About the Relle

Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand I was nearing my completion of the tried and true steps to becoming an adult. University? check! Job of 2 years? Check! Living independently away from home? Check! Ready for something more challenging and a whole lot bigger than Auckland, I moved to Berlin in April 2010. As a Kiwi, avoiding an OE is about as unlikely as Tom Cruise converting to sanity, although choosing Berlin made for a pretty bold move. Not being ready for adulthood and frightened by the multitude of friends marrying and contemplating children..it was time to gap. Armed with very little comprehension of the German language but a big yearning for all things unknown we set off on one big year adventure. I aim to provide insight into life on the other side and hopefully convince all those doubtful kids out there that you can conquer Berlin!


29 December 2010

London swallowed my purse!

London was good to us..providing a break from the icy cold in Berlin and more than anything the chance to see friends we miss.  Aside from these happy times I had a bit of a miserable afternoon in our second to last day there.  The morning went swell..some meandering around the streets and climbing up The Monument with great friends in tow.  Whilst the afternoon was not so ideal, my cold progressed at an undesirable rate (Rudolph aint got nothin' on me!) and I lost my purse during my Harrods experience.  I will never forget my adventure in Harrods..sadly for the wrong reason.  Bloomin' Harrods swallowed up my purse and all the irreplaceable items inside.  After retracing my steps for a good half hour, Daniel and Abby kindly waited in Topshop for me to return complete with lost goods.  Unfortunately I did not, tears aside I sucked it up and enjoyed an evening out at Brick Lane with some old friends. I'm pretty glad I didn't throw a big paddy and call the night off because I had too much fun.  Much later in the evening the necessary follow up commenced, including the cancellation of credit cards and informing the insurance company of the incident.  Let's hope the German side of things won't be too testing on my patience!

Daniel and I are miserable and sick in bed on the eve of New Years, here's all my fingers and toes crossed that we make a speedy recover for tonight.  Our first and possibly last NY in Berlin, we better be up for machen party ya.

Happy NY 2011 all my lovelies out there,
xxx

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