Ari travels: heidi. in Cologne // Purikura in Berlin // Highland Games in Peine

Hey guys (^.^)v

I'm so sorry it's been so long since my last post q.q 

actually I planned to blog on sunday, but then the charging cable

for my phone got missing and I couldn't get the photos I needed

to my computer and stuff q.q 

But now I have my cable back and finally managed to transmit the photos

and now I can show them to you ^.^

So first of all, I want to tell you a little about the heidi. concert last month in Cologne ^.^

heidi. is one of the bands I listen to for a long time now

and so I was super happy when they finally announced a Tour in Europe *-*

 But a few days before the concert, I cought a cold q.q

Nevertheless I went to Cologne that day with my friend Eiri, who was sick too..

but we still managed to arrive in time at the concert hall x3

This was my outfit for that day:

 I felt really bad that day and I think I even had a fever,

so we just headed for the back area of the hall and enjoyed our first concert sitting xD

Anyway it was still much fun and one of the best concerts I've ever visited ^.^

And I'm so happy to got this pretty towel at the merch stand:

Last saturday than I headed off to Berlin early in the morning to 

meet my friends Riyoki and Kamiko ^.^

It was my first time travelling the way with a bus.

It was much cheaper than going by train and even better than it.

I didn't have to change, having a seat was guaranteed

and they let me sleep the entire trip without waking me up to see my ticket!

I will definitely use the bus more often now ^.^

 
My lunch box that day ♥

When I arrived Riyoki and Kamiko picked me up at the station

and then we went to the J-Store to make some Purikura *-*

It was my first time doing this and it was really fun ^.^

I hope you like how the results turned out:

 
And finally we had some ice cream ♥
mine was pomegranate and 'kinder pingui' - soo delicious \(*Q*)/

And last but not least I also visited the Highland Gathering in Peine
with my mom and my boyfriend ^.^
I always wanted to see Highland Games in real live!
The events are 'Putting the stone', 'Tossing the caber' and 'Tug of war'.
We sadly missed the last event, because it was so cold and windy that day that
we decided to go home earlier to not catch another cold..
All the competing men were dressed in a kilt and most also wore redhead wigs x3

please click to enlarge ^.^

Tossing the caber

 But there we not just the Higland Games, there also were
many dance groups, pipers and you could by lots of food ^.^
I bought a bar of my favourite chocolate ♥
Usually you can't buy it in germany at an accteptable price, but this was ok x3

soo~ delicious ♥

so, now you know about the past few weeks

and tomorrow I will be off to Japanday in Düsseldorf ^.^

maybe we can meet there? ♥

bye bye for now (^.^)

Jupiter in Cologne and new gets (^.^)v

Hey guys (^.^)v

It's time for the first 'real' entry of the year x3

Before I show the new things I got during the last month,

I want to tell you about the Jupiter concert I visited last week in Cologne.

Jupiter basically are the same members as 'Versailles', just with a new vocalist,

as Kamijo has left the band.

Their style of music also stayed largely the same,

just with more pop-elements I think.

This is the outfit I choose for the concert ^.^

and outside I wore my Lolita Coat ♥

We got to Cologne by train. It took us about four hours although we choose the IC (Inter City, the second fastest train in Germany)...

The ride itself was quite boring, so my friend Eiri crafted an origami pelican ^.^

we decided to call him 'Hermann' ^.^

The tutorial for it was published in a magazine which is displayed in the trains. 

The concert itself was really great ^.^

I didn't listen to any of Jupiters songs before the concert,

because I thought they would keep Versailles style of music.

But I was surprised in a very positive way *-*

Especially the new vocalist is amazing ^.^

I know, it's not fair to compare him to Kamijo and I would never say 
one is a better singer or whatever than the other... 
it was just the whole atmosphere that was different.

Zin (new vocalist) has a great voice, smiled a lot and 
animated the audiance to join the paras etc.

In my opinion it was just much more fun than

the Versailles concerts I visited.

Before we would go home by train, we had to wait about three and a half hours at Cologne Main Station. That's actually a pretty little waiting time. Usually we have to wait about five or six hours or even for more for our train to get back home...

but most concerts are worth it ^.^ 

To not fall asleep at McDonalds we all had some coffee at midnight x3

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And now I want to show you the new things I got during the last month ^.^
first is, my new ear plugs and flesh tunel

the two ones in the middle are 10mm
and the pencil likes are 4mm

my skin is so f***ing unclear ;_;

next I have some new fashion items ^.^
one is this dalmatian-style fake fur vest 
it's so warm and fluffy *-*

and a new pair of tights ^.^
black with pink stars on it ♥

the last thing I want to show you
is the birthday present my boyfriend gave to me ^.^
it's so awesome!
it's a tea egg that looks like a manatee *-*
therefore it's 'manatea' xD

the teacup was also part of his gift ♥
it's from one of my favourite animes:
Azumanga daioh!
it's so funny and somehow stupid xD

the character in colour is 'Osaka'
(her real name is Ayumu Kasuga, but she comes as a 
transfer student from Osaka to Tokyo, so she is called Osaka)
she is my favourite character of the series *-*
the other girls are her classmates ^.^
I think the anime is really really funny,
but it doesn't really have a plot or something x3
maybe you want to watch it? ♥

thank you for reading (^.^)v