Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Lake+Summer = Love

        
My day according to my camera...
and of course I ♥ him
I ♥ that new air mattress!!

Weilheim Marienplatz (city center)


      



Monday, August 22, 2011

Yesterday


Best Pizza from "Landhaus" 
Yesterday was great. I feel like summer is finally here! The weather is really good and being outside is so much fun. During the day I was at Lake Starnberg and in the evening I met with one of my best friends to have the best Pizza in the world! we sat outside and had a really nice evening including some driving around with my Vespa (scooter) which I loooove! only bummer: I got sting by a wasp! 
SUMMER
I have to say there is nothing better than an evening with a person you have not seen in a while and you never realized how much you missed hanging out with that special person. Sometimes we are all so busy with school, work etc. that we do not take enough time for the fun things in life! yesterday I really did! Oh and I started a project: I would like to sew a dress, completely by myself! For some of you this sounds easy but for me, it will be the first time and I hope it won't be a total failure! Let's see how this is going to work out... 

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Back home in Bavaria!

On the evening of July 4th I left Auckland to fly home. I had a stopover in LA which was cool since it was the American Independence day! Even the imigration officers and the people working at customs were very nice that day. Definitivly diffrent than the last couple of times I was in the the US! I arrived super tired in London where I had to change flights again. After 26 hours of travelling I arrived at Munich were my mom picked me up at the airport. To suprise me, one of my uncles who works close to the airport came with my mom to suprise me. Really nice of him, but I was so tired I could not really appreciate it. First think I did was to SLEEP!
Markus Ott
10.05.1957 - 13.01.2011
Today is August, the 20th and I still have no clue what to do with all the pictures I took! I am so happy I did this trip and I think it made it easier for me to deal with the sad fact that started my trip. My Dad passed away on January 13th of this year. It was a complete shock for me and the rest of my family. He was only 53 years old. And even if I think he died way too young, I found a way for myself to deal with it. I am convinced that my dad watches over me and is with me at all times. He loved travelling and I am sure he would loved what I have done! I feel like I have seen some more of this amazing world. And of course there is so much more to explore...
Coming back home after almost six month was great! You appreaciate the little things in life so much more! like your own bed and a hot shower...
Moreover I reunited with my friends and of course visited my family. My grandmother (my Dad's mom), had a really hard time during I was away. She is 88 years old and simply could not understand why my Dad had to go before her. She loves my brother and me very much, maybe even more because she only has two grandchildren. She was afraid that we would not meet again, but I returned and she was just so grateful to have me back. She tells me she prays for my dad every day before she goes to bed. And she always says he will reserve the best spot in heaven for her right next to him, with the best view! it is just a joke but somehow I like the thought of it!
For now I am excited to go back to University and start a new Job September 1st! I am going to move back to Munich. Right now I enjoy the weather and being home but I also get a litte bit bored by having not really a whole lot to do. I am counting the days until Uni starts again... only 12 days left until a new chapter of my life starts!

Last days in New Zealand before flying home!

 After my four weeks in Australia, I returned to NZ to fly home from there. Well I tried... thanks to the Volcanic Ash Could which came from Chile, I was trapped in Melbourne for two days because all flights to Auckland had been cancelled! But Helga and Theo were really nice and I stayed with them for that time. so when I finally arrived in Auckland I had about six days left before my flight back home. I decided to explore Northland since I hadn't done that so far. And I have to say it was amazing. I really loved it up there in Pahia and I was impressed by Cape Reinga. You can see the Tidal Race where the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean are meeting. Moreover I loved the Maori belief on how this is the point where the spirit of their dead are meeting and from there resend to the so called "homeland". I felt like there is an really special atomosphere at the Cape!
The Meeting Point of the two Oceans
The Lighthouse at Cape Reinga



90 Mile Beach

Hundertwasser toilets at Kawakawa

Australia

After Fiji I flew to Australia to meet my boyfriend. I got four weeks off work so it was worth flying to Australia! You have to keep in mind that it is a least 25 hour flight from Germany to OZ! On June 4th I arrived in Melbourne! We spent amazing four weeks travelling up the East Coast and then coming back to Melbourne to visit some old friends of his family who have been living near Melbourne since the 1950's! I think it is amazing that they are still in touch with my boyfriends family after such a long time. Theo and Helga are the nicest people and I swear I hadn't eaten so many delicious things since I started my journey.
This post is in English and not in German because some of my friends who are not from home, thought it is very rude of me to exclude them... well guys I AM SORRY! And I promise to continue writing in English! At least sometimes... ;-)
Luckily pictures are a language everyone understands! so here are some Australia impressions:






Those were some MELBOURNE PICS!
Here are some more from other places:

Fraser Island! 


We Did a 2 Day Sailing trip at Airlie Beach! It was soooo beautiful!!




CUPCAKES IN SYDNEY ON PITT STREET


with Theo and Helga
thanks for everything! 

Fiji

Also ich weiß es ist schon ewig her, dass ich was gebloggt habe, aber ich will Euch kurz erzählen, was ich noch so getrieben habe!
Ende Mai bin ich für zwei wundervolle Wochen nach Fiji geflogen! ich habe dort meinen Geburtstag verbracht und es war super! Hier ein paar Bilder!