Pictures & sunburn!

Today we had a super early out at 10:30, so two friends and I went to the lake to take pictures! We ended up going home way earlier than we expected because it was too hot to concentrate. But we got some really pretty pictures!

(There are a bunch more that came out really well which makes me super happy!)

Shopping & pics & Oreos

Today I went shopping in Zurich! I actually even found a pair of jeans that fit me! Woo🎉

I also met a friend and we wandered around Zürich and I played photographer. It was super fun, especially because afterwards we went to the English bookstore and found double triple Oreos. Which are freaking amazing. 

Half day & sprinkle photography

Today we had a half day like every Wednesday, and the weather surprised everyone by being super rainy in the morning and super sunny in the afternoon. I went to a friend's house after school to hang out & study, and we saw a picture idea on Pinterest... Which resulted in us doing this: 

Which I think is really neat. :) 

Woop Monday:)

It rained almost all day today it was so gorgeous!

(Can you see the little splashes of the raindrops on the windowsill?)

I actually woke up at 6:45 cause it was so bright! I'm so glad summer is coming and it'll be brighter longer. :)

School again

School starts tomorrow & I really am not ready... I don't want to go back to waking up early! My sleep schedule is so off because when I can I go to sleep between 12 and 3 am and sleep until 10. Oops. 

I've also decided I'm not going to blog every day, because the last few posts I decided are too boring. All I do over breaks is homework, sleep, watch movies, take pictures, and tumblr. And I don't want my posts to be boring... Quality over quantity! 

Hopefully I can get to sleep at a reasonable hour... Good night!

P.S. Here are some pics I've taken the past couple of days/weeks that I'm proud of:)

Omg better art !!!

Today I did homework & learned how to make paper cranes & cleaned my room & helped my grandma get groceries. :)

One of my crazy talented friends drew my eyeball picture that I took yesterday! It looks sooo cool.

So I was wondering what I could do with my paper cranes... I got inspired by some pictures I saw online and made this cute little thing in my window. :)

Omg art !!!

Today I did absolutely nothing all morning and it was wonderful. Then after lunch I took a shower, cleaned my room and did some laundry, and then got inspired to make some art. 

It's a watermelon! I realized I have pink eyeliner & mascara and two shades of green eyeliner & mascara! Then I edited it so it was red (if I ever find red eyeliner, I will buy it & do this again :p)

So that was fun:)

Then I decided to doodle some stuff but none of it really came out good except this octopus kind of. 

So yay for art! I'm so glad we have another week of spring break. I don't think anyone's ready for school stress yet. 

Oh! And there was a giant thunderstorm this evening and I'm falling asleep now listening to rain against my window. It makes me so happy. :)

Spain Day 5!

This morning Lara and I went shopping (for souvenirs and gifts and because everything is cheaper here) and met Oma & Opa for lunch with Dominic. I'm the only one in our group that knows more than two words in Spanish (besides my aunt, but she wasn't around) so I had the privilege of ordering our food... Which was neat. It's an awesome feeling of accomplishment when you successfully communicate with someone in another language. Also, I had pineapple juice because it sounded awesome. It was most awesome. 

Then Lara & I went and got ice cream. Mine was snickers flavored! :)

We walked back up to the hotel and changed into our swim stuff to hang out by the pool. And that's all we did all afternoon. :)

We had dinner at the hotel, and then went to a little outcrop to watch the sunset. Lara and I took some really neat pictures. 

We leave tomorrow! I want to stay... This has been such a fun vacation, I really hope to come back to Spain again someday!

Spain Day 4!

Today we got up early & walked five minutes down the hill to the Alhambra, which is basically the ruins and restored gardens of the old palace. (Where Queen Isabella lived!) The gardens were absolutely stunning, 

and the palaces were so ridiculously detailed I couldn't properly appreciate it after a while because it was just too much. 

(That's a ceiling^)

Basically, imagine this ^ times a million and you're about there. 

Then after lunch we hopped on a bus and drove to the other side of the city, then walked down through a zillion tiny streets into the middle of Granada. It was pretty fun, and we learned (among other things) about houses that are labeled as "Carmens". In order for a house to be able to carry the title of Carmen, it has to fulfill some requirements. Some of those include having a garden (with both useful plants-like herbs or lettuce-and decorative plants-like daisies or roses) and having an inner courtyard. I thought it was pretty cute. 

After the tour we convinced my aunt & uncle that we needed ice cream. I have never had such a giant cone in my life. It was beautiful. Snickers & stracciatella ice cream=heaven.

Something neat:

I took a picture of the view from the Alhambra across Granada to the other side, and then later today I took another picture of the view from the other side of the city across to the Alhambra. The red is where the other picture was taken!

Spain Day 1!

Today we almost missed our train to the airport.. It was a tad stressful. But woot we ended up making it, and then flew two hours to Spain:) I love airplanes & flying. So that was fun. 

We got off the plane and got on a bus to go wander around the city of Málaga, which is right next to the beach. It was nice & warm & reminded me of Florida somehow. Then we got back on the bus & drove two hours to Granada to our hotel. It is so gorgeous here, I'm so excited for the best week! 

Easter Monday

Today we didn't have school again! Yay!

I spent the day playing piano, doing homework, skyping with two friends, taking pictures,

and helping my grandma with the computer. She proclaimed multiple times that checking her email was quite complicated and she has written down all the steps so that she doesn't get confused... First opening Firefox, then typing the web address of her email provider, then typing her password, then going to the inbox of her email. It's pretty adorable. 

cotton candy clouds

Today was an average school day, except it was super windy all day. Like super windy. Which made for gorgeous clouds! Here are a bunch from today. I love the sky. :) (all unedited!)

Everyone has the plague

Today we had regular school but 6 people were gone sick. That's a bit more than a third of our class, which was weird. But it was a nice day anyways, and after school I took pictures with these adorable Easter egg candles that my grandma has and did homework. Everyone already has spring break! Ours doesn't start for another three weeks...

Sunday Funday

Today I did homework and went running and took a few photos. It was a very quiet and relaxing day. The only day this week that I got to sleep in, sadly. The next few weeks are going to be crazy busy with tests and a concert and Easter and a relatives birthday and a sleepover and spring break! Yay! But here's my favorite pic from the mini self-portrait shoot thingy I did today. :)

Strawberries & sunsets

I sound like a broken record because in almost every post I mention the weather. My excuse: I walk to and from school every day, so I really notice the weather, and there are a lot more sunny days here than in Montana, so I appreciate them more. Therefore I am again going to say that today was absolutely gorgeous.

I've also been getting more and more interested in photography, and I want to maybe start a blog for just my pictures. I'm not 100% sure yet. :) But anyways, here are some cute strawberries we had for dessert today, and a shot of the sunset because I liked the clouds. 

By the way, it's the 31st anniversary of the day that the Breakfast Club kids met for detention! 

Spring!

Happy Thursday!

Today was gorgeously sunny & warm, and in so excited it's almost springtime. :)

Also, normally when I come home at 6, the sun has already set and it's dark & creepy out. But not anymore! Yay for sunshine!

Here's a picture that I took the other day. I really like the perspective. 

Choir day

Technically we didn't have school today because there were Aufnahme Prüfungen (testing to be accepted into the school next year) going on. But some teachers decided it would be a perfect day to have the choir and theater practice together for the performance at the end of the year. I personally think that what the choir is singing is really nice... It's called Le Roi David, and it's all majestic with hallelujahs and the like. Most people don't like it because it's not Pop. But what the theater is doing is what I don't understand. Apparently they're trying to do some sort of modernized version of the story of David (from the Bible). This includes us singing hallelujah because David has reached 50 million Likes on Facebook, and projecting hashtags onto the stage for a background. According to my friend, the theater practiced all semester, then about a week ago decided to scrap the whole thing and start over again. I don't know what the teachers are expecting (a miracle?) but as far as I can tell it's not going to be so amazing. Oh well. 

Also, I met a very photogenic cat on the way home. :)

Monday contentedness

Today was a really nice day... The sky was gorgeous. :)

Springgggg

Today was awesome because p.e. was canceled so we got to go to the mall and hang out there & talk. I love the grapevine of gossip in schools. I learned so many interesting things about my classmates. 

But after school (half day!) I went with my friend Anna to the Zuri See, or the Lake of Zurich, to take pictures and hang out.

We found so much gorgeous street art. 

Plus we went to Starbucks. It was so unbelievably warm today. I think it's springtime?