München.

As I promised before, a bit late, but still I'm sharing the photos from Munich.

Lovely lovely city!
I don't have much to say about it, except that somehow it reminded me a bit of Riga - but I'm too in love with Riga to say that Munich was more beautiful:).

Anyway, usually I say something more, but this time - I don't know - maybe it was because I knew I was leaving home in two days, maybe it was because of Thursday or maybe it was only the weather in the air..

goodbye Germany, high five!

And the day came to come back.
Goodbye Germany, high five!
You know, yesterday when we were in Munich (I promise to share the photos next week!) I understood how much I love doing stupid things (when I saw most of my photos), because I always laugh from stupid jokes (for example, this picture always makes me laugh:), I always tell stupid jokes mostly from movies or tv shows and if that wasn't enough, I'm the first to laugh at it.
But I can not change it, I'm too much enjoying it:) It's too deep in me (that's what she said, hahaha:).
Anyway, once again, one more goodbye, like the last time, remember?
Only now the goodbye is for coming back.
If it's possible to return. Is it? I don't know. But I'm going to find out.
I can't wait to go home!

P. S. hahaha:).

Have a fun weekend and see you in Lithuania,
xoxo
Ak.

Nürnberg vs Berlin.

Last Saturday, as I said, we went to the football match Nürnberg vs Berlin and here are some photos:

Inspiration Monday.

photo via We heart it

Good morning, my dears,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Me and other Erasmus students went to a football match, Deutsche Bundesliga, Nürnberg vs Berlin (2:0)!
To see football game in Germany live was my wish from the beginning! Actually I was also watching the game in the stadium for the first time in my life and I must say it is soooooo fun! (Not to mention the fact that it is the only place, where you can drink alcohol in public at a day time and no one will judge you, haha.)

Anyway, now I know I will definately go to the basketball game in Lithuania (as basketball is our religion)! 

I promise I will share some photos during this week from the football match and as for now, I think this amazing video based on Dr. Seuss's final book will blow your mind!
My favorite part -

Except when you don't. 

Because sometimes you won't.

So simple, but still we manage to forget. 

That sometimes you don't.

Have a nice week,

xoxo

Ak.

have a resolutionary weekend.

photo via Kitten Sneezes

It's official - 20 days past since it is 2012.
Remember my blog post about trying something new for 30 days? 

I'm curious - are you still keeping your New Year's resolutions on track? 

You have 10 days to go and then your resolution will probably stick to a habit!
As for me, I have just understood that all resolutions I made were connected to Lithuania, connected to my life there and I can only start them, when I will be back home. 

So yesterday I just thought that is somehow wrong. It seems like my life will begin from scratch, when I will come back - and now I'm in a permanent stage, waiting for something to happen, something to begin later. Like in a cinema, watching the trailers before the real movie starts.

But the thing is - nothing happens if you don't give a chance something to happen, if you don't try to make it happen. Everything needs your effort, so why not use them to say to yourself that you must try something new, something you wouldn't have done before instead of complaining about your life or saying that you can not do it? It sounds easy, I know, though it isn't and that is the hardest part.
Think about one thing you are really scared to do, but you really want to (I mean not like bungee jumping, but like telling a good joke to the huge group of people that you do not know or kissing the person you really really like).
Now think about the worst scenario that could happen.
Ok, you fail.
Then what? You are probably embarrassed for couple of days, thinking "f*ck, I shouldn't have done it!! I'm just a f*cking idiot!!".
But what is the most important thing is that this is the way you learn to let it go. 

You have to learn not to be mad on yourself because of trying. 

Only trying can lead us to getting.

So now my new resolution here, in Nuremberg is to.. noooooooo, it's a secret :)!
Have a resolutionary weekend!

P. S. No, wait! I can show you one thing (so you don't think it's only words that I wrote..) I did yesterday although I was completely terrified to do it in such a public place!!
Remember when I told you about planking? So here's the stage-plank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

We went to a concert yesterday and we did this planking on the stage right after it ended! There was many people around watching us, so I felt kind of crazy because no one understood, what we were doing!
A big thank you for my lovely friend Lenka, who was completely amazing and did this planking with me and did not said a word that I'm perhaps a bit mad, haha!!!!! And of course, Daniel, who made the photo!!!
Although I felt really embarrassed at that moment, we look so funny in the picture that I'm absolutely glad we did it!!!!!!
Have a good (planking) weekend,
xoxo

Ak.

take a walk in Nuremberg.

 photo via Pinterest

Hello, my darlings,
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Mine was pretty strange as I end up making my dinner with the bottle of wine and jazz music in the background (it always makes me feel like I'm in Woody Allen movie!).
Anyway, I have a surprise for you! I wished you could see how beautiful and delightful Nuremberg is in the evening, so I filmed it while I was walking the main street (Königsstrasse) one evening.
I hope you enjoy it!
xoxo,
Ak.

finally.

photo via Pinterest

It is FINALLY snowing in Nuremberg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo happy, I can't tell you!!! It reminds me my home and Christmas now :).
I can't live without snow in winter!
I think it will quickly melt away, but anyway, I'm satisfied now, because it DID snow!
And moreover, today is the last day at university - from tomorrow it's already holidays, so it's like a present for me :).
Don't get cold!
xoxo,
Ak.

let it snow,..

print via Kitten Sneezes

photo via Pinterest

While staying here in Germany, I miss snow soooooo much!
I really enjoy the warm weather here and it's so nice, that it's not rainy and cold (ok, now it's a bit cold, but still not as cold as in Lithuania), but snow - s n o w - is something I can't live without in winter and especially Christmas.
Each year I write in my diary the date I first see snow in that year. I think this year is going to take a while.. 

So the least I could do is to have some snow in my blog :).
xoxo,
Ak.

Christkindlesmarkt.

This weekend for the first time in my life I visited german Christkindlesmarkt! And it was absolutely stunning! Here are some photos, have a look!

Christmas spirit is all over Nürnberg - it's so amazing for me as long as we don't have any (yes, yes, german people, any!!!) Christmas fair in Lithuania!
And I found the entire stall for marzipan (you can see it in the last photo)!!! I love marzipan, so you can imagine, how happy I was!

We also tried different tastes of Küssen - you can see them in the photo of me and the girl from Slovakia :). It is made from wafer, cream and chocolate. We tried stracetella, egg liqueur and mint (which was called After Eight - just like the cholocate that I love! ) tastes and I should say that mint taste was the best (unfortunately, that wasn't mine).

But the most important thing - I've never seen so much Christmas things in one place! The decorations, the lights, the presents, the reindeer and Santa cookies, the Glühwein,..
My heart just melted! I love Christmas!
xoxo,
Ak.

Christmas-waiting is here!

photo via Pinterest

I can't help, but wonder - are you already waiting for Christmas??
As for me, one month is a bit too early to wait, but this weekend Christkindlesmarkt, a Christmas fair, starts here, in Nuremberg!
So I can't help it, I must get some Christmas spirit inside :)! We are going here tonight and, of course, I'll share some photos afterwards!
Have a cosy weekend, my lovelies!
xoxo,
Ak.
P. S. This guy is definately waiting for Christmas.
I think it is a piece with universal appeal and I’ll be happy if it makes people smile at Christmas time.
What a nice idea to share joy of Christmas!

good company.

photo via Pinterest

Since I came here, to Germany for five months, I still can't really, with all my heart, enjoy my time here, because I miss my family and my friends so much.
And before coming here, I was thinking about it, I knew it's going to happen, but I was telling myself that new places, new people, new adventures will be so inspiring that it won't be that hard.
But now, I must say, although these new things are really inspiring, the heartache sometimes seems unbearable.
And at these moments I start asking myself - why I came here? What I was willing to find? The grass is always greener, isn't it?
But I really thought this new place will help me to find myself, to find some different parts of me that can't be reflected in my usual environment, when everything around me has some expectations on me.
And then the answer was given me:

There's no way of knowing for sure, where the safiest place is, so the best you can hope for is to have some good company.

xoxo,

Ak.
P. S. yes, that's me on the right :).

where good ideas come from?

photo via Pinterest

I just love the lectures of Creativity & Design in Innovation Management that I am taking this semester here, in Germany!
The professor is so charismatic and always shows us something interesting!
Moreover, he wants us to dance to this song every lecture, haha! So we can be more relaxed and creative, he says.
This is the video he showed us on the first meeting - enjoy!
Maybe it's your missing piece somewhere :).
P. S. I  love the picture of Archimedes in the bathroom - such a good stereotype used, that ideas just pop into your mind like that, haha.
xoxo,
Ak.

Bamberg & Bayreuth.

Last weekend we had a trip to two Bavarian cities - Bamberg and Bayreuth. The most photos are from Bamberg - it's an incredibly charming city - take a look!
And also it is very interesting that Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that wasn't destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from getting near!
I recommend you to visit it yourself - it's absolutely lovely!
xoxo,
Ak.

[..] and then while I'm away --

photo via Pinterest

photo via Pinterest

I love writing letters, but like every maniac, I like it more to receive! Perhaps it started when my lovely cousin moved out to Germany and we wanted to keep in touch with each other, so as years went by, we were writing longer and longer letters. I have all these letters at home - some are about 20 pages!! Can you imagine that?!? We were absolutely crazy about this idea, we spend hours writing about whatever comes into our minds - and these letters are just fascinating. They're full of dreams, full of some kind of excitement and sometimes when I read them again, I understand that I miss the positive energy that I used to have on things. But it's a good way to remind yourself, how positive I can be.
And here, in Nuremberg, once again, the first letter that I received was from my cousin :)! Adorable postcard from Malta, where she was on vacation.What a lovely coincidence!
And yesterday I received my future birthday card with a gift inside from my two best friends - the one, who lives in Berlin and the other one, who now lives in Bremen and was visiting her in Berlin. What a lovely surprise! There was absolutely adorable earings inside - can't wait to wear them!
I was overwhelmed, although my friend, who now is in Bremen, is always sooo impatient and enthusiastic, that she did already told me that I should recieve something in a couple of days! Haha, now I know she's still the same person I love :).

But not only receiving is important - receiving in life is always easier. Like the wonderful lithuanian actor told me on the interview  - when you write a letter, all this time, till the letter reaches the receiver, you think about that person, so you send something more than a letter to him - you are with this person in your thoughts. And it's all what it's about.
I send all my loving to you, my lovelies!
xoxo,
Ak.
P. S. I forgot to show you this song on my last post - from the far moon to the rings of Saturn, you're my brightest night that I've waited :).

dandelion wine.

 photos via My Modern Metropolis

Regine Ramseier, a German artist, had an idea to stop the time, to stop ever lasting changing and growing processes, so she carefully picked 2,000 dandelions in their cloud-like form and sprayed a gentle adhesive on them, as if it treating them with water from the fountain of youth. The dandelions were then transferred by car to a little white room where they were hung.
So lovely project of art! I'd love to stand in this room alone for a little while :).

P. S. Remember the book Dandelion wine written by Ray Bradbury? It stole my heart! It's the best book about the childhood I ever read - so sincere & somehow magic!

xoxo,
Ak.

info via My Modern Metropolis

getting lost is not a waste of time.

photo via Pinterest 1 & Pinterest 2

I've never been away from my home for such a long time and for me it's like the cold cold water (like the wonderful song of Damien Rice) - it's somehow awakes me, makes me catch the breath of my life. I know I needed it, I know I somehow had to reverse my life, cause in some parts it was missing.
But still there are some moments, when I'm wandering in the streets alone, trying to find the shop I need and I don't know, where the f*** am I going, I hear people talking in other language and it kind of reminds  me of the movie Lost in translation.
I can't answer to myself, what am I doing here. I don't know. And I probobly won't know. But I know one thing for certain. You must search in order to find something. And geting lost is never never never a waste of time.
 xoxo,
Ak.

P. S. this is just what I need sometimes, thank you, Anna!

bayerisches Gemütlichkeit.

I'm already here in Germany for 6 days and I love the city! I have shared some photos, so you could see how lovely and cozy it is. As germans would say - Gemütlichkeit (it means some kind of coziness) is all over the town :).
The second and the third photos are from central trains station - it do looks marvelous! In the fifth photo there is an entrance to Starbucks! How amazing is that, ha? And in the last two photos you can see a house that is near my home, it is very beautiful for me.
All the city is very very german - you can see it from the pictures, so I really like it.
Tonight me and other exchange students will go to the Kneipentour - it is called pub crawl in English, so I think it's going to be fun! Have a good week and don't get cold, my chéris!
xoxo,
Ak.