Jess In Retrospect: Photo Diary

December Snow | Photo Diary | Blogmas Day 13

It has been snowing quite a lot over the past few weeks. And even though it has alread almost completely melted away it was magical while it lasted. So for today's post I thought I'd share with you some photos I took of winter fun in the snow and the calmness that settled over everything with the first layer of snow.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017
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Photos & Poetry | London Edition | Blogmas Day 6

Blogmas

I've been wanting to do another poetry post for the longest time! I quite liked how this one on Bayreuth had turned out so I thought it would be a great idea to pick a poem on London that I love and share with you the photos I took on my recent visit. These have not been taken on the bestest of cameras, neither are they incredibly artistically shot but nevertheless they capture my love of London pretty well. The poem is called 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge' by William Wordsworth.

Wednesday, December 06, 2017
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The Ireland Diaries | Kinsale, Cobh & Cork

Ireland

On Tuesday, right after our usual breakfast of porridge and tea, we started our day with a walk down to the sea in Clonakilty. We climbed over rocks and enjoyed the sun being out to warm our faces. There were sea gulls crying, tiny waves rolling to shore and fishermen fishing - I wish I could start every day like that.. After our long walk we had more tea and some relaxation before packing our bags and getting into the car to head east along the coast to Kinsale.

Saturday, May 06, 2017
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Magical Snow Walk with Evita | Photo Diary

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When a couple of weeks ago I woke up on Sunday morning and everything was covered in a thick blanket of snow, snow flakes still dancing in the crisp morning sky I knew I had to get out into nature and make the most of it! So together with my friend Christine we made our way out of Munich to take Christine's horse Evita for a wintery walk through the woods. It was magical that first day of proper snow! And I'm not talking 'light dusting of snow' I mean actual masses thereof. Let me tell you I definitely got my workout in on that walk! I consider it 'leg day' haha. I was also glad I opted for my trusty Hunter boots as there were bits of the walk, where I sunk into the snow almost up til my knees and yet arrived back home with dry and toasty toes :) Anyways, I keep going on about it.. here's a few of the snaps I took on our walk, so wherever you are you can enjoy some snow covered landscapes:

Thursday, January 26, 2017
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On Making Decisions | Wolfstein Photo Diary | Life Lately

Life Lately

Oh my! I haven't done a Life Lately post in months!! No photo diaries, nothing! I know I keep you guys updated with everything that's going on in my life in my 'Monthly Retrospect' posts but I love a good picture heavy photo diary where I just take you along on a trip I took or simply just a day I spent with friends. So high time I did another one of these right? Last weekend we were treated with the nicest weather. It was 30 degrees, the sun was shining, the birds were tweeting and life was just good - except that I had to make a very important decision. Being a rather indecisive person, the struggle was real. In my head I knew what the right thing to do was but was I willing to take the consequences? At times like these, when important choices have to be made, I like to get out into nature and have a good old think about literally EVERYTHING. That way it all comes into perspective and I feel like I can see a lot clearer. The best place for me to do this is Wolfstein, an old castle ruin close to where I grew up. It's quite a hike up there and in the heat me and my friend got a little sweaty I admit, but the view from up there made it all worth it. We had a good old chinwag, looked at the pros and cons and pondered life in general and quarter life crises in particular. Safe to say I made my decision and we spent the rest of the day walking around the ruins, blowing on dandelions and eating ice creams in the sun. I descended back down with a much lighter heart than I went up with.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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Impressions From Bayreuth, Bavaria | Photo Diary

Bavaria

I love to sit in silence

Beneath the shady trees

And listen to the song of birds

And to the buzz of bees

Sunday, August 23, 2015
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Bavarian Forest National Park - A Hike | Photo Diary

Bavaria

Hi guys! Today I'm coming at you with a photo diary of my recent trip to the Bavarian Forest National Park. I spent a wonderful day hiking this pretty part of the country with my family breathing loads of fresh air and taking in the beautiful nature and breathtaking views. Seeing that we had temperatures above the 30 degree mark for the last couple of weeks here in Bavaria it was definitely testing our strength.. and I haven't slept as well as the night after this hike in weeks (!) but it was so so worth it to go! We went to a particular part of the National Park where you can visit a wooden boardwalk through the forest 20 metres above ground ending at a massive egg shaped tower structure that takes you all the way up in the skies with amazing views over Germany and even the Czech Republic. On the very top of the tower you are 44 metres above the forest ground which is just super stunning! After that we went on a 7k hike through the Forest where you can see lots of wild animals if you're lucky enough ;-) But I'm rambling on.. see for yourselves:

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
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Life Lately As Told By Instagram

Instagram

I haven't published a new post on here in a while as I'm being super busy with loads and loads of uni work, tiring thesis writing and not to forget the never ending think-about-your-future-write-job-applications-and-what-do-you-even-wanna-do-with-your-life worrying.. So when I've taken time off of all this I wanted to stay as far away from a computer screen as humanly possible and just hang out with friends, enjoy the sunshine, go for runs and drink wine in the garden. If you follow me on Instagram you will know this but in case you don't yet, I thought I'll give you a little overview/ catch up in Instagram snaps (it seems however stressful life gets I'll always find time for instagram haha!) because as they say: "A picture is worth a thousand words" ;)

Friday, June 05, 2015
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The Birthday Edit

Birthday

Hello you gorgeous lot! It's another photo diary today! I celebrated my 25th birthday on the 14th of April and had such a nice, sun filled and warm week with family and friends. Turning 25 was somewhat scary I'll admit that much.. I mean it's literally a quarter of a century.. where did the time go?! Wasn't it only yesterday that I had an amazing birthday bash for my 20th? Or that BIG party I had when I turned 18? But oh well.. I'm having a good time so what's to complain about really eh?

Sunday, April 19, 2015
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Easter Weekend In Pictures | Life Lately #6

food

Hi guys! I hope you all had an amazingly relaxing Easter weekend with family and friends, chocolate and netflix & bed and pyjamas ;-) I loved having this long weekend to take some time out to breathe and sort out life stuff. There's just so much going on right now, massive amounts of dissertation work plus a lot of presentations and stuff for this semester's lectures and adding to that the stress of having to finally figure out what I wanna do with my life once uni is done in the summer (a.k.a. get writing your job applications already Jessica!!) So yeah I guess you could say this long weekend was much needed, I got out into nature as much as I could, had yummy food and took a lot of pictures and everything just got that little bit clearer to me. But I am rambling.. let's just have a look at what I've been up to last weekend instead :)

Tuesday, April 07, 2015
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Life Lately #4

First Snow

I thought it was high time I did another picture heavy Life Lately post seeing that the last one's gone up in September and I finally got my brand spanking new DSLR which means I've been snapping away A LOT! Also I think blog photography will improve quite a bit with my new camera friend here so look forward to more HD in my photos from now on :-) Enough rambling, here's a couple of snaps from a nice and frosty winter walk in the countryside with my family on Boxing Day:

Sunday, December 28, 2014
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The London Diaries - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

Chiswick

Welcome back to the last part of my London Diaries! Let me show you what I got up to during my last three days in the city.

Sunday, October 12, 2014
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The London Diaries - Sunday

Comptoir Libanais

Welcome back to my London diary! Let me tell you what me and my friend got up to on our second day in the city.

Thursday, October 09, 2014
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A Week In Photos - Life Lately #3

Life Lately

Lately nothing much interesting has been going on in my life so I spent most of my time at home working on this little blog, doing some studying, some shopping and loads of cooking. But oh well, I think we all have them every once in a while, these underwhelming weeks so I thought why not share a few snippets of the past few days with you guys anyway.

Saturday, September 06, 2014
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A Day In: MUNICH

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So this week I decided to take a little trip down to Munich because I haven't been for ages even though I quite like it there. We did a lot of walking downtown and through the English Garden as well as along the river Isar and I took quite a few snaps on this sunny day.