The various views from the observatory deck, 124th level.

 

One off the bucket list! There is nothing more I enjoy than traveling on my own. 

Finally, after a long day of traveling...

First impression? It is HOT here and everyone speaks English... almost a shock actually, now I can listen in on conversation unintentionally... so I can only imagine how it will be like when I return to the motherland, Canada.

Time to get some rest, I am exhausted after the weekend I had.

Bunte Republik Neustadt (BRN) these are the first few words I heard when I arrived to Dresden and it is all people talk about until the weekend of... so of course, I had quite a build up to what is known as the 'best' street festival in the city and it can't be missed. I even postpone my Dubai trip for it... & it was definitely worth it. A weekend long street festival, starting Friday night and lasts till Sunday, unfortunately I was only there for Friday and Saturday but that was more than enough for me. It is definitely a sight to remember, thousands of people in Neustadt at shoulder to shoulder and where they come from? Who knows...

Endless amount of food stands with random alcoholic concoctions from local residents of Neustadt some of which, even had beer bongs coming from their balcony to the street with a bucket on a pulley to collect money for every beer poured down the bong.

Truly an experience that can not be missed.

What is a better way to bring on summer then getting accidentally getting day drunk with good company... These beautiful ladies. After a 13km bike ride, I finally made it to city beach, Neustadt. Of course, I choose to bike on one of the hottest day along with it being 'freitag' in other words, free day where family are all out biking, hiking, picnics... but it was worth it.

My first open air event in Deutschland and I can't say, I hated it. It was a lot of fun, I would definitely do it again! Slowly developing a taste for electro music. Meeting a lot of new people and drinking a lot of beer...

One of the best day/night thus far in Germany, after many radlers, beers and two bottles of champagne and rosé (of which we snuck into city beach because we are classy like that). We found ourselves talking to complete strangers even accidentally agreeing on going on a date but that is another story on its own, jumping fences, crashing bikes, stuffing our faces with döners... coming out of it with only a gnarly bruise



This isn't my first birthday away from home, come to think of it I haven't celebrated my birthday at 'home' in quite some time... home is relative. It's just like any other day of the year, it's actually like New Years. I spend most of the day reflecting on the past year, where I am now and what I can do to better myself.

Probably why I never make New Year's resolutions.

Though, is it just me or is it once you hit 21... time doesn't slow down for nothing. Birthdays tend to sneak up on you and I tend to not look forward to birthdays as much as I used to. All I really want is just to hit the 'pause' button. This year will be a fantastic year though! It has only been a short two months since I took my big leap of faith moving to a foreign land which now, I call home and during that time, I have met so many amazing new faces and am fortunate enough to have such an amazing and loving host family.