 and I hope to be able to go there again next year for late honeymoon with my hubby. We are both super big Japan fans and I really want to to see more places in this country.

 

South Korea is another country I really would like visit.

I love korean dramas and I'm always facinated by the great places I see in those dramas.

I want to visit Seoul and see some of the places in real life.

 

Singapore is always on my wishlist. But I'm not sure if I can stand the heat another time. I visited Singapore with Wendy last year and we had a great time exploring the city and meeting up with friends.

 

There are lots of more places in asia but because of the hight travel expences I have to focus on a view spots.

 

Here are some pics from my Singapore & Hong Kong trip last year.

I tryed lots of yummy food and met the cutest and loveliest friends.

 

(last day trip with Wendy & Sabrina + her hubby)

(last lunch in Hong Kong)



(old ladies playing)

(Mo, Wendy, Helen and Sammie in Macau)

(trying shark for the first time....& last time)

(busy Mo and Wendy)

(lunch with Wendy and Sabrina)

(first and best fishballs in my life )

(yummy toast <3 )

(Jo & Joelle in Singapore)

(little Joelle in Singapore)

(best mango dessert ever in Singapore with Jo, Joelle & Wendy...I really wish I could get it in germany)

(lunch in Singapore with Wendy)

 

strawberry fields forever

Every time when I take the glass with homemade strawberry jam out of the fridge I remember these warm sunny days in june.

(flowers)

I was back at my grandparents home for a few days.

I traveled with my dad.

(my dad)

We took our bikes for a fun and long ride. My dad brought me to places where he spent the most awesome days in his childhood.

(dad's bike)

I love the home of my grandparents.

The house is full of childhood memories.

Each summer untill I turned 18 my sis and I spent a few weeks durring summer at their house.

My grandma made clothes for my dolls and my grandpa build houses and beds for them.

(road back to my grandparents home)

Since my grandma dies last year the house feels empty.

I miss her and seeing her knitting and sewing.

This month she would turn 90.

My grandpa misses her a lot.

He picks flowers for her every week and arange her picture that she can see everything.

(flower)

I will keep the memories of Lomnitz (this is how the village is called) in my heart forever.

Once my grandpa isn't on this earth anymore I won't be able to go back.

(dad picks strawberries)

I'm glad that I had an awesome time with my dad around this area this summer.

We visited friends, explored amazing little castles and went strawberry picking early in the morning.

(me strawberry picking)

Since june the summer is missing in germany.

Cold weather , rain and grey skies.

But I still have the pics to remember the fun times <3.

(picking strawberries at 7 am)

And I still have the homemade strawberry jam which makes me happy.

(fresh strawberries frsh from the field)

Feeling like a princess

Have you ever felt like a princess ?

(painting in Rammenau)

While I was on vacation in June I had the chance to visit the baroque castle Rammenau.

The castle is located in saxony in the east of germany.

(entry baroque castle Rammenau)

In 1717 a chamberlain bought the manor and started to turn it into a baroque castle in 1721.

It took several years to finish it and the owner changed very often during that time.

(my dad in the front of the castle)

In the 20th century  people started to use the castle in different ways.

After the first world war it was turned into a military hospital.

(back of the castle - picture taken from the park)

After the second world war the russians assigned to the castle.

In the 50ies the castle was used as a studio by the universaty of Art Dresden.

(in the park)

In the past years they rebuilt most of the castle, the park and the other buildings. They turned it into a museum

My dad and I had an awesome time strolling around and exploring the little castle. We were lucky to be the only visitors at that time because it was a weekday and most people were working.

(speachless)

My dad purchased a photography permission so we were allowed to take pictures everywhere in the castle.

(strolling around)

I really wished that I brought a dress for the visit. I told my dad that we need to go there again and that I plan to wear a princess dress ;D

(glowing)

Sadly we had to leave after one hour because of an invitation by a school friend of my dad.

(waiting for my dad)

Hong Kong vacation 2010

I always wanted to sort and post my pictures from my Hong & Singapore trip last year.

But for the first weeks I wasn't able to put my hands on the pics and later I comnpletly forgot.
Since I'm going to Hong Kong again this year it's time to show some of the photos.

But I really want to share my experiences and adventures.

I met lots of lovely people while I was in Hong Kong & Singapore. All of them took there time to show me around or entertain me every day.

It really makes traveling alone easier when you have friends waiting for you on the other side of the world.

I started my vacation on the 21. november 2011. I took the plane in Berlin via Helsinki till Hong Kong.

I arrived on 22. november around 3 pm in Hong Kong where Wendy picked me up.

I spent some awesome days in Hong untill Wendy and I took the flight to Singapore where *S was waiting for us. But I will tell more about it later.

 

You will be able to see most of the vacation pics on my flickr travel set .

preparing my sewing kit for vacation

preparing my sewing kit for vacation, originally uploaded by crafting with loove.

I'm spending the last fays with preparing different little sewing kits for my vacation.
Each sewing kit fits in a small box and is easy to carry around.

This box contains paper piecing stars made from my fave collection from Lecien.

sunny weekend in Mötzow

While I'm typing this and looking at all those great sunny pics I'm wondering where I catched the stupid cold.

Since yesterday I have a sore throat and a little bit fever.

I went to the drugstore and picked up some homeopathic stuff and I'm taking it since yesterday every 30 minutes (when I'm not sleeping).

Due to some very important meetings today I have to work the half day untill I'm able to go home to rest.

I'm really pissed that I'm having a cold again. I had a big fat cold last month and had to stay at home for 1 1/2 week.

I'm hoping that this cold won't last that long.

It seems that my body has difficultys to fight against flu virus since I had my chemo 2009. I never had a flu or anything else before chemo. Even if all the people around me had a flu it never caught me.

But the time changes and it seems that I have to be extra carefull and pack myself in warm clothes !!

But back to my weekend.

I spent 3 awesome days with my dad and my sis in Mötzow again. We went there last year already and I totally loved it.

Our vacation started with a stop in Brandenburg. It's a lovely  town and perfect for a little shopping.

(Brandenburg)

My sis, my dad and I bought some clothing and my dad got himself sunglasses.

He choose the sunglasses himself because they looking like blues brothers glasses.

(showing off his new glasses)

We stayed there for a few hours untill we rushed to the small holiday village near Mötzow.

We had some yummy bread roll with fish and rested for a few minutes near the Havel canal.

(my sis on the bridge)

(flowers in Brandenburg near the Havel canal)

(my sis showing off her hot leggins and the bag I made for her last year)

The holiday village was awesome as always. This year we stayed in the old bungalows. The bungalows are not  new but I adore the GDR charm.

Last year we stayed in the new built houses which are pretty nice.



(the house we had last year)

 Each of these new built houses comes in a different colours . There are 5 finished houses right now and they are still working on some new ones.

(my sis in front of the new houses)

On friday evening a few more people from stutterer self help group arrived. My dad is a member of this self help group and he and another guy organised this weeked for stutterer and their families.

Gladly we new already a few of them from last year and it was fantastic to see them again.

We chatted a little bit but my sis and I were so tired so went to bed very early.

The saturday was mostly for relaxing. While the members of the self help group had some kind of workshop about burn out my sis and I relaxed in the sun.

In the afternoon while most of the members went to visit some famous places near Mötzow my sis and I rented a boat (like last year).

(sailboat)

(row, row your boat)





(perfect marine look)

We rowed for 3 hours untill our hands started to bleed. Hahahahaha...not really. My sis was in a rowing club when she was younger and while she was a student. She is very proffessional (not like me) and she has super power in her arms.

(houseboat...I would love to rent one next year. But it's pretty expensive !)

When I wasn't rowing our boat I did some craft work. Yes I did some craft work in the boat.

I prepared some hexagons before I left on thursday and I finished them all last weekend.

I made the decission to cut hexagons from nearly all the fabrics I own. It's the perfect project for traveling because you only need some yarn, fabrics and some paper hexagons.

(very concentrated)

(Done !!)

I made only yellow ones last weekend but I already prepared hexagons from my purple, orange and red stash.

(perfect craft for traveling...even on a boat)

In the evening we met with the other familys and members for a barbecue. We had some awesome conversations and we stayed up till 2 am. I'm not sure when I caught the cold but I'm pretty sure it was that night when I was sitting outside for hours with only a longsleeve, a denim shirt and some shorts with leggins.

Not much for a still cold spring evening ?!

On sunday my sis and I just relaxed and "worked" on our tan.

(paddle)

(there was a kind of regatta )

I had really hard time to say good bye to that awesome place. But gladly I only need to wait 1 year. My dad and the self help group rented the place again for next year in june.

It means next year I will be able to go swimming too because the weather is much nicer.

(las pic before I left >___<)