way too cold!

Brrrrrr... Dang it, it's so cold in germany.
I am back home from my SoCal trip 2 weeks already and all I am doing is freezing constantly. I actually like snow and I don't mind the cold, but after skiping the winter and having a pretty warm one instead I kinda got used warm weather. But this is nasty. There is nothing to do in this weather all I want to do is just chill in my bed and watch movies. Or take a hot bath, go to a spa or eat a lot of warm soup. I can't remember a single year in my life where I was freezing so bad in march. ja right it's march, spring break is coming up and we are stuck in 40cm of snow. But it also has its good parts because I can have some fun days in the snow with our local sking club. I hope we will have more snow than the last couple of years.
And this cold has another positive side effect. You can take beautiful pictures. Like the ones I show you here. Some Icicles hanging from the bushes in our foryard. So beautiful! Enjoy. 

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If I could I would stay!!

The days did indeed fly by! I cannot believe five months have passed by. I can still remember the weeks before I came to Cali being nervous and scared about not having a good time in Cali. But I did! I really had the best time of my life so far! Beyond words! I laughed, I cried, I danced, I smiled, met people, new friends and learned about myself, friendships and love. Yes about Love... Not like you think. I did not fall in love with a guy or a human being but instead I fell in love with this place. Orange County, California or even the whole country. I know that many people have prejudices about this country. They say people are fake, crazy and not organized. I feel sorry for everyone who feels or thinks that way. You should come here and see yourself because after my five months in Cali I can't confirm that statement. I met some of the most real, honest, thankful, life-loving and organized people here. Incredible people who's spirit is beyond everything I've seen so far. I feel home here, I don't want to leave this place. I feel understood, accepted for who I am and supported no matter how crazy my ideas are. Everything is possible! Being tense, feeling pressure and being stressed does not bring you anywhere it makes things worse. Just enjoy the here and now and don't worry to much about what, when where, why, how... IT WILL WORK OUT! how? when? where? why? ...I DON'T KNOW! JUST BELIEVE IT WILL! --> I know this sounds so cheesy but it is true.. how do I know? I experienced it. I've been through both situations,I know how it feels like to be under pressure because things have to work out in a certain way and forcing them to happen and but I've also learned to trust in things to happen in the way they are supposed to happen. It was a new experience to just let all the fear and pressure go and believe that the right thing will happen, but it always worked out.

Five months... looking back on it I've seen, done and experienced sooo much. I came here with almost nothing. All I had was a rental car (only for a while), my clothes and an unpaid internship. But everything worked out better than I could ever expect it to.

I found a great place to stay (thanks to my dear friend Jason!!) with awesome roommates who've accepted me the way I am and I think also enjoyed my stay (at least I hope they did ;))! We laughed, smiled, danced, cooked Spätzle (or how Shanelle always says -->Schnitzel) and drank one or two glasses of wine together. I had a great time with them! Thank you Shanelle and Mike, for giving me a place where I felt safe, home and welcome. 

I managed to buy a car which drove me a couple of miles all through the country --> From and to work (obviously), San Diego (three times), San Fransisco, Kirkwood, Riverside, Laguna Beach(can't even count how often I drove there), St. Clemente, La Verne, Las Vegas (twice <3), Los Angeles: I had two more stops where my beloved car could unfortunately not take me. One is Salt Lake City Utah (Or better Deer Valley and Park City) and the other one is Phoenix Arizona... I am trying to sell it and I needed to get a rental car to take me to Phoenix(...bummer I bet my lil shitty car would have loved to bring me to AZ). Anyway, I am sooo happy it did not break down. It was red (urgh not my color...), shitty and the sound system was horrible... the one thing I need when I am driving... good, loud music. But nooooo my speakers liked teasing me by just playing a horrible sound and sometimes not playing anything at all. Those speaker even gave me a bruise on my knee, because I had to slam my knee against the it very hard to make it work again. But it was OK the most important thing was that it took me everywhere I wanted to go!

There is one more thing I have to do before I leave this country or how I like to call it --> Paradise! I want to thank all the incredible people who crossed my way during my stay. I hope some of you will not just forget about me but instead maybe remember the great times we had together!

First of all I have to thank my parents for allowing me to come here and helping me financially!! Thanks Mom and Dad I could not have done it without you. And I am so happy that you came and visited me! I had a great time showing you around! 

Also a big thanks to DC Shoes (or better Quiksilver Europe), especially Mark, Juan, Kati and Peter who made it possible for me to get an internship in the United States even though they normally don't send students from Germany to America. I feel honored and appreciate what you've done for me. I had a great time in the office, met a lot of people and learned a lot about this company. Megan, Jon (a special thanks for all the lunch breaks we spent together), Corinne, Steve, Mel, Niki, Kallie, Eldo, Chris, Ryan, Josh, Alice, Sherrie Ane it would have not been the same without you - Thank you all so much. 

When I left Germany a bunch of people told me they will come for a visit. But most of the time those words don't mean anything, which is fine I didn't expect anyone to fly across the world for me. And still some people did it and I appreciate that sooo much! --> Michi, Robin, Mom, Dad, Linda and Anja, I had such a great time with all of you! Miriam I am so happy we coincidentally met again, that you are back in my life and that you became an awesome friend to me.

Sorry guys I am not done with my "thank yous" yet. Many people crossed my way either at parties, through family friends or just people I met along the way. I really want to tell you that I had a great time with you and you are one reason why I will never forget this trip. --> Keith S., Tom, Brave, Del Col Family, Bedonna, Björn, Fritz, Macy, Heidi, Manuela, Acirema (thanks for all the fun surf sessions), Keith T., Flip (and the rest of Rubber Bean), Lisa, Dillan, Audrey, Normi, Jona, Noah, Brian, Joey, Chris, Bobby, Josh and many more.

I blogged several times about them, I danced a lot, drank a lot and partied even more with them... I guess you already know who I am talking about ... JUP... WEIRD IS THE NEW COOL! Kenny, Nate, Tim, Kyle, Cash and Omni I am so happy I accidentally ran into you in Vegas. I think my trip would have not been as much fun if I would have not met you. Vegas would have not been the same and I hope it is not true that everything that happens in Vegas stays there, cause I would really like to keep those unique friendship for the rest of my life. You make great music and I wish you all the best for the future and I will always support your music! 

Stevie, Jason, Aidan and Peter

Last but not least the hardest part of all the "thank yous" and goodbyes I want to make. I cant even find the right words to thank Stevie, Jason and Aidan for everything they have done for me the last couple of months. It is really hard for me not to cry while typing this, because these are the three people I will miss most! They are not just friends... they became my family, my west coast mommy, my west coast daddy and my lil west coast brother. I was always welcome in their house, could bring my friends, I lend their car and their surfboards, ate their food, spent all kinds of holidays with them, went on skiing trips, drank wine, had a lot of parties and most important I felt loved by them. Like I already said it felt like my family, like being at home! I cannot give back what all three of them gave to me during the last few months and it makes me cry thinking about all the good times we had together, not because I am sad but because I am happy that all this happened to me and because I am thankful for everything. Stevie, Jason and Aidan I will miss you so bad and I hope we will meet again soon! THANK YOU I could have not done all this without you. You are a great family with awesome personalities and a great spirit I appreciate everything you have done for me!!! I LOVE YOU!!! 

Ok This is it. I am done with saying thank you. Now it is time to say goodbye... First I want to say goodbye to.... Hahah just kidding I will not say goodbye to each one of you! :) And actually I will not say goodbye to anyone but instead I will say SEE YOU SOON! Because goddbye is forever but I hope I'll see some of you again soon.I know that some will go their way and maybe not cross my path ever again, but others might reappear and become a bigger chapter in the story of my life! I will never forget about each one of you tho! You made this trip sp special for me.

All in all this really was the time of my life. I grew a lot and I guess I will never stop growing. I really don't think I have found the true me yet which means, there will be a lot more to talk about. For this I will keep on writing this blog. I will keep you posted what goes on in my life. I hope you will still follow me and go through fun and probably also rough times with me and maybe learn from or with me. 

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Next life I'll become a Motocross-Pro ;)

I came to work last week and got an e-mail which invited me to a meeting on Wednesday 2/27/13 from 9.00am to 17.00pm.... oh gosh sitting in a meeting all day long, hell no! Thats not what I want on my second last day... urgh... But wait, it says we meet at the Pala Racetrack. Huh? what the hell is that.... No Way they don't take us on a Motocross riding day, do they?? Jup thats exactly what they planed for the DC Marketing Day. I can't even describe how many different feelings went through my mind and body the moment I realized it - happy, scared, excited, confused... - First I thought we will just watch the pros show off, but no that was not the intention. We will be the ones riding the bikes and I have to admit I was very excited to try it, ja also a little scared of falling and hurting myself but when in my life will I again have the chance to do something like that?

Arriving at the track DC already set everything up, food, snacks, tents, motocross bikes, gear, and a "small" moto-race-track just for us. Everyone started dressing up right away but since I ve never done it before (and because I was really hungover :)) I decided to wait a little bit before picking my gear. It was funny cause everyone looked like a pro after dressing up, even though some of them have never done it before either. So after a while I started looking for gear that will fit and I found the perfect match. Guess what color it was ... JUP green (and blue) for sure...my color :) So my colleagues taught me how to ride it and I took of. I had so much fun riding the bike it is unbelievable. The funny thing is I felt so fast when I was sitting on the bike... But after seeing a video I was kinda embarrassed how slow I was riding around :). I just cruised around a little, not going on any kind of racetrack just doing my rounds on the parking lot to get used to the bike. The shifting was still a little weird for me, so i did not feel that comfortable going on the track. After lunch we all had a lot of fun just chilling around, watching the others ride and just chat for a while. For me a highlight was that a lot of Pro-Skaters and Pro-Motoguys showed up too. I know it sounds kinda weird and like a groupie or whatever you wanna call it but for me it is def. a big deal to see them, because it was not like a fan seeing an idol it was more like hanging around with friends. I actually got to know some of them a little and maybe I can see some of them again in Munich (X-Games) this summer.

The second time I rode a bike I decided to go on the race track and it was def. a lot of fun. Scary for sure but once you get used to the hills and the turns it is a lot of fun, I could not go too fast tho, I think it would be even better going very fast...
I had one more wish before I called it an awesome day. I asked one of my colleagues Ben, who rides professionally (see the pic above), if he could take me on his bike just to go very very fast (sounds weird but I am a speed junky). So he agreed and we took of. Oh my god I've not screamed and laughed so much at the same time in a long time. It was so much fun and we were soooo freaking fast, unbelievable. So we returned to the DC tents but instead of going to the tent he turned and went straight onto the track. WTF NO WAY! We agreed on NO JUMPS before we took off, but here I was, sitting on the back of a huge Motocross-bike on a racetrack right in front of the jumps. Hell no he will not... YES HE WILL... fuck, that was soooo crazy. i screamed so freaking loud when we jumped over the little hill that everyone at the DC tents could hear me. But there was no way of not screaming my butt lifted up too freaking high from the bike that the only thing that kept me on the bike was Ben's feet on mine and the fact that I rapped my arms around him so tight that there was no chance I could fall of. It was the best feeling ever, fucking scary but awesome (Thanks again for that Ben). Like I said in an earlier post already "The scary things are most fun!" I had such a blast on the track, with and without Ben. It was so exciting and I am so happy I had the chance to join this DC Marketing Day.
Thanks to Jeff, Niki, Mel, Megan, Tyler, Ryan, Chris, Josh, Eldo, Ben, Nate, Ben G., Jimmy, Ben K., Sherrie Ann, Alice, Brian, Dan, Matt Miller, Robbie Maddison, Nyjah, BT, Caroline, Jon, Justin and everyone I forgot(sorry :) ).  I had an awesome day and I will miss working with you.

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Plans are made to fail!!

I actually wrote this post a while ago already but after going for my last Stand up paddle session yesterday I thought about this post and that I really want to share it with you. I had a great time again with my friend Aci who was almost blown out into the wide ocean!!! But we made it back safe and laughed a lot again. I expected a fun, no drama, no wind, a lot of dolphins, whales and seals surf session but That's not what happened. That's why I think this post fits great. It s about Plans that never turn out the way you plan them but that's what makes them exciting!!

"What an awesome day!
And not even close to what I had planed.
But like I already said... Plans are made to fail. Since I am in America I experience over and over again, that every time I plan something I end up being upset because the plan did not work out the way I wanted it to be. Or at least that how I usually reacted. Now I m not disappointed anymore I go with the flow and see what else is there to do.
For example this weekend. My PLAN for Saturday was--> Play Volleyball in the morning, go home get ready and eat, drive to a shopping mall in Irvine and after that go to Laguna and spend the Weekend with Stevie and Jason. What happened... hmmm except for ending up at Stevie's and Jason's place NOTHING!! Like I said my plan totally failed! But still I made the best out of it and I experienced things that I would have missed out on otherwise. But lets get back to the beginning. Sooooo I woke up not feeling good so I had to cancel on Volleyball. When I got up i had no clue what else to do but I felt like I need to be active somehow. So I decided to go to a indoor rock climbing center. FAIL again... Due to the fact that I don't have a navigation system I could not find the address of the center. So I called my mechanic if he can check on my car before I sell it, to make sure everything is fine. I dropped my car off and went to the beach for a run! Like I said I needed to do something active. While running around there I saw that the Ocean was very very very calm that day. So I went back up to my mechanic and after he told me that he still needs the car for another 30 minutes I went to the Stand Up Paddle shop and rented a Paddle-board. Best Idea ever. I did not even change into swim gear it was kinda weird standing on the board with my normal clothes. But it was nice an cosy in my pullover. Soooo I paddled around for a while watching some seals swimming around, jumping out of the water and just enjoying the day. It gave me a huge smile on my face. I really like watching them they are so huge but so sweet. So I paddled a little further out until at one point I almost fell from my board cause i was sooooo shocked about what I saw. Two grey wales came out of the water maybe 10 yards away from me. Wow Shock... Adrenalin... but I could not stop smiling for the rest of the day! Just beautiful! Scary huge but beautiful! So if I would have done what I planed I would have probably missed out on that experience. It's crazy but every time I just go step by step, from one situation to another and act spontaneously the best things always happen to me. Doesn't matter what. A spontaneous, fun trip to Vegas, a wet but fun whale watching trip, a spontaneous surf-session seeing dolphins doesn't matter what I always had a blast!!
So Like I said in the beginning PLANS ARE MADE TO FAIL.. and if they do ... so what life still goes on and sometimes even better than you ever thought it could be!! YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE Make the best out of it!! Instead of being angry or pissed just enjoy whatever else comes up. Your wishing heart knows where to go just trust that you will do the right things!!" Pin It Now!

Live, Love, Laugh and be happy!

Everyone has these days when it is super hard to cheer yourself up. Everything seems to suck and nothing helps to get yourself in a better mood. I found something that always cheers me up and I want to share it with you so next time you have a down-day you can sing and dance along and cheer yourself up!!

I have to admit this is was not exactly my Idea. Weird is the New Cool always jumps around like this when they perform this song live on stage. If you like it check it out on Reverbnation or iTunes (Freak by Weird is the New Cool). It really helps changing a sad face into a happy face!

 JUST DANCE IT OUT! 

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 The last couple of weeks I experienced something that made me speechless. It actually started when my mom and my dad came to Cali to visit me. We were driving around somewhere listening to some music from her iPod. She has a lot of music on her iPod we listened to a lot when I was very very young. I loved a lot of the songs she liked.
So we were singing in my car and having a great time... Until that one song came up. Of all the songs my mom listens to, this one always was my favorite. It's called "wishing heart" by Lisa Loeb. I really cannot say why it was my favorite song when I was a kid. I never really understood the lyrics or why I like it, it was just a nice song to listen to I guess. But hearing this song again after such a long time kinda opened my eyes. Lyrics like "if you don't know what you're missing cause you don't know where to start, follow your wishing heart" made me speechless. This song says everything I never tried and it opened my eyes and showed me that there is a reason why I liked this song so much when I was young. Because something in me knew that everything will turn out fine if I just trust and follow my wishing heart. Not over-thinking too much, not trying to force things to happen and not to always keep looking, just trust and be who you are.
Cause if I trust everything will fall in place and I will go the way I am supposed to go.
Is it possible that songs from our childhood try to guide us, and we don't even notice it? People choose music they like for a reason, and I think when I was young I chose a lot music that told me be confident and trust that everything will work out the way it should without fear just trust. After this experience I listened to a few other songs I really liked in my childhood and I realized that all of my favorite songs are about this. Isn't this crazy.

Another song that inspired me is "drive" by Incubus. I used to listen to that song a lot but I never really understood the lyrics. A few weeks ago I listened to it again, not on purpose tho, it just came up while I was just hanging around. Especially the first sentences of the song gave me a lump in my throat.

"Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear
And I can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear Take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before
And it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal
But lately I am beginning to find
That I should be the one behind the wheel"

I was always driven by fear. My whole life was controlled by being scared of every step. Scared of disappointing my parents, scared of not finding what I am looking for and especially scared of  making the wrong choices. "But lately I am beginning to find that I should be the one behind the wheel." Why let fear control my life if I can just sit behind the wheel and control it myself? Instead of being scared I should just follow my wishing heart. I wrote about it in my "fearless" post already. I told you that many people see the fearless girl in me that I never really saw and this song tries to tell it to me for years already but I never realized it... or maybe I ignored it because I felt comfortable with living my habits.

I think I could go on go on with thousands of songs that opened my eyes and helped me be more comfortable about trusting in myself, living without fear and especially JUST TRUST! Maybe you will have this experience with some songs too I know my mom had that experience with one song too so I guess I am not the only one who feels this way. For me I have to say it was a great inspiration and ever since then I listen closely to every song that ment a lot to me in the past. Maybe it tried to tell me something in the past already but I was not able to hear it yet. I really think that music changes you and kinda makes you the person you are. It influences us and helps enjoy the good times or handle the rough ones. There is people who have been through that stuff already and some of them expressed it in music or poems so why not use them to make us feel better and help us make life easier!?

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WEIRD IS THE NEW COOL

I just got back from an awesome weekend with WEIRD IS THE NEW COOL. If you follow my blog you might remember me talking about them in my High 5 and Merry Skiing and a Happy Vegas posts. But I guess this weekend there is a lot more to talk about than the last two times! But lets start from the beginning.

Weird is the new cool is a Reaggae, Rock, Funk band from Tempe Arizona.  Kyle Collins ( singer/songwriter), Nate Verwoert (guitar), Cash Murphy (guitar), Kenny Porter (bass), Tim Yokley (drumms) and Omni (keyboard). They just finished a 3 weeks tour through America (or at least parts of it) with another band called Fayuca. The spark the flame tour started in Vegas on Jan 3rd followed by shows in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and (best part of it) California.

This weekend was the last weekend of their tour and they came all the way out to Riverside and San Diego. Sooo... what did I do!? Sure... what do you think... of course I went there to see them! It was def worth the drive. I feel kinda bad because every time I watch them there is kinda of a lack of audience ... So in Riverside I was kinda the only one dancing. I tried getting people up to the dance floor but it did not work that well. I cant help it the music always makes me wanna dance! Especially the songs Arizona and Freak! (Check em out on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube or wherever! You will like them!)
With or without people dancing it was still a great show and def. a good after show. Especially cause I kinda started to get to know more about the guys. I really have to admit that I had a totally different picture of each one of them when I first met them but talking to them opened my eyes and showed me again that the first impression is not always true.
Before we headed out to San Diego the next day we went for a quick breakfast to a bar. Jup a bar... Why... because you can get bloody marys in bars. NOPE I did not drink one... I tried it but YUCK I could not drink a whole glass of it... How can you guys drink that all the time? ;)
We got to San Diego pretty early but whatever, some pizza, some beer and playing some "what's the difference" helped killing time.
Unfortunately was there so much time to kill that Kenny (bass) and I got kinda bored and started walking around the streets to check out whats going on at Ocean Beach. We kinda ended up in a hair studio where we spontaneously decided to get Kenny a new haircut. It was sooo much fun! Especially cause the hairdresser was 3 margaritas deep! But the spontaneous things are always most fun!! He did a good job tho and Kenny was  finally looking good for the stage! The gig at Gallagher's was a little different than the ones I saw before. They played two sets and and different songs than at the other shows. I was kinda happy about it because they played one of my favorite songs called Another stupid love song. I had a blast dancing, singing and drinking all night long!

I guess it is hard to explain why I had such a great time and why I enjoy watching them. I guess you have to see or hear them yourself. I really hope they keep on doing what they are doing and maybe one day they also be known in Germany and other countries. If you really want to know why I like them so much just listen to their songs and you will know! Especially the song I recommend now!!! It's my favorite WINC song called  I start to think and it gives me a big smile on the face every time I listen to it. Why is this my favorite song? That's easy... The lyrics are amazing. It just constantly reminds me of enjoying my life and doing the things I like and go to go my way. My favorite sentence in the song says "The ultimate task is to let yourself go, free you mind, be alive, and breathe it in slow, cause once you get away from it all and you fall in love trust me she knows, she knows she knows.." These lyrics help me to shut of my mind and enjoy freaking life. Thanks guys for this amazing song.

I think at this point I have to give a big thank you to WEIRD IS THE NEW COOL! You are awesome and I hope your music spreads around the world! I ll give my best to help you cause you deserve it! I know you had a fun but also weird and exhausting tour. You've been through some tough times but I guess every band has to go through that! Rock on you are awesome and I am so glad I met each one of you! Thank you big time!!

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Merry Skiing and a Happy Vegas!

 

American Christmas, Skiing in Kirkwood, New Years in San Francisco and Party in Vegas! 

And all this combined in a fun Road trip with my older brother Robin (aka Bo).

I just looked it up we drove 1528miles  (2500km) that makes a total of sitting in the car for 28 hours and going from see level up to 7690 ft (2344 m) Damn it was a lot of driving (for me because my brother is not allowed to drive right now but that's a different story) it was def. worth it though. But lets start from the beginning!

We started off in Laguna Beach where our family friends Stevie and Jason invited us to celebrate the American way of Christmas with their family. It was a really fun night. We had Fondue, a lot of beer, wine and other specials. We ended up rapping the last presents until 2.30 in the morning. It was kinda weird because we (in Germany) always get our presents in the evening but like most of you know the Americans get them on Christmas morning. So Aidan -Stevies and Jasons son- woke Robin and me at 7.00 in the morning because he was so excited to open everything... I think both of us were still not really awake when he unwrapped his first present. He got a looooot of stuff but it was fun watching him wanting more and more :) thats how kids are i guess they can never get enough. Anyways it was fun to see how the Americans celebrate Christmas. Especially when you look out of the window and you see the palm trees in the front of the house!

Bo and me were thinking about going skiing (snowboarding) after Christmas but we had noooo clue where to go and after looking for hotels in Mammoth and Bear Mountain we did not think that we can't afford either. And there was also New Years coming up... Dang it what shall we do. The fact that I've not been to San Francisco yet helped a little so we booked a hotel in San Fran for New Year Eve... But the Skiing Problem was still not solved...Until Stevie and Jason again invited us to come for a Skiing Trip to Kirkwood in Tahoe... Hmmm we were not sure about that... they already gave us sooo much. So they left, still telling us to think about coming up to meet them in Kirkwood....

I was supposed to babysit some friends kids on Dec 27th so we could not leave before the 28th anyways.... at least that's what we thought. Apparently I got a call from Lisa (who's kids I was supposed to sit) telling me that she does not need me anymore... I looked at Robin and said "Let's drive up to Kirkwood...NOW"... Ok I have to say it was already 4pm and it takes at least 10.5 hours to go up there and like I already said I was the only one who can drive but we anyways did it. We only drove up to Stockton which was still 2.5 hours away from Kirkwood because it got late and we did not want to go up to 7690ft in the middle of the night with a shitty car. The next morning we left kinda early because we wanted to go for a shred in the afternoon. Unfortunately my brothers feet are too big, so we could not rent Snowboard bindings for him that day. If you imagine that 24h earlier we were just sitting at the beach taning in the sun and now we are in the mountains freezing in the snow... unbelievable... So we waited for Stevie and Jason to arrive to check in to our Lodge... It looked more like a oversize family apartment tho... you cannot believe how huge it was. The next day we all went out on the slopes together. It was a beautiful morning, even though it was a bit cloudy.. we had a lot of fun! Miriam, who spontaneously came up to Kirkwood too, was on her skis for the first time after 2 years again. I had a lot of fun helping her get down some very steep slopes. I really like Kirkwood, it was small - if you compare it to Austrian resorts- but you had a lot of possibilities to go free riding! Skiing through fresh powder through the trees is a lot of fun I've not done it in a while. Our second day was filled with awesomeness :) Bluebird, fresh snow, cute little fun park and a lot of energy and fun inside of us! Bo and me went straight to the park and spend all day in it. Filming, jumping, riding... exactly what we need to be happy. Oh Yeah we were soooo happy! I don't know how he does it but in the last two seasons my brother managed to bust 3 Snowboards... But the problem this time was... it was a rental board. thank god the guys from the store were nice enough so we did not have to pay 200$ to repair the damage.

 

We left Kirkwood he next morning, meanwhile Dec. 31, to head out to San Francisco for New Years Eve. Cant believe this year is already over again. So many awesome thing happened the passed year! Unbelievable! Our Hotel was located in the center of attention which was awesome because that means we don't have to walk around for ages to find a place to party... At least we thought so... but it was not like that actually. Our plan was to eat something (we ended up eating the best burger on earth at SUPER DUPER BURGER), go for some drinks to a bar and watch the fireworks at the peer!  As we all know PLANS ARE MADE TO FAIL! Ja the eating worked out fine ... but the rest...just kinda... We started our walk down to the bay to see if we can find a bar, club or anything to have a few drinks without paying a lot of money to get in but there was nothing ... nowhere... Instead we experienced something you could never ever find in Germany. While we were walking through the streets of the bay we say hundreds of people sitting there... OK I know that's nothing too spectacular.. BUT they were all (or at least 90% of them) SOBER! Can you believe that. In Germany everyone is drunk already at 8pm. How can that be possible. Are they seriously just sitting in the cold with blankets to wait for the fireworks? YES they were! It was soooo strange! Both of us were pretty shocked about that. We were not sure if that was good or bad tho, because the party was kinda missing. After running around for two hours we finally found a bar in the middle of nowhere. The security guy told us he has never seen anyone being sooo happy about finding a bar. 2 shots of Patron (BEST TEQUILA EVER) 2 Vodka Bull and 2 Whiskey Coke later it was time to go and watch the fireworks. It was beautiful! Shot from 2 boats in the bay underlined with some music and it lasted for at least 20 minutes. Just awesome (LOL I really like this word I know :)). We ended up being totally drunk and having a great time! The next day Robin took me on a little sightseeing tour and I have to admit San Fran is a beautiful. Steep hills, beautiful bridges, beautiful bay awesome weather!! Jaaa I am serious 2 days of bluebird! Guess we were just very lucky ;) 

 Next Stop Laaaaasss Veeeggaaasss! Hmmm Ok that stop was actually not on our road trip map but we kinda spontaneously hopped into my car and drove 10 hours to Vegas! WHY ? hmmm to win some money, see my friend Miriam, support Weird is the New Cool and to show Robin the fun parts of Sin City! Ok actually he showed me the most fun part of Vegas but I ll tell you about that later... In case you are looking for a not too expensive but really good Hotel in Vegas I can def recommend the Tuscany! Large rooms with a huge bathroom, couches, a kitchen area, close to the strip and everything only 15$ (if you go during the week) and 50$ (on the weekend). Of course our first stop was gambling in the casinos. This time I was not as lucky as the first time I went to Vegas but it was still a fun night. Ok let's get to the really fun part of Vegas. It's called Stratosphere and is kinda like a reverse free fall tower. I have to admit I almost pied my pants because I was so scared in the beginning but the feeling I had when it shoots you up is amazing! Sitting in the seats Miriam and me hold hands because we were so scared. It was sooo damn high and I am not even afraid of hights. Then you hear the pumps fizz and my brother started counting ...3...2...1... BOOOOOM. 2 seconds later you are at the highest spot in Vegas! It was the best feeling I've experienced in a while. Zero gravity! It feels like you are flying. While I m writing this I can still feel the exact same feeling of being free and released inside of me. Just Awesome! You HAVE to do that if you go to Vegas! It's worth it!!!! 

After that we went to the actual reason why we came to Vegas --> WEIRD IS THE NEW COOL a band from Arizona. I already talked to you about them in my High 5 Blogpost. In the meantime I became good friends with them and I really wanted to support them on their tour, thats why we drove all the way to Vegas :)! It was not that crowded but Miriam and me still danced our asses off!!! :D
I really want you, to get to know them and maybe you will get as addicted to their music as me. I will probably write a blogpost just for WINC soon. Until then check em out on Facebook, Spotify, Youtube or Itunes!

We really did not sleep that much that night but we had to go back to Huntington Beach! Oh whatever we are young no Problem! I think both of us, my brother and me, had "make a road trip through Vegas" on out to-do list! We can def. cross that off now! I had such a great time with him. We laughed, dinked and smoked a lot and it was not the cheapest thing to do but it was def worth it! Hope you enjoyed the post. I know its a lot to read but I hope you can see how much fun it was!

 

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