Halloween

Every year on the same day, the 31st October, creepy creatures and spooky creatures appear on the streets and chant ‘trick or treats’. It’s Halloween! Originally, it was the Celtic New Year’s day, ‘Samhain’ that was celebrated since five hundred AD. People thought it was the time when the souls of the dead returned toContinue reading “Halloween”

Lake District – Buttermere and Rannerdale Knotts

The mountainous region in England’s north-west is a famous holiday area and known for its famous fells or mountains, forests and lakes. Two of the in total seven lakes are Buttermere and Crummock Water which can be found in the northern part of the Lake District. An easy walking path starts close in Buttermere byContinue reading “Lake District – Buttermere and Rannerdale Knotts”

Lake of Derwentwater

Only a short walk away from the centre of Keswick town there is a very beautiful lake fells of Cat Bells in the west, the viewpoint of Friar’s Crag in the east and the entrance to the beautiful Borrowdale valley at its southern foot. The town offers many boutiques and shops providing outdoor equipment asContinue reading “Lake of Derwentwater”

Suicide Squad

I am normally not that much into the whole DC and Marvel superhero universe. However, as there was a lot of hype lately around the new DC film Suicide Squad (director David Ayer) I got very excited about going to the cinema and watching it right on the release day in the UK last Friday.Continue reading “Suicide Squad”

Camden Market, London

As I mentioned in the post before, I went to London, Camden for a concert. Camden Town is one of my favourite areas in London and I think it is definitely worth  going there. Camden is a borough in north-west London, part of Inner London and was founded in 1965. The borough was named afterContinue reading “Camden Market, London”

Weekend in Edinburgh

A little while ago around the Christmas time a friend and I traveled for a weekend trip to the lovely capital of Scottland – Edinburgh. It was an unfortunately really badly organised trip with a student travel group. The trip started on Friday with the choice of taking the bus at either 6am or 6pm.Continue reading “Weekend in Edinburgh”

Skellig Michael

Ireland is a very beautiful island in the North Atlantic. There are so many great places to visit and one of them is Skellig Michael or Great Skellig, the bigger one of the two Skellig Islands in the North Atlantik in the west of the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry. One of the most famousContinue reading “Skellig Michael”

Solar Eclipse

The 20th March 2015 was a very special Friday. At this day there was a partial eclipse of the sun. This type of eclips occurs when the moon partly or fully covers the shape of the sun by passing the sun between the earth. The phenomenon can happen only at new moon. Because the moonContinue reading “Solar Eclipse”

“The Theory of Everything”

Last week I went to the “Odeon” cinema to watch “The Theory of Everything”, a british romantical drama based on a real story about the british theoretical physicist “Stephen Hawking”, directed by “James Marsh”. The story is about the relationship between a young couple, Jane and Sthephen, growing old and facing difficult broblems in theirContinue reading ““The Theory of Everything””

London NYE

For the celebration of the “New Year’s Eve” 2014 / 2015 I stayed in London. One of the biggest highlights to celebrate this day was the huge and great firework near the river Thames at South Bank right next to the “London Eye”. This year it was the first time that you had to affordContinue reading “London NYE”