Berlin part II: Those buildings..

Hi guys. I am back from my Germany trip and man oh man did I have a blast. I met some amazing people, stayed at a beautiful apartment in Berlin (The Berlin apartment at Checkpoint Charlie. Highly recommend this! Check out website for more info), went to a bunch of rock concerts, hung out with cool bands, and shopped at places like Weekdays and COS... What more can a girl wish for?! If there is one thing I take back from Berlin its def the cool buildings and lay-out of the city. Every part of Berlin has its own look and feel and it really made me feel like I was in a different city every night. Oh well, back to reality, a.k.a. back to work now! xx

Hanging at the Go-apartment. Wearing: Zara parka leather jacket | H&M necklace

View from the apartment at night

Sony Centre

so good

Beautiful remains of a church in Hanover.

C U Berlin.. Until next time, for sure

Berlin part 1: Art at every corner

Berlin is more than amazing and I am constantly on the go, just walking around and exploring every part of this cool city. I guess in a way it's a lot like Amsterdam but what I love most is the fact that this city is so god damn photogenic. Hope you enjoy this update, I'll be sure to post part 2 tomorrow xx   

A giant squad building we found at Berlin Mitte

King Cannons playing a acoustic show at the Ramones museum

Why can't all buildings look like this..?!

Traffic on the road to Germany. Wearing my new Adidas neon pants (so comfortable).

Wisteria wonders

Pictures via http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/

I want to go to Japan... the Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu, Japan to be more precise.
Each year, from April to May, wisteria blooms here. In unreal amounts! I mean COME ON, it's like looking at a Van Gogh painting. I want to hang out on those benches (second picture) and just sit there... quietly... blogging.. Ha.  

Getting Ink done

Wearing: Zara Leather Sleeve Parka & White Blouse | H&M Shopper & Leggings | Ray-Ban Wayfarer 

Outfit photos by Gillian from Angi Events 

Henk Schiffmacher is a well known Dutch Tattoo artist with an amazing style and great sense of art. His shops are a cool hangout and I can spend hours, no days (!) just lurking there, checking out all the books and looking over shoulders to see magic happen. Today my little sister got a gorgeous and very personal tattoo on her left wrist (and YES she is in fact playing Wordfeud while getting her ink done..). Stay tuned for my new little addition... ! xx 

It's Macaron Day

Poptasi Pastry - Gerard Doustraat 103 Amsterdam

Happy Macaron Day to all you sweet tooths out there!
Yesterday I got the change to take photos of this gorgeous Macaron shop (the first ever in the Netherlands) before it opened it's doors today for all the Macaron maniacs out there. Poptasi Pastry is a wonderful little piece of Paris in the heart of the popular area 'De Pijp' in Amsterdam. Flavors are never ending and owner and creator Patrick van Drie really makes the best tasting Macarons I've EVER tasted. So good. Check this place out if you get a change! You won't be able to stop eating though.. not kidding.

Just my cup of coffee

Location: Starbucks 'The Bank', Amsterdam

In the Netherlands, we are getting used to the 'grab a coffee and go' mentality that clearly finds it's seed in the USA. And I know a lot of us Dutchies were more than thrilled to discover the first Starbucks at Schiphol airport, where we could pretend to be in NYC for a while and get our coffee-to-go in style.
But March 8 marked a special day for Amsterdam: Starbucks's new coffee experience laboratory opened it's doors and invited us in to come hang out in cute corners, read local newspapers, see local bands perform, enjoy poetry readings, eat fresh cookies straight out their own bakery and.. ow yeah, drink coffee.
Located in the vault of an old bank and decorated with contemporary Dutch designs makes getting your coffee here an event on itself. What I love about this store is that it pays tribute to the age-old coffee traditions that our country holds, an awesome 'tattooed' Delftware mural for instance tells the story about how the Dutch traders played a big role in exporting coffee around the world in the 17th century. So now the Americans can come to us for their hipster coffee experience, new style.
Ha, how 'bout that!