Last Sunday I have been to a music festival in Zurich, where it was a great mix from young local artists and some bigger names but it was still for free. I did not know any of the artists, except my friend who was there singing, so I found two really cool bands.
Oscar and the Wolf
I wasn't there the whole concert because it was for my taste a little bit too melancholic and I felt not really prepared for this. I am not saying I didn't like them, because if I didn't they would not be in this category. I just think you have to know them before you go and see them, it is not the type of music you just can walk in and jump around to it.
Turboweekend
Later in the evening we went to our last concert before everyone had to catch their train home and it happen to be Turboweekend. I wished they would have played a little bit earlier because I didn't get to see the whole concert, because not like Oscar and the Wolf, it was more energetic and you could shake off your ass to their music.
Those are not only my music-finds of the week, I also got really into the music of HAIM. I bet those girls are getting really big because they where number one on the BBC Sound of 2013 list and they get a lot of attention by the press anyways. But still, their music fits perfectly to to my spring mood.
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber
Almost two years ago, in fall 2011, I went with my family to Africa. It was such a great journey and I got to experience so many things, I have to do this recap, even though the journey was only 2 weeks long, in parts. I do not know how many parts this will have, I guess this will depend on how much I want to write that day.
The raw beauty of Africa itself and the mentality of the people there was so life changing for me and I learned to appreciate life much more and that nothing is for granted. I am really thankful that I got to visit this beautiful country and I am certainly returning one day to Tanzania. I try to share as much as I can from this wonderful journey even it has been almost two years. So I guess I get started.
Saturday: Arrival
The most of this day we were on the plane, obviously. However, because we had the first flight leaving, we got there at about seven o'clock in the evening, the time difference was only about 2 hours. We got through immigration quickly, because we already had the visa and we didn't have to wait to get one as most others had to. If you are travelling to Tanzania or any other country get the visa before your trip, because you save so much time at the immigration. At some countries it is even required you get it before you go. As we had all our things with us we had a taxi picking us up from the airport. Well at the time I though it would only take us a short time to get to the place we were staying at, but as the airport has been a little bit further apart so the drive has been about an hour.
So we arrived at the Arusha Coffee Lodge, which was a really lovely place in a quiet part of the city, surrounded by coffee farms. It wasn't like an actual hotel, there were little bungalows spread all over the area and there was one big building with the dining area and the reception. The rooms were obviously ready, it was already dark outside. Luckily they served diner until eleven which was nice, so we had the time to got o our rooms, take a shower and change into other clothes. The food was excellent and we all felt a little bit thrown back in time, everything was hold in that classic british style. As usual after a long journey you are a bit tired, so I went straight to bed after diner. Okay like I said I felt like I was in England, so I made me a cup of tea as I got ready for sleeping. The room itself was quite nice, there was a large lounge area, a great bath and a really comfy bed. I wished we could have stayed a little bit longer there, but this wouldn't have been a safari, if we hadn't been everyday at a different place.
So I know that was a brief introduction and not a long text about out first stop but I takes me a long time to remember everything and put everything in the right order. However, I really enjoy doing this because I like to fresh up my memory about this amazing trip and before I leave it there, there is this one song that always reminds me of this journey. Always when I hear this track, I immediately think about how we have driven on those endless roads and how my hair flew in the wind. I know that might sound cheesy but when I first saw the clip I seriously cried. Probably because it was about an elephant and Africa itself... I do not know, but it was a little bit how I imagine paradise could be.
I know, I know, it has been a long time since my last real post, the last one was more whining about not sleeping and how horrible that is. As I have now a short vacation I though I would have time to do take this blogging thing a little bit more seriously, not only because I have a tiny bit more time to spend, also because I should practice my writing skills and soon, after the summer I am going to visit a special school for communication and journalism. I am probably not one of the best, expressing myself in words but I think this is really going to help me to get better and better with writing about the things I like and care about. So I decided, I want to write more about my adventures all around the world with recaps about my recent (or not so recent) trips, things I experience in my everyday life and stuff I like at the time.
I don't want that this blog is like any other lifestyle or fashion or travel blog, I want this to be my own blog where I talk about those things that are important to me, even though no one might read this at all.
Starting with this post right now, I think I might update weekly. I do not want make a fix schedule on updating, that would be too much pressure on me and I probably would give up too soon again.
MIght not fit the content of this post but I like this picture. It took a long time to get it to look like this.
The last 4 nights I barely got any sleep and I don't know why or what's wrong with me. I know sleeping after school before dinner might not be the best idea but it always worked for me in the past. So this time I though, if I do not get up and eat dinner before, I may could sleep the whole night and be refreshed in the morning. But no, my mom has to ruin it for me because she wanted to talk to me about this. She really thinks I am doing this on purpose, staying up until 4 am and then sleep in the afternoon. Under all of those people I though she might be on of those who understands but obviously she doesn't. She thinks it is my own fault, that I am not tired at all. Hell no, I am fucking tired the whole time, all I want to do is sleep but that doesn't work for me. It is killing me that she is now angry at me because I told her she doesn't understand (which she actually doesn't) and she should leave me alone. All I can do now is crying my eyes out and hoping sleep will find me tonight a little sooner that 4 am.
And I am seriously thinking about going to my dad's house, even though he and my stepmom are in India and I would be left alone with my stepbrother there. At least he is not judging me for not getting any sleep and maybe he would listen to me. Listening and understanding isn't what people do much these days and I feel a little bit left alone.
Btw I know I made a lot of mistakes, but I do not care today. Obviously my brain isn't working properly.
