appreciate what you know

even after spending the last 6 months in asia, seeing a palm tree... feeling sand under my feet... and sweating between my boobs in "winter" is still something super special, for this little girl from munich (that is, by the way, the first and last time i will refer to myself as "little"...). a couple of days ago, though i spoke to two lovely ladies form south korea, and asked them what county they would like to visit..... without a second thought the answer was "switzerland." the familial image of the beautiful alps and snow-covered evergreens flashed up in my mind. yeah...... pretty spectacular........

it reminded me to also appreciate mothernatures' beauty that is in front of our door...

bayrischzell, germany... all photos by my dad (who was my first inspiration to get into photography... by the way)


but the really funny thing is that my current candy-of-of-coice are these little caramels called alpenliebe...

schlaaaaaand!

 

here is my worldcup post....

tomorrow germany is playing the usa in the soccer worldcup.......

i took these pictures 4 year ago after germany won against argentinia (who is playing nigeria today... fyi) even if you are not into soccer... is it not nice to celebrate, cheer and be... patriotic together? in muuunich anyway the whole city is a big party (manly after a win of course) and since i will be watching the game on live stream, at my office tomorrow... and will not be able to walk up the leopold strasse with eeeeeveryone else, waving the flag, drinking beer and screaming "schlaaaaaaand!"..... i will put up more pictures of last world cups celebrations.

 

 

monday-blues.....



 

munich... photo by me

missing munich.....

when i was back home in munich, to visit my beautifully crazy family, i had a coupe of days to do... eat... and enjoy everything i miss about my home town.

like....

 

 

... fountains. i love the fountains in munich.

 

 

 

... the sky. the bavaian flag resembles the blue sky and the white clouds and in new york you don't really see a lot of sky. (a pretty freaking amazing skyline, though!)

 

 

 

... the summer. everyone looooooves  the summer in munich. before my first summer in new york i didn't understand how people could haaate on summer..... until it hit about the middle of july...... then i understood.

 

 

... beer gardens. in new york this word is used-and-abuuuused. dear new yorkers, a beer garden is oooonly a beer garden if it is under chestnut trees, has beer benches and beer tables, you can bring your own food (but not drinks) and has this kind of deliciousness ....

 

 

 

... "steckerlfisch" (fish that is smoked over open fire), bavaian beer served only in a "mass" (one liter), and a "brezn" (which is not the same thing as a pretzel). everyone who knows me, knows my obsession with "brezn".

... and every other kind of german bred. that we have for our weekend family breakfasts. 

 

 

... sister-time. i spent a day with my sister... eating ice cream in the sun... laying in the grass and laughing about the dumbest stuff.... and she made me this beautiful flower crown.

 

 

did you leave your home town? if yes, what do you miss about it? (i know... most of the answers are going to be "the food!")

summer… family… and friends

time flies…. i haven't even had a moment to share some of my pictures from my visit to munich. if you follow me on instagram you might have seen that i spent my time with eating and simply enjoying that munich was showing me her best side.

most of all i enjoyed being around the people i miss sooo terribly. of course my crazy… loving… fun family, that i am incredibly grateful for, but also my friends.... the ones that just knoooow me. i hope all of you have a group of people where you can be yourself and they love you exactly the way you are.


stay tuned for more munich summer pics…..

new york spring….. get inspired

this is one of my favorite places in munich and this photo (i took a couple of years ago) should inspire this so-called spring we are having here, in new york.

munich... dressed in white

since it hasn't snowed in new york, yet….. 

here are some pics of munich... dressed in white

all pictures of munich, germany, by me

munich… branched out

all photos of munich, by me

münchner freiheit

 in addition to my s-bahn post... münchner freiheit (freedom, in english). a munich subway stop so gorgeous, it deserves it's own post. 

 all photos taken of the münchner freiheit subway stop, in munich, germany by me

lisi....

i met lisi (actually elisabeth... followed by at least 10 more names) about 4 yeas ago, when we were both interning at my previous place of work, in munich. we have both gone veeery far from the little-care-free interns, we were back then. and even though lisi did not stay in munich, after her internship ended ...and i obviously moved on too... i still consider her one of my dearest. she is a friend, that i will always feel close to... no matter how long we haven't seen each other for. (and those are the most important to have....). i can have fun girly-days with her (the girl likes to shop!), crazy nights with drinks and dancing and stuff..., and dinners with deep heart-opening conversations.

she is the kind natural-beauty, that should never be covered with layers of make-up or hair die or other (fun, yet ...in her case... unnecessary) decorations. but beyond that she is fun and warm, and has the most endearing and joyful laugh, out of anyone i know.

little things, that make lisi smile:
those accidental bubbles, coming from the dishwashing detergent bottle, when you're doing the dishes - walking in the sunshine - the smell of fresh cut grass - having dinner with friends

 

 



all pictures of lisi, taken by me, in munich and berlin