Ticking off my summer to do list

At the beginning of the summer holidays, I wrote a summer 'to do' list and posted it on my blog so I could cross them off as I completed them. I'm going to do a full recap in September but for now I thought I'd share with you all a few things I've been up to this summer that were on my list.

TRIP TO BERLIN

One of the main things I wanted to do this summer was to go to Germany. I've always been fascinated with the place and my third year dissertation at uni is based on Germany during WWII, so I thought it only made sense to visit the place that I was going to study in such depth come September. My aim was to visit as many museums as I could, whilst experiencing German culture and obviously to do a bit of sight seeing. Me and my mum went for 3 nights and managed to fit in quite a lot whilst we were there, including a 4 hour history tour around Berlin (in 30 degree heat may I add!). I can't even begin to tell you how hot it was so please ignore the lack of imaginative outfits! Stupidly, the majority of clothing I brought with me were made of silk (don't quite know how I managed that) but yeah, very bad idea! So I'm literally wearing the most basic cotton dresses, one of which is actually my mum's top that I wore as a dress! I visited most of the museums that I had planned to visit and saw all of Berlin's famous monuments :) I hope you enjoy looking through some of the photos I took!

 How beautiful is Berlin?

 The Holocaust memorial 

 The Reichstag

 The Brandenburg Gate

Pretend soldiers making me pose - cheeky! 

The Berlin Wall

 Karl Marx and Einstein went to uni here!

In heaven at Dunkin' Donuts!

The famous hotel where the MJ/baby on the balcony incident happened! 

The famous tv tower!

Neptune's fountains! 

 Checkpoint Charlie!

Currywurst

 Famous German beer!

As you can see, the city is enriched with history and beautiful architecture. It has a real laid back vibe to it - the fact we were allowed to sit with our feet in the fountain was just crazy! Definitely would not be allowed to do that in London's Trafalgar Square! The city is so green and there's barely any traffic, there are more cyclists on the road than cars! It certainly doesn't have that hustle and bustle buzz that London has, but maybe I just didn't visit those parts. I'm sure there's a busy nightlife area somewhere, but everywhere we went seemed to be really quiet and relaxed. If you love history, I would definitely recommend going to Berlin! There are so many different tours you can go on which tell you the history of the city right from the beginning (something I didn't think I would find that interesting but absolutely loved!). Most Germans speak perfect English too, so the language barrier wasn't an issue at all. I had a lovely time and would definitely visit Berlin again! 

HARRY POTTER STUDIOS

Yep, I finally forced my boyfriend to go to the Harry Potter Studios with me! Well, I say forced, he was actually pretty up for it! We drank butterbeer and bought Bertie Bott's every flavour jelly beans.. y'know, typical touristy stuff! I'm so glad I went, I love Harry Potter even more now!!

Hope you're all having a great summer too!

xxx