Frühlingsfest

Yesterday I went to the Frühlingfest in Stuttgart with some friends. I wasn't sure what to expect other than beer tents and carnival rides but it was definitely a trip to take with friends. The festival was a lot of fun even though I don't drink beer or eat wurst. The rides were to expensive to go on and it rained some while we were there but it was so much fun seeing everyone dressed in Drindl and Lederhosen drinking, singing, and dancing. I really wanted to buy a Drindl but the ones on sale there were very expensive. I was told you can buy them on ebay for about $30 but I'm not sure when I would ever wear one since there are no more festivals while I'm here. So I just settled for a hat instead. Didn't actually drink any beer, just posed with it haha I've tasted several since I've been here and still haven't found one that doesn't taste terrible to me. It was a lot of fun meeting new people and spending time with friends. I really enjoyed being immersed in the German culture. Everyone singing together and just enjoying each others company. I can't wait for next weekend when I get to travel more.

Hanami

I wanted to get out of Tübingen this weekend so my friend invited me to an Anime Convention near Mannheim. I didn't bring any cosplays with me because of weight and space issues but it still sounded fun. So four hours and 3 trains later I was there and it was raining. It was very small compared to cons in the USA but there were lots of vendors inside and out and lots of cosplayers. I wandered around for a few hours taking pictures while I waited for my friends to get there by car. I loved how many League of Legends cosplays there were and all the hand made stuff (it's very hard to get costuming stuff in Germany it seems). I feel spoiled in the USA now where I can buy wigs, theater make-up, etc whenever I want and in Germany you have to either order it online for a high price or wait till Halloween and even then there wasn't much of a selection. After my friends got there we walked around more, went to the cosplay contest where people made up skits and songs to perform. Then we ate and walked around some more. Convention stuff is normally really expensive but it was ridiculous here. They wanted 12-50€ for stuffed animals...So I bought some cat ears for 4€ to feel like I was cosplaying a little bit and a key chain for my backpack and that was it. My friend is in Japan at the moment and she gets awesome anime stuff for dirt cheap so she's going to hook me up when I get home ^_^

 Guilty Crown, Sucker Punch

 Jessica Rabbit

 Ashe, Soraka, Darkflame Shyvana

 Annie and Tibbers

 Black Rock Shooter

 Lizzy, Madam Red, Grell

 Amaimon and Mephisto

 Upstairs

 So gloomy

 Sebastian and Wonderland Grell

 Iron (wo)man and Captain America

 Belle and Adam

 Thomas

 Skyrim and World of Warcraft

 Cosplay contest winners

 Ahri

 My Little Pony

 Sun finally came out and it was packed

 Fiddlesticks

 Had a good time, was just really tired by the time I got home at midnight. I look forward to my big traveling week and hope I get to go to all the places I plan to. Bis später!

The sun is finally out

After 2 weeks of almost constant rain the sun finally came out! So I took a walk near my building and took some pictures of the lovely flower growing wild and in gardens.

Tried something new from the bakery in my grocery store. It's called a Berliner but as you can see it's just a jelly doughnut haha It was pretty good though.