Berlin Birthday

Brandenburg Gate

The Reichstag

Up the TV Tower

Coat from Topshop
Hat and sunglasses from ASOS
Satchel from Primark
Camera from Lomography

Holocaust Memorial

TV Tower

Dress from Topshop

Ramones Museum

East Side Gallery

A few pictures from my birthday weekend spent in Berlin. I've been to Berlin once before and fell in love with the city. There is so much to do and see making it the perfect weekend away. Berlin is of course riddled with history which makes it even that more interesting. Of course the war was a terrible time and memorials all over the city including the Holocaust Memorial seen above are a constant reminder of the atrocities that happened but the city does tell an interesting story. We stayed in the east Berlin district Friedrichshain which is probably the Berlin equivalent to Shoreditch. It's full of quirky shops and bars, the streets are covered in graffiti and the occupants are young and carefree. It was the perfect place to stay. We partied hard all weekend but did a fair amount of sight seeing too. We enjoyed local food and danced away to European pop. The Ramones Museum was a little gem and going up the TV Tower despite the enormous queues was worth it for the views. The whole weekend was amazing and I was so blessed getting to spend my 25th birthday with some of my best friends.

One of the most appealing things about Berlin is the price, it's cheap for a capital city. We rented an enormous apartment for an extremely moderate price. It was lush and the extra space meant we could really make ourselves feel like home. We had our own kitchen but ended up eating out most of the time which in itself was a bit of a disaster. FYI German brunch is not a fry up as we were hoping... Anyway, I digress. We stayed in LODGE 7 which is part of LODGE Berlin who own a series of beautiful apartments. I would highly recommend this place and will definitely be staying with them again next time I'm in the city with a group of friends.

The view from our apartment

Have you ever been to Berlin x

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Trick or Treat

Tee from Topshop
Skirt from H&M

Top and leggings from Tee and Cake via Topshop

Happy Halloween folks! Guess which outfit I wore to work and which one I wore to answer the door to the trick or treaters? I didn't do anything special for Halloween this year which is unlike me as in the past I either held parties or gone to them. When I lived in Derby our house number was 31 so for the two consecutive years in our student house we had amazing 31st and 31 parties in the spooky basement. When I did my MSc we had a halls party and then went into town and last year I was tubing in Laos so generally speaking it's always a big deal! I love this top and leggings combo, it wasn't sold as pyjamas but that's what I've been using them for. The grey tee is definitely a lot more wearable, I do love a skeleton print!

Did you go trick or treating x

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October Obsessions

This month I've been:

1. Listening to Suck It And See by the Arctic Monkeys
2. Reading The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
3. Wearing my amazing new gold heel Topshop boots lots
4. Going mad over these amazingly cute mittens from ASOS
5. Obsessing over this amazing oversized shirt with a bow from One Teaspoon via ASOS
6. Having an amazing time in Berlin for my Birthday
7. Loving every single outfit Betty wears

How was your October x

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