Hiya!

Hello people of the internet, 

I´m back! 

It honestly has been since forever that I blogged. I guess I just got caught up in life a little bit. 

I just needed loads of time to figure things and myself out.

Soo... two things happened: 

1. I moved to Munich

2. I now am studying film.

Two things I´m super happy about. There have been a lot of ups and downs in the last six months, but right now I can say I´m honestly happy. University is going great. I love it so much, frankly speaking I didn´t have a life besides studying since I started it, but now I´m off on christmas holiday which is amazing and finally gives me a little bit time to blog again.

So, don´t expect anything bloggingwise from me, just be happy if it happens.

There are many things I want and have to talk about. I hope y´all are doing great.

All the love, M

Movie Playlist August

A new Movie Playlist, yipppiiii

Well, in case you are as exited as I am, keep reading! 

Movies are my life.

Who Am I - No System Is Safe
Best german movie I have seen in a really long time! Extremly putting your nerves on the edge. This is not a Popcorn movie, that´s a movie you actually have to watch and follow. It´s about a hacker group and their global rising and also adresses social issues. I especially love the twist at the end, would never have seen it coming. The four main characters are kind of randomly put together, but they are amazing together. It´s also quite funny sometimes, but it´s mainly a thriller.

The Mask Of Zorro

In my family this one is considered a classic. I thought Catherine Zeta Jones was literally the coolest person ever when I was a kid, cause let´s face it: she´s just gorgeous isn´t she? I always liked movies about minorities fighting for the good and with a hero like Zorro it´s just amazing. So when I was in Spain I watched it in Spanish and I remembered how great it was.

The Spectacular Now
Mainly watched it, because I knew Shailene Wooldey is in it. I was honestly surprised by it. Sometimes the story line did get carried away a bit, but it was fine. I like how it portrais the life of normal teenagers very naturally. It´s not one of those movie in which everything is great, because most of the time it´s just not. That´s a movie I should have watched as a 15 year old, I could have learned a few things. Man, I even do now.

Entrapment
There was a time, pretty much after the Mark Of Zorro, when I was obsessed with Catherine Zeta-Jones. When I was younger I would sneak downstairs to the TV during the night and watch movies. And one time I saw this movie was playing and was about to zap on, but then I saw her in it and of course I had to finish it.

Divergent
I have to say I developed a serious girl crush on Shailene Wooldey, she just seems to be an incredibly humbled human being. Would love to meet her in person, she´s quite the inspiration. Moving swiftly on, it took me quite some time to actually watch that movie. I briefly saw it on an aeroplane but had to stop it, since we were landing and never really finished it. So a couple of weeks ago, I saw this interview with Shailene Woodley in which she claimed to eat clay. And I was like 'Man I´m doing the same, you´re like me new best virtual friend' or something along that line and I looked her up and thought, well I´ll give it another go. So there I sat and watched and I here I am still loving it.

Dead Poets Society
Robin Williams is a legend. I still can´t believe that there won´t be anymore movies with him. He just had this incredible talent to add something extraordinary to a simple thing at make it amazing. As a kid I used to watch Mrs. Doubtfire all the time and a bit later on I discovered Dead Poets Society and was amazed by the idea and reality of it.

Top Gun
You can say a lot about Tom Cruise, but not that he isn´t a damn great actor. His action movies are just amazing. Well, he´s such a player in this movie, but he also kind of shows his soft side which I quite like. This movie is considered one as a 'must have seen' and that rightly so! It´s so action loaded, but also touching when it needs to be.



Sorry that it´s not as much as usually, but I´ve been super busy this summer. Actually I am writing this after just getting back from a Europe road trip with my best friend from America and I haven´t even started with packing for tomorrow, when I´ll fly out to Namibia. Anyways, hope everybody is doing great, expect a few lovely travel posts in the future! x

A day in Cordoba

Hey there,
I finally managed to go through my photos of Spain and kind of sort through them, however I am not finished yet. So these are some pictures I took on a day trip to Cordoba. The city is quite unique and somewhat beautifully calm. There´s no real rush, just pure joy of life. The bridge actually reminds me a bit of the 'Pillars Of Earth City'.

So at the moment I´m counting my last days in Berlin. Don´t really want to leave this city. What has everyone been up to? Let me know in the comments below. M x

Still

Right, so if you follow me on twitter or Instagram you would know that I´m in Berlin right now. Absolutely love this city, it´s amazing. But I´m not just on vacation here. I´m visiting a summer school for Directing classes. It´s called MET film school and they are pretty awesome. So this is the first movie I did on my second day here. I had like 1 hour to come up with an idea, 45 minutes to shoot and 1 hour to edit. This is what I came up with:

The lovely music is called Little Darling by Lewis Watson.
Hope you enjoyed it, let me know (:

Dolphin Watching

This is a post I wrote in April. 
Somehow I managed to completely forget about it. 
But better late then never right?

Two weeks ago, my parents visited me, yaaaay (:
No, honestly, I was really excited. I haven´t seen them in months and it was just good to catch up with them in real life and not only via skype.
So when they came, I set myself a challenge to make them fall in love with Spain as well.

However, did our first trip go straight away from Seville and to the indeed very wonderful Lagos!
As a kid I was a couple of times at the Mediterranean Sea, however I´ve never seen Dolphins in real life! I easily convinced my parents that it could be a smashin' idea to go see some in Lagos.

The company we choose is called Seafaris.
Frankly speaking I was quite nervous, because they can´t promise you that you´ll see them for sure (completely understandable since they are free wild animals), though we were very lucky!

We took the speed boat for a good half hour until we were far enough out in the ocean. Let me tell you, I´m not reeeeeaally a big fan of water. I still carry some quite bad memories with water, from when I was a child, with me around (which are partly resonsible for my Claustrophobica). So I am not really keen on getting into water.. Anyway, I am glad I got over myself, because I wouldn´t have traded it for a thing!

In the following weeks, I´ll probably squeeze in here and there some more posts about Spain or old travels. I just got so many pictures I want to share with you guys, but it takes ages to go through them.
Also.. I´m working on a quite personal post, but I´m kind of hesitating to put it out there. Any suggestions on that matter?
All the best,
M x

June Favorites

Gazpacho
This is a very traditional spanish summer dish and absolutely delicous. They drink it here whenever it gets hot and it´s just amazing! I´m actually thinking about doing a blogpost about it soon, so if you would like that, let me know!

Game Of Thrones
This is kind of a must have in this blog. Ahh Game of Thrones is just too amazing to start even to cope with it. I´m just really into it and I can´t believe they left the fifth season with such a cliffhanger! I don´t want to spoil anything in case you haven´t seen it, but I can´t believe the ending, I refuse to. Well but it got me very excited for the next season which I´ll have to wait forever for!! If you are a GoT fan like me, let me know.

Ella Grace Denton
I have talked about this angel already before. Hands down, one of my greatest inspirations. I admire her way of thinking about life and taking it for good and for worse, it´s like she´s married to Nature and the Good. Whenever I´m having a down day I scroll through her Instagram or read some of her blogposts. She never fails to surprise or enlighten me.

Mojo Piccon
This is my fairly new favorite Salsa. It´s a bit spicy, but so good! Especially with Barbecue or bread, well actually it pretty much goes with everything. My hostmum in Spain always made it herself and I managed to important a few glasses to Germany.

WORLD MAP QUIZ
As I am a person that absolutely adores maps (I have countless maps of any kind in my bedroom in Germany) this is a fun way to procrastinate! My cousin showed it to me a couple of months back. And this website www.jetpunk.com has some pretty cool map quizzes and I always try to break my record with the world map quiz! You have only 15 minutes to name as many countries as possible. Go try it yourself and let me know how many you got!

EFFACLAR
Well I haven´t talked too much about beauty on this blog, because.. well I´m just not really 'into' it. I am interested in beauty once in a while and pathetically wish I´d be better with make up, but let´s face it: I´m just not haha. Anyways, this is a creme I love and used pretty much every day. I´ve been using it years now (not the same tube obviously, just putting that out there)! And a lot of my friends recommend it as well.

So what have you been loving this month? 

Let me know in the comments below,

M x

A week in Croatia

When my uncle first told me he´s getting married in Croatia, my first reaction was: he is crazy.
First shock survived, I started liking the idea of having a beach wedding. I have to say I´m not massively into beaches which makes me kind of odd I guess, but it´s a nice setting to a wedding and of course it matters what bride and groom want. (And I am always up for a cheeky road trip)
So after I headed back from Seville to Frankfurt, my family and I took a 10 hour trip from our home to the Island called Mali Losinj in Croatia. On our way we passed through Austria and Slowenia. Honestly, I was super surprised by Slowenia! It wasn´t really a country present on my radar, but I was amazed by it. The nature and the woods just looked amazing.
Well after a long car journey later, we finally arrived. The wedding was themed in white and pastel colors, which is quite an unusual thing, but refreshing.
The colors of the sea were breathtaking. Seriously haven´t seen that amazing colors in a long time. Like I said I´m not really up for Beaches, but if I go there I enjoy my time nontheless. I even managed to go swimming which I´m usually dreading, 'cause I´m not the biggest water fan. But the salt in it makes it really funny to swim and besides it´s amazing for your skin.
The wedding was a bit short, but apparently that´s normal. Other than that it was really beautiful!
We also took a stroll through the haven of Mali Losinj which is really gorgeous. We visited a friend of ours who came by boat. We went on the boat and my sister and I were lost in memories. When we were kids we pretty much spent the summers at our grandparents house and they have a sailboat and that´s where we were all the time. Great memories.
So here are a few pictures I took, hope you like it x

Seville - a little film

This is my first ever video on youtube which makes it a bit scary.. Those are just a view clips I filmed whilst I lived there. Obviously I am not a pro at this, but they are good memories and this is a way of looking back. I just thought I´d give it a go. x

June Playlist

Bring it on summer tunes!
As always, a bit of everything x


1. Droplets - Lewis Watson
2. Go Solo - Tom Rosenthal
3. Big Black Car - Gregory Alan Isakov 
4. El Perdón - Nicki Jam / Enrique Iglesias
5. Wooden Chair - Angus Stone
6. Get No Better - Cassidy
7. Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez
8. Baba - Elif
9. Whatsername - Green Day
10. Good People - Jack Johnson
11. Katerfalls - TLC
12. Try Me - James Brown
13. Lose Yourself - Eminem
14. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
15. Mojo So Dope - Kid Cudi
16. Fairytale - Ludovico Einaudi
17. Amazing - Kanye West
18. Stay - Lewis Watson
19. Unchained Melodie - Righteous Brothers
20. Turn My Swag On - Soulja Boy
21. Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
22. Business - Eminem
23. Naive - The Kooks
24. The Man - Ed Sheeran
25. Into The Wild - Lewis Watson

Top 6 Free Things To Do in Seville

Sevilla is a really underrated city. I don´t get why it´s not as popular as Paris or London. It´s beyond gorgeous and you just can't seem to get enough of it. It´s also a city of tons of college students. I myself am always looking after my money so I am always happy when there are free things to do around the city. If you feel the same, carry on reading!

1. Hospital De Los Velnerables
It used to be home to priest and is just a lovely piece of architecture in the middle of the city. It´s a bit hidden and not really a lot people go there (even though it is in travel guides). It´s a beautiful interior courtyard connected with a baroque style church. Just grab yourself a book and have a nice sunday afternoon. `Cause every sunday afternoon you can get in for free,  otherwise it´s about 2€ more or less.

2. Museum De Bellas Arte
If you are into art and a bit of spanish history, go to this museum! It´s a lovely building inside and out. You can learn a lot about the spanish way of living. For a bit of alone time it´s always a good place to start. And the entrance is completely free.

3. Las Setas
That´s how the Sevillan people call it, otherwise also known as 'Metropol Parasol' It´s a construct made out of wood and about 26m tall. That way you can look over the whole city. You have to pay 3€, but you can turn them into a drink upstairs, so it´s not really 'paying' since you get a nice refreshing for it. And what better way than to have a nice drink over the roofs of Seville?

4. Flamenco Show T De Triana
Spain is famous for their Flamenco and rightly so! You can book professional Flamenco shows online (for example La Casa del Flamenco is pretty good), but also a nice way is to go on a thursday night (and sometimes other nights as well) to T de Triana . You can buy a drink or not, however you prefer and then you can watch a traditional Flamenco show, it´s pretty cool! Definitely an experience not to miss when in Spain.

5. Picnic in Parque Maria-Luisa
This is basically what my sunday afternoons consisted off. Tanning and eating in the park. It is just as lovely as you´d imagine. The park is quite big and right next to Plaza de Espana and Plaza de Americano. So you may add a bit of sightseeing as well.

6. Free City Tour
Every day at 10 am there is a guide (you´ll find him for sure, he hands out flyers and looks just like a typical tour guide) standing at Plaza Nueva and he offers a free tour around the city. It´s a professional guide and an offer from the city. My friends made the tour (I myself didn´t), but I heard lots of good things about and if you don´t want to pay for a hopp on hopp of bus than this might be just the right thing for you!

Have a fantastic summer day,
Marie x

Real Alcazar Round x

I have been to this place now numerous times, but it never fails to astound me. I always manage to find something that fascinates me. 

And of course it´s quite popular right now since you can see it in Game Of Thrones.

So here are some bits and pieces of my latest visit!