Berlin Diary: Harriett's Holiday Snaps!

Hello Ladies! As you may be aware from a previous post I opted to spend this 

New Year and my 21st birthday over in Berlin with my good friends Anna and Beau!

I thought I would share my holiday photos with you, even if they are distinctly non 

vintage.. as well... there's more to me than clothes (sometimes!).


I also have to apologise for the range in quality of the pictures as they are from a selection 
of cameras. On a recent whim to get back in touch with my love of photography I have been 
using my film camera a lot more often so most of the exciting pictures still waiting to be 
developed. Once I have got round to it I am sure I will share them with you to! 

Every morning of my trip started with coffee at home in my cardigan.

And a Delicious breakfast of Avocado, rye bread and vegan sausage

and rocket salad. 

This is the only outfit snap I managed to take on the whole trip! 

On my First day I wore: 

Head Scarf: 1930s black lace veil

Blouse: 1980s Silk

Skirt: Edwardian Petticoat

Gloves: 1940s Leather

Shoes & Tights: Matalan

On the 31st it was time to celebrate!  Our New years eve  kicked off 

with fireworks off the balcony.

As well as a party with the nearest and dearest. This is the beautiful 

Anna in her early 50s Canadian mink coat. In the background is Julia

and Will, my other partners in crime for the trip. 

Just before midnight we headed out to the park to set off more fireworks.

Here's are ammunition all ready to go. 

The Beautiful Julia out side the planetarium with the biggest sparkler I have

 ever seen. That's a bottle of champagne on the path. 

Here's Anna drinking the champagne from a mug. 

When midnight struck things got a bit wild. I have honestly never

seen anything like it, hundreds of incredibly drunk people shooting

fireworks in every direction. 

The gang all stopped to take photographic evidence. 

The Guys at the end of the path had the best ones. 

At the end of the night I was so happy I was actually glowing. After positively

the shittiest year of my life so far, the start of 2012 could not have been more magical.

This is me with Beau and Will, the nicest fellas in town. As I feel that I should

write something about vintage fashion, my Great Grandmother knitted the

scarf I am wearing in the 60s whilst she was in the loony bin. 

I spent a lot of the trip just wondering around getting to know the city 

better. Here is the  obligatory sulking under an umbrella in Berlin 

photo! (see here). I am wearing Anna's fur coat, and a pink 30s

piano shawl to keep the rain off. 

This is me and most hosts taking a stroll through the U-bahn, on the way to

Kreuzberg to see our dear friend Mark from Wood Pigeon play a show.

After Anna and I would do our best to sell merchandise in incredibly

 broken German. 

Here's me outside the after show in my 50's mink and goatskin Harrods 

coat. I don't wear it a whole lot as the 50s is not really my era but by

god it is warm. 

When we got home Anna and I promised to watch the new episodes

of Ab Fab with Mark, but we may have just fallen asleep. 

The Next day I did some Skyping to friends back in London, before 

heading out to the New National Gallery and the German Film Museum 

both of which I thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately as an avid film

fan I didn't find the film museum as informative as I had hoped, 

however I understand most people  don't obsess over the history 

of cinema quite as much as I do. However the New National Gallery

was spectacular, they had a rather interesting exhibition on the Fluxus 

movement.

Speaking of works of art I saw this painted on the side of a super market

in Prenzlauer Berg and almost died of happiness 

On my birthday Anna took me for a walk to a fancy pants magazine 

store, where I found copies of Lula! I swelled with pride. If you are a new

reader and don't know about my connection with the magazine check 

it out here! We also went out for a wonderful dinner and then got stupid

drunk at Dr Pong and Neu Bar. But I was far to intoxicated for me to

 share those images with you all. 

At the end of the trip the lovely Anna Beau and Mark took me to a

laser show! Now I had no idea what this was before hand, so to

fill you in they shoot a bunch of lights through a smoke screen at 

a big dome and play Enya for an hour whilst you gasp with joy.  

Laser Show!!!!!

On my last night we went for a wonderful curry at a restaurant

just round the corner from the apartment. Here I am doing my 

best Charles Dickens character impersonation. I'm no one in

particular, just a lady with a candle. 

On the way hope I asked Anna to pose seductively on the bonnet of 

this car. This is what she did

Oh my God I love Berlin so much, I can't wait for my next adventure there!

Harriett xx