Berlin baby...

This time next week I'll be in Berlin... omg I'm literally SO crazy excited I can't even tell you. 

Berlin hasn't ever been a city that was top of my list to visit but it was definitely on it believe me. I am one of those people who wants to visit as many countries as possible so any country that I haven't been to before is a bonus for me. Germany has always been somewhere I've wanted to go, I just never have, I guess when it comes to family holidays it's not really somewhere my parents are likely to book just because we prefer more extreme heat beach holidays. Now I'm old enough to travel on my own I definitely want to take more city breaks. Still studying the course I have means that I'm lucky enough to get to go Berlin as a course trip this year, yes not going to lie I'm not entirely sure it will top New York because that was honestly out of this world but hopefully it'll be equally as good. 

In advance I thought I'd check out a few places out I'd like to visit just so you no I'm not wandering around wasting time although we do get to spend pretty much a week there which is lush. Stressful cos it's so close to my deadlines but lush all the same, just means working my ass off the week before and after the trip. I'd like to think this trip will be a well earned rest but lol that's not gonna happen... it's gonna be one long jammed packed, fun week. Even better to be going with friends because don't get me wrong I do enjoy a holiday with my parents (partly because they pay lol just joking) but traveling with friends is completely different and fun but in a different way to what it is with your parents. I don't know, it's hard to explain. 

Ideally the trip is research based for our next project which is mad, like imagine having a job where it involved you travelling abroad to pick up trends, like honestly that sounds a dream- I guess these course trips are a nice reminder that could be what I get to do. Like imagine!

So wait for it... while we are in Berlin it's Berlin Fashion Week like actual Berlin Fashion Week am I dreaming? is this actually my reality??? Fashion week has been something I've wanted to go to since I was basically in primary school so to say I'm attending the trade fairs, and actually in the buzz of it all in the city is probably the best thing I've ever heard. Like I've heard our tickets not only get us into the 6 trade shows but potentially even after parties- LIKE MADDDDD. 

Obviously I'm pumped for all the trade shows, but I think Seek is the one that I'm like dead excited for, with Show & Order being like a close second. I don't know what it is about Seek, I think just because it's more streetwear with brands like Fila and Champion because I'm all over that. Show & Order from what I can tell is more like designer brands I guess, with like Moschino, Calvin Klein, Stella McCartney like err yes please!

Other places I want to go are California Breakfast Slam because yes I'm all about the food life & breakfast especially American breakfast places- simply can't be beaten- Pancakes mmmm yum! The NGBK Gallery looks really cool apparently it has cool exhibitions from young and emerging Berlin (and international) artists and I mean I love discovering new fashion brands and I've heard it’s hidden behind an equally interesting art bookstore so double win. I am tempted to try one of the clubs while we're out there, according to some travel blog I found, the Weekend Club located in one of Berlin’s few skyscrapers, is a really cool club that overlooks Alexanderplatz with a rooftop terrace and indoor area great for groups and all-night parties. So I may just end up checking that out. 

Obviously the standard tourist places are on the list too, the Berlin wall, the East Side gallery, and I would quite like to go the Helmut Newton Foundation. Of course this being me and the fact I am on a fashion course I will be going shopping (the perfect excuse), Weekday and Monki are two brands I'm very excited to check out- I know we have those stores here in the UK but I think it'll be cool to check them out abroad. 

This isn't all the places I want to go, just a few, I actually have a long list but if I spoke about all of them then we'd be here for like an eternity so I'll save you all from that. Obviously will be blogging about the trip when I'm back, not sure if I am blogging the Monday & Friday whilst I'm there- might just take the week off so I can plan content whilst I'm away. So tempted to invest my student loan money into a decent camera but I know the type of camera I want will be so expensive like can I do that to my bank account??? 

Hope you liked the post, be sure to check out my post on Friday too plus there's a new YouTube video going up tomorrow on my channel (yay) yes it's another haul and no lol I do not need to buy anymore clothes for about the next year but like that's going to stop me.

XOX 

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