Munich in Pics

After spending a few days with my dad in Düsseldorf, getting over the slight culture shock and acclimatizing to the heat wave, it was time to move on to Munich. There, I spent a long weekend with one of my dearest friends and helped her move to a new apartment. I had a great time, even though we we're moving stuff from a 5th (american 6th!) floor with no elevator (I was so thankful that she was moving out of there, at least that way we only had to carry stuff down, not up!). We managed to sneak in some jewelry shop scouting, refreshing drinks, watching some soccer games and a whole day at a local lake!
I really liked the jewelry shop Patrik Muff. The jewelry is quite pricey, but the whole store and their catalogs have an crazy cool vibe. I wish I could just take all their props and use them forNIMO.Click here to get a glimpse of the shop.

This is where I had some of my german breakfasts :) First at my friend's mom's place, then at in the Glockenbach district.

My friend Laura taking possession of her new apartment.

The "pay" for the friends who helped her moveDetails of the super cute Schneewittchen Café (Snow-white) in her block.
New neighbors. View onto the street from her new french balcony.
The living room, before filling it up with boxes and furniture.

Orchids on the windowsill.

"Special" Tablenumbers. Don't you love little details that remind you of special dates, birthdays of special people, etc? I do.

Ginourmous "Bretzel"

The neighborhood at night. Munich

On Sunday we spent the day at one of the lakes in Munich's surroundings: the Ammersee. It was a perfect day for relaxing in the sun, going for a swim and a stroll along the lake. Monday I packed my things and left for Berlin, so make sure to come back to see the pictures of Germany's capital some time next week, xx

Summer in Düsseldorf

Well hello everybody! I haven't forgotten about you, I swear. I've just been busy travelling around Germany the last week and let's just say the world wide web wasn't one of my companions. My few encounters with the net we're of the quick email checking kind.
As you can tell from the title of this post, I spent a few days in Düsseldorf with my dad. And without further ado, here are the pictures

Taking a stroll along the Rhine

Street art everywhere

Mapplethorpe exhibit

Football/Soccer crazy. We watched the Spain-Germany game on a "City Beach" on a rooftop terrace.

Detail of a vintage accessory store window display

My dad's summer hat.

Almost around every street corner people were sitting outside on the curbs, having breakfast, lunch, dinner or just a cold beer

My summer travel companions: sunglasses, a good read ( Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) and my sketchbook with a MUJI pen.

Beautiful old buildings

A stroll through the park

Nice store decor. I love the word "Demut", which means "humbleness" on top of the mirror :)

A nice little villa next to the Rhine river.

Food details.

A cozy corner at a friend's house.

Bookstore. I absolutely dig the words on the ceiling!

Detail of the summer dress I made before my trip. Too bad the black tulle is quite rough and scratching my legs :)

By now I am in Spain, with a steady interent connection. So I'll be uploading my pics from Munich and Berlin soon and posting on a more regular basis again.

Hope you're all having a great summer so far, xx

Europe in Pics

Hello everybody! Today is the first day of my summer vacation, so over the next month or so I'll be sharing some pics of my travels through Europe. As I don't know if I'll be able to post on sundays, I decided to rename this section for the time being. That way I'll be uploading pictures on the go, whenever I feel like it and the wifi situation is sorted out.

I just arrived in Düsseldorf today, so most of my pics this week are still of good old California:

Yes, you're guessing just right: we (Mikki and I) stood in line to get the iPhone4 this week! And yes again: it was worth it. The night before att started selling them, Mikki sold his old iPhone and we decided to get up 5:30 am to stand in line till 7:30 am to get our new toys! The streets in the usually busy Oldtown Pasadena were completely empty, except for the line in front of the att store :)

Weathered sign in old town Pasadena.

This is one of my very first shots with the phone: amazing image quality! Depicted are my legs in a very colorful dressing room.

Oh, my frist (and hopefully not last) California Drivers License, expired on the 30th.

We had a visit from Spain just the day before I left, so we drove to Venice and Santa Monica. These are pictures of the sunset from the Santa Monica Pier.
The gorgeous mister in the fading sunlight. Can't wait to see him again in 10 days in Spain!
The tail of "my" plain. If you ever plan on traveling USA-EU or vice versa between the months of may and october, you have to check out this airline: airberlin

The flowers on both sides of my dad's doorstep: they reach all the way up to my shoulder!

First european meal: dark bread with goat cheese and fresh tomato - yummy!

A corner in the guest room at my dad's place

Whenever I come and visit my dad always has fresh flowers waiting for me in my room. How cute is that!? This time it's a huge sunflower.

In the afternoon we went for a stroll along the Rhine river. It was a great sunny day and really nice to be surrounded by all the lush green trees and fields.

Have a great week everybody, wish me luck sleeping away the jet lag!