Home alone

Hey everyone! I hope you are doing well :)

This lonely squirrel was the only somewhat fitting picture
I could find - GUESS WHERE IT WAS TAKEN

A lot of people dislike being home alone. I'm definitely not one of them - as long as it's during the day and not for too long, I actually quite enjoy being by myself as opposed to constantly being surrounded by others. 

Yet, when I'm home alone, I tend to do certain things that I would NEVER do otherwise. Here are two of them: 

(N.B. By the end of this post, feel free to find me #relatable or strange. Or a bit of both)

1) Dancing

As soon as I say 'bye' to parents/friends/the postman, I immediately seem to lose the ability to walk normally and instead proceed to skip or jump around the house and do a twirl when loading the dishwasher. Walking past a mirror without trying out 'cool' dance moves becomes unthinkable, so does waiting for the microwave to beep without pretending to be a K-pop dancer or, at the very least, a ballerina. 

What even is the gym compared to being home alone, seriously.

2) Singing

In Year 6, I was in the school choir and absolutely loved everything about it - from rehearsals to performances. In Year 9, the teacher who organized the choir left, and instead, a new 'musical group' was created, by students for students. A girl in my class was one of the proud founders and when she announced the new group in front of everyone, she made it clear that this was not just your 'usual choir', but that there would be 'proper auditions….you actually have to be able to sing, you know.'

Well, that was that, then.

(N.B. the musical group didn't last for very long as it turned out to be so picky when deciding who to include, that it ended up being more of a musical trio.)

When I'm home alone, I'm not auditioning to become part of a musical group. Therefore, I sing. A lot. In fact, I seem to turn anything I do into a song - there is a 'going up the stairs' rap, a 'brushing my teeth' melody, a breakfast making song (opera style), and, most importantly, a mash-up of all the songs currently stuck in my head. I sing 'good morning' to the kitchen, 'we are the champions' to the toaster when it has toasted my bread and 'ah, ah, ah, ah, staying alive' to the laptop when it's on 1% charge. 

Am I the only one who does this? What (somewhat strange) things do you do when you're home alone? Please let me know in the comments xx

A little life update...

Hey everyone! I hope you are doing well :) 

...and yet another Regents Park picture - what else? ;)

Today I wanted to update you a little bit.

I've never blogged about this, but I actually grew up in Germany and then moved to England to do my A-levels and go to uni. The reason why I never really mentioned it is that I created this blog in order to create my bubble as a London university student. I wanted to share my experiences, my thoughts because I like writing and rambling and also because it would be a great thing to look back on one day. Also, I wanted to share as little as possible about me when I started doing this (hence no pictures whatsoever) and also because I highly doubted that I would keep this blog alive for longer than a few months hahah. 

Quite a lot is changing now. The main thing is that my degree is taking me to Cologne, Germany, to study there from October onwards. This is very exciting and sad at the same time. I've only ever been to Cologne twice in my life because it's far away from where my family lives. Most importantly though, London has become a massive part of my life and I love it to bits. I love the buzz surrounding it, the people, the streets, the whole atmosphere. I will miss it (in fact I already do since moving back now that my term has ended). A lot. 

I'm also excited though. Especially the last two years have been a bit of a whirlwind, in many ways and whilst I'm usually afraid of change, I also somewhat love it and can't wait for what Cologne will have in store for me. 

Basically, I will no longer be a proper London university student. I currently have 7 followers and you cannot believe how proud it makes me that people care to read and even comment on what I have to say. I hope that you will still want to stick around and join me on my journey :) 

Also, expect loads of London related posts of me over the summer. I still have tons of pictures and thoughts that I would love to share with you! 

Have a nice day xx

Trip to the LONDON ZOO

Hey everyone! I hope you are all well :) 

My exams have officially finished and after initially falling into the hole of 'what on earth do I do' (does anyone else get this?? It's a deep, weird place) I'm enjoying the free time I all of a sudden have. 

One of the first things I did after finishing was to go to the London Zoo. Somewhat surprisingly, I actually really enjoyed it. I've never been a massive zoo person - when I was little, I would (without fail) fall asleep as soon as my parents pushed my buggy through the entrance and later, I would only go to the zoo on school trips (which wasn't exactly the best experience - imagine having to fill in endless forms and quizzes about the precise place of any given animal's origin, nature of terrain and its food preferences....yes, it did pretty much ruin any enjoyment one could have had of the trip). 

So whilst I was excited, my expectations weren't exactly the highest, but once I got there I absolutely loved it. Here are my top three personal highlights:

This adorable donkey:

He was SUPER friendly

This giraffe:

apparently giraffes have black tongues

THE PENGUINS:

I didn't realize how fast penguins are underwater! 

(the lion, the aquarium and the llamas were also amazing, but sadly my phone ran out of space so I couldn't take any pictures)

Also, the zoo's location in Regents Park is absolutely beautiful. My friends and I took the tube to Camden and then walked, which was great as it meant experiencing the craziness that is Camden and the beauty that is the canal and Regents Park. It only took about 15 minutes, so I would definitely recommend that route if you are thinking about going :)

The only thing that I would criticize is that we got super hungry halfway through and apart from a restaurant (which we didn't go into because we wanted to stay outside in the sun and walk around) and ice cream stalls there wasn't any other food you could just grab and eat - or at least we didn't manage to find any.

Have you ever been to the London Zoo (or any other zoo)? I would love to read your thoughts and experiences in the comments! xx