Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016

Hiii,

I guess it‘s that time again. 2015 is coming to an end. For me this year went by so fast. I can‘t believe it is nearly 2016. 

I always like to take this time to look back at the amazing year I got to live. The ups and downs it might of had, the things I've learned or the people I've met. 

So why don't we start right at the beginning. 

February, was an exciting month. I got to go to Barcelona on an Exchange with my friends. I can't say it was the happiest trip I ever went on, because it had its downs but it was an experience I will not forget that fast. I learnt so much about the Spanish culture and that I was able to do this with one of my best Friends was amazing.

Not long after coming back from Spain, I was already sitting on a plane to China. I have a little more to say about China. I‘m not gonna lie, before going on that trip I was a little scared. I‘ve never come close to the Chinese Culture before and I don't have any friends that are from China so it was something totally different. 

This was one of the life changing trips I will experience in my whole entire life. Me as a 16 year old girl sitting on this little plane flying 11 hours across the world to a new place. I was lucky enough to have my brother as company but we lived in separate Chinese families. 

I‘m more open to the culture now and I understand it more. I tried food I never even dreamed of trying. This was really the highlight of my year. 

Before I knew it May came along. This month I spent a week in an adventure camp in Wales. I climbed, camped out and zip lined. It was a lot of fun and I loved it. 

In summer I spent 6 weeks in the most gorgeous place on earth. We visited Greece, like every year. This year was special because all my friends there won't see me next year but I‘ll talk about that a little later. 

October we visited Wales as a family. I went Mine climbing and white water rafting but I have a Blogpost about all that craziness. 

And now It‘s December already. I can't believe it. 

So what has 2016 got install for me?

Well this might be the biggest Year of my life yet. 

In July, I am leaving my family for one year and I‘ll be going to school in Costa Rica. I can already tell I will miss them terribly but it‘s a one in a lifetime opportunity and even though I won't have my parents right next to me watching me grow up, I will bring so much more home. 

And I know wherever I am I‘m never alone because if you love a person they are always with you. 

This will be the biggest step I will of had to take. That step out of your comfort zone. That step through the gate of the airport not looking back and closing your eyes and saying everything will be okay. That will be the hardest thing. 

I am so looking forward to all the adventures that are expecting me and I will write about it. All of you will be there too. 

So I don't really know what will happen next year. All I know is that it will be one of the most rememberable years of my life. 

Happy New Year 

Amie 

xx

Adventures In Wales

Hiii,

It‘s been a while again, I know but I‘ve been busy with school work and stuff and we‘ve just come back from our holiday in Wales. 

It was super fun and I did some things that I never expected to be doing. 

The first thing my Brother 'convinced' me to do is to walk up Snowden. 

Snowden is a mountain which is the highest point in Wales with 1.085m. It‘s located in the Snowdonia National Park. 

It took us about 7-8 hours to walk up and down. We walked about 9 miles. 

The views are absolutely breathtaking. It‘s a crazy feeling being above the clouds. That‘s the closet you‘ll be to heaven while living on earth. 

I‘m not going to lie, it was challenging and very steep at times but my brother looked out for me the whole way and we had breaks, which I demanded. Haha just kidding! :D

The next thing I wasn't expecting was a 5 hour tour in a old Mine.

It was crazy in there. We only had our headlights, so if we turn them off it would be pitch black. Kind of creepy but super exciting. We abseiled and climbed in the mine. I‘ll remind you it was dark and I couldn't see the ground and how far I had to climb down. 

We also zip lined and had a boat ride. It felt so weird being in the dark for 5 hours. 

It was definitely a once in a life time opportunity.

And of course there had to be one more crazy fun thing I did. White Water Rafting. It was freezing cold but the most fun I had this entire trip. Not much to say really, other than I had to hold on very very tight and I got absolutely soaking wet. 

I guess I enjoy challenging myself with new things :) 

Anyway, the last week has been great. Back to school on Monday. 

Have a wonderful week and you might have done or want to do some things that I did the past week. 

Byeeee xx

Sun Rise Fun

Hey, 

I know it's been a while but I've waited for good things worth blogging about. 

My day started at 4am on the 3rd of August. My brother, I and 3 other girls wanted to watch the sun rise. We went to a place called 'Golden beach' on our bikes which took about 30 minutes. It was pitch black at this point. We started our climb up a mountain which has a castle on the top. The view from up there is magnificent so we couldn't even imagine what the sun set would be like. 

It took us about 1.20 hours to get up there as it was steep, dark and there's not a real path you can follow. 

Once we got up there we still had about 40 minutes before the sun started rising so we all had breakfast.

Once the sun started rising I was absolutely stunned. It was one of the most beautiful moments.

Once the sun was out we decided to make our way back down before it got too hot. 

About half way down there's a cave called 'Nestors cave'. It's also beautiful. 

We ended our trip very tired but happy. 

I can't explain what it felt like being up there on our own, no people, no noise. Just the crickets summing in our ears. 

One of the 10 things you have to do is watch the the sun rise from high up and while being sober haha ^.^ 

I wanted to share this moment with everyone.

Byeeeee 

Amie xx

Road Trip Dream

What up peeps,

Let me tell you about a dream of mine.

I would love to go on a road trip one day. 

Not any road trip, I want to make my own. Buy a car, fold the back seats down and put a mattress in the back

My best friend and I have this big plan.

My dream Road trip would start in Alaska. I would stop in some cities that are on the way to Vancouver. Then I would spend a couple of days in Vancouver. 

From Vancouver I would just turn my navigation system off and see where I end up. 

I do want to stop in Idaho, California, New York and Texas. 

After I‘ve seen all the different states in North America my trip to Argentina will start. 

I‘ll drive through all the beautiful countries in south America.

We will spend nights camping out under the stars.

We will make memories!

My favourite book is called ‘Amy & Rodger‘s Epic detour' Its based on a real Road trip that starts in California and ends in Connecticut. Its a beautiful story.

Have you got any road trip dreams? 

Lifes not meant to be lived in one place.

byeeee 

xx

The Great Wall Of China

Helloooo,

Today I will share my experience on the great wall of china.

About 10 days ago I visited the Great Wall. 

It was beautiful, the journey there i slept because of jet lag which I am super annoyed about.

Once we got there our teacher aloud us to go in small groups.

I went with my two friends which was awesome because we laughed a lot.

It wasn't the warmest day which I was happy about, because we walked up to the 8th tower. 

While we walked up lots of chines wanted to take pictures with us. 

I think it was because we looked european or something. 

I had a great time. 

I feel so lucky for this opportunity to see China.

What teenage girl can say, that she has seen so many different countries and continents.

Beijing is just one city I will explore in my life. 

I was scared going on the trip and staying in a chines family, but it was totally worth it.

I am grateful for all the things my parents make possible. 

I think I will leave this post here, because I can't explain how great the wall is. I think everyone needs to see it for themselves before they can imagine how big it actually is.

Amie 

xx

China |Day 3

Whaasss uppp, 

I want to start this blogpost by saying what I'm writing here is my opinion on Beijing and you might have a completely different opinion and that's great. The world would be boring if we all had the same opinion. 

Today was ankther exciting day.

We visited the Temple of Heaven which is beautiful. And I wrote my name in Chinese. The air here is very different though. It's very dry and my lips are turning dry. 

For lunch we had a Chinese burger which was...interesting. We also learnt some things about the forbidden city, which we're visiting tomorrow. 

After we got home, we went out for dinner. We went to this little restaurant which was different but nice. The chairs were nearly to the ground and it was very Chinese haha. 

I will end the blogpost here because I could go on and on for hours but I'm very tired and jet lagged. 

Have a wonderful week! 

Amieeeee 

Xx 

China |Day 2

15.03.2015 

Hello Guys,

My day basically starts on the airplane. 

We just ate breakfast. We had egg with Potatoe bites. 

Once we finally arrived in China a bid picked us up and took us to the first school where the family's of younger children waited to pick the younger half of our group up.

By this time I've been awake for 24 hours and I was so tired. 

Then the bus took forever to take us to the Gymnasium 177. We were welcomed very nicely and then went home with the families. 

My family is very nice. For dinner we had rice with soup. I didn't eat a lot might be because it took forever because they only had chopsticks and I don't know how to use them. 

I was so tired so I just went to bed early. 

I wanted to talk to my friends for a while put at 7pm I fell asleep, which was a big mistake. At 12pm I was awake again and couldn't sleep. Then I finally fell asleep but woke up at 4am again. 

Now I am very tired. It's 2am in the morning at home and the jet lag is kicking in. 

My first day was exciting and sleepy! 

Byeeeee 

China Day 1

Hey you, 

Yep, I've decided to so daily updates about my trip to china. It's kind of like a Vlog but a Blog. Yeah, Amie that makes so much sense...

Anyway today was the big day! 

I got up at 9:00am and showered, packed the last things and had lunch. 

At 2:00pm we all met up in Hamburg Airport. Our plane to Munich was late so we waited a long time. The flight to Munich was so relaxed. I had no pain in my ear. We also got a drink and some crackers on board. Very pleased with that Lufthansa. 

In Munich we had to rush to our connecting flight to Bejing. Once we got there we found out our plane was 1.30 hours late... Greaatttt... 

Once we got on the plane I was super happy because I was already tired and it was only 9:00pm.

We got a little snack and drink. 

About one hour after, dinner was surved. I had chicken breast with rice. 

It wasn't that bad. I also watched Paddington Bear because it's a super cute movie and who doesn't like london? Haha 

I'm still on the plane now, but my first day is technically over because it 03:00am.

I tired sleeping for a while. 

Now we're about to have breakfast surved. 

Yes, it was an exciting first day! 

I'll be super jet lagged tomorrow because china is 7 hours ahead. 

Byeee everyone talk to you tomorrow, we'll technically today! 

Amie 

Xx 

One Year Of A Little Bit Of Amie

Hello to you, 

It‘s been one year!

I started blogging on the 15th of March 2014 because I wanted to share some of the great things I get to in such a young age.

I‘ve told you about my trips to England, Spain, Greece and soon China. There will be a lot more trips I‘m going to be blogging about.

I don‘t run this Blog because I want to be one of those popular beauty/lifestyle bloggers. I run it because I enjoy it. I enjoy writing about my life. 

This year I have some great things planned, but I can tell you next year will be our year. I‘m spending one year in Costa Rica. I‘m definitely going to Blog about it. I‘m not sure how often yet. I thought about weekly updates, but wouldn't monthly updates be more fun and then if I have something I want to tell you guys about I‘ll Blog during the month. But having one fixed post about how I feel and how my life is going, my friends, school and things like that.

Anyway that‘s next year.

I also think I should say thank you to you, yes you sitting behind your screen with the beautiful face. 

I don‘t think I would of continued this Blog if no one was reading because I would of felt weird.

This is more like a Diary than a beauty Blog. 

Do you think we can make this year even better than the last? I do. 

I‘m going to set myself a challenge for this year. I want to open up to everyone. Not just the people who find my Blog online, but also let my friends know. 

I will be on the plane on my way to China when my Blog celebrates it‘s one year.

Thats why I‘m going to post this now.

If you guys want me to talk about anything else feel free to leave a comment or tweet me. 

Thank you to everyone who has been a  part of my journey.

Here‘s for another great year.

Lots of love 

Amie  

xx

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Would you rather be hurt by someone you love the most or trust the most?

Good evening, 

It is very late at night but I feel blessed and loved at the moment, I feel like writing another deeper blogpost.

Would you rather be hurt by someone you love the most or trust the most?

I think this is an interesting question because everyone will have different opinions.

The feeling of loving someone is great, you feel like you have something in life and believe me, I like being loved and to love.

Trust is a strong word, I don't say it a lot because I don't trust a lot of people. I have a lot of people in my life that I love to bits, I am very lucky with my friends and family but yet I wouldn't say 'I trust you', to many.

I‘ve always believed that you need to build up friendship and you need to know someone for a  longer time before you can trust them. I have changed my opinion. There are people in my life that I have known my whole life and then there are people that I  have known for a short period of time. I recently told someone how I felt and I trusted them, I feel so much better telling someone I trust and knowing that they were listening.

I think I would be more hurt if that person would stab me straight in the back and go tell everyone what I said. 

If I‘m going through a breakup with a guy who I thought was the love of my life and I loved the most I would be hurt and disappointed. But having that one person to trust, that one person who you can tell anything and that will listen is better than 100 kisses at night. 

I don't ever want to be hurt by the person I love most but I think, that I would learn from it and I would overcome it. But being hurt by someone I trust/trusted most would tear me apart, because all that trust I built up will fall and I would break.

Just think about this for a second. When you end a call with your friend or text someone goodnight how many times do you say I love you? 

I say it quite a lot just a quick ‘love you‘ because thats what friends do.

How many times do you say ‘I trust you‘? 

I don't say it a lot I would never end a call or a text by saying bye I trust you.

I think TRUST is a big word and I don't use it a lot.

Be careful who you love but be even more careful who you trust.

Byee xx

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Hello,

I‘m all in to deep blogging at the moment. They might be shorter posts but I think I will enjoy reading them back when I‘m older. 

Home is where the heart is. 

Where is your heart?

Where your family is?

Where you were born? 

I don‘t know, you know and thats all that counts.

My heart,

My heart is in a place that means a lot to me. 

I live here, but would I call this home? 

Who knows, I do!

Home is a special place.

It is your place and you cherish it. 

The people that mean the most to me might not be in my home but they are my home. 

Believe in yourself and before you know it you‘ll be where your heart is.

Only time will tell..

Take risks,

Live the adventure,

Forgive,

laugh 

but

never ever forget to smile. 

I can't tell you to smile, he can't tell you to smile but you can.

SMILE

<3

byeeee 

xx

First Long haul Flight Essentials

Hey Guys,

You might know, that I am flying to China on Saturday. It will be my first long haul flight. I am super nervous, I watches so many YouTube videos on what to take in my hand luggage. 11 hours on a flight is quite a long time and I‘m not sure how I feel about it yet. My brother is flying with me which calms me down a little. I don't like flying as it is so I‘m scared.

Today I thought I‘d share what I am taking on my flight. 

I am flying with Lufthansa so the onboard entertainment is pretty good.

So lets dive straight into it.

Beauty wise I just brought the things I need, I didn't want to go over the top.

-Bebe Make up remover tissues 

-Coconut island body lotion (I thought I could use this for my hands and face too)

-p2 Concealer 

-All day Mascara Essence 

-Backstage concealer brush

All the things mentioned here you can purchase in a drugstore.

I also found packed the following things and some spare clothes

All of this I put in a clear see through bag.

I thought quite long about what to wear, I wanted to be comfortable but I also didn't want to look like I‘m just going to bed.
In Marc O‘polo I found some leggings and a top which I liked a lot.
I thought the top was super cute, it says ‘I don't know where I‘m going, but I‘m going. Are you coming along?'
Originally it costs 49.90€ but it was reduced and I got it for 12.90€
If you think that was a good offer, wait until you hear this.
the leggings are a super soft materiel and looked nice.
Originally they cost 199.90€ and I got them for 19.90€
I‘m still shocked..
I will also wear my ‘Bad Hair Day‘ beanie which I bought online somewhere.
And my white Converse.

To keep me entertained I am bringing my Kindle, iPod, iPhone and I might bring my MacBook Pro but I am not sure yet because I am flying over night and I need to sleep.

Of course I will bring my m&m‘s too because I take them on every flight.

These are all the things I am planning on taking, if you think I have forgotten anything be sure to leave it down below.

I am all excited after writing this so happy traveling to you, if you‘re traveling the world, traveling to your grandma or to school.

Byeeee 

xx

Happiness Is A Choice

Hello you in front of your computer,

Before I start with this I would like to say that this Blogpost might have nothing to do with me or anyone I know, I just felt like writing this because you might be reading this thinking this could be me.

I want to talk about happiness, loneliness and life.

Recently I‘ve read a lot of Tweets, YouTube or Instagram comments. Most of them are saying that their life is so stressful, difficult and they feel lonely. 

Yes, I agree it is possible to feel lonely in a crowd of people. It is possible that you might have a difficult life.

But you can change your life by just waking up in the morning and having one little smile on your face. 

Last week I was in Barcelona and I wasn't as lucky as everyone else with my Exchange family. Of course I was sad that don't have that one girl in Spain that I can talk to and remember the things we did with her together. Once the weekend past I was with all my friends and their exchange partners again, yes I did feel awkward and out of place in a way but you don't have to. 

All the Spanish said that they have two Partners and that I am one of them. 

Even though I didn't like my exchange family I made the best out of it, I‘m sitting here now thinking that I made some great friends and I didn't even notice it. I‘m laughing about the situation I was in now and I have learnt from it. 

I would change anything because this was just another challenge that my life thought I could handle and I feel stronger as a person, I feel proud that I handled the situation.

My message I want to bring across is if you are in a bad situation, if it‘s breaking up with your boyfriend/girlfriend, getting a bad mark in school I want you to think positive. If you think it‘s going to ruin your life it will! If you think that you will learn from it you will! 

It‘ll take time for you to realise this when you are in a bad situation, it took me days too. 

I was on Skype to my friend in Spain and that‘s when I started to realise I made great friends and that I learnt from the situation I was in.

If you feel like crying, it‘s okay to cry. It‘ll make you feel better. It‘s not good building all your feelings up inside of you because one day you will explode. 

So think positive and live in the present, not in the past or in the future. You are here now and make the most of it.

“Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. 
Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision. 
Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your voice is crappy. 
Trust, even when your heart begs you not to. 
Twirl, even when your mind makes no sense of what you see. 
Frolick, even when you are made fun of. Kiss, even when others are watching. Sleep, even when you're afraid of what the dreams might bring. 
Run, even when it feels like you can't run any more.
And, always, remember, even when the memories pinch your heart. Because the pain of all your experience is what makes you the person you are now. And without your experience---you are an empty page, a blank notebook, a missing lyric. What makes you brave is your willingness to live through your terrible life and hold your head up high the next day. So don't live life in fear. Because you are stronger now, after all the crap has happened, than you ever were back before it started.” 
― Alysha Speer

Happiness is a choice, a choice that lies in your hands. 

byeee xx

P.s Sorry if this was a little deep and you wanted to read something more light. I just think from time to time that I want to write down what I think and this is what happens :)

Have a lovely day, smile and be Happy!

Barcelona February 2015 Exchange

HEYYYYY,

I‘m back with another Blogpost!

Today I‘m going to talk about my trip to Barcelona. 

On the 20th of February we flew to Barcelona, it was all pretty exciting. We stayed in the house of our exchange partners. 

Barcelona is a beautiful city. I really liked the 'Sagrada familia' it really is a stunning.

The best part of the trip was meeting all the people, I‘ve met the nicest girls and I miss them so much.

I know I said I‘m thinking about going to Costa Rica for one year but Spain is nice too and if I have friends there...

I love the spanish culture, everyone can dance I mean damn they can bust a groove!

On wednesday we had party and I danced like I never have before. I also love how everyone meets up in the evening and just has a laugh. 

I also love their food haha :'D 

It‘s not good that I like it though.. I EAT WAY TOO MUCH

Anyway thank you to everyone who I‘ve met on this exchange. I‘ve learnt a lot, not just about the culture but about life.

Byeeee xx