Berlin 2012 was EPIC!

Dear readers,

Yesterday I got back from my trip to Berlin and boy, what a trip it was! Berlin never ceases to amaze me! If any of you have ever been there, I am sure you agree with me :) From Wednesday till Sunday we were with a total of 12 people and from Sunday till yesterday it was just me and my boyfriend. I think it's great to be out with a group, but I also find it important to have some down time with just my boyfriend. So what did we do? We went clubbing EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, we hired a tandem, we segwayed, we enjoyed ourselves at one of the many small beach terraces of Berlin, we shopped, we had very good food, we visited some cultural stuff and we LAUGHED...A LOT!!! :)

Here some random shots of our trip to Berlin.

@ Cocktailbar "Bar Eleven"

Dinner at an Italian restaurant...NICE!

Lunch with the complete group of girls!

9:30 AM, just stepping out of the club (Suicide Circus)

Tandem ride through Berlin

Waiting at Tiergarten Park for the guys to join us!

LOL...they dressed up as "The Beastie Boys" (Sabotage)

The Beastie Boys riding the tandem

At one of the many beach terraces in Berlin

At our apartment

Ready to segway!

There I go! :)

My boyfriend with the TV-tower on his head ;)

Enjoying the sun and a very delicious ice cream!

Restaurant Fabrics

Tarbot dish

Cheese platter...YUM!

Nice view from the Fabrics restaurant

@ Club Tresor (in the bunker)

With my boyfriend in the bunker of club Tresor

Our last morning in Berlin

So, just an impression of my quick holiday. Hope you enjoyed the pictures! Soon I will dedicate a post to all of the amazing clubs of Berlin, so you guys can enjoy them yourselves when travelling to Berlin.

Love, Melissa

Berlin, here I come again!

Dear readers,

Berlin is definitely one of my favorite cities in the world and since it is just a 7 hour ride away, I try to go once every year. This year I am going with a group of friends and can't wait to see what adventures Berlin has in store for us!

I am always open to discovering new things, so if you have some great tips, please share them with me! :) Thanks!

We are leaving this Wednesday and I will be back next week Wednesday and promise to post some pictures then!

Love, Melissa

Night view of Berlin

IPM Essen

Dear readers,

Last week I went to a plant fair in Essen, Germany. As many of you know, I work in the tropical plant business and visiting fairs is part of my job. I had never been to the fair in Essen, called IPM, but it is the largest one in Europe for plants and flowers and boy, was it large! There were 12 halls and my feet were SORE at the end of the day, but it was totally worth it, because I saw the most creative inputs with plants and flowers. I thought about you guys and felt like wanting to write a post about this fair including some pictures, so you have an idea about what the fair is all about. Also, because this fair is not only great for people like me who work in this field, but also for individuals who have a passion for plants and flowers. I saw so many people there whom were not linked to some company who just wanted to experience this fair and buy themselves some beautiful plants and flowers. Seriously, at the end of the day, which was also the last day of the fair, you saw all kinds of people with as much as 10 plants and flowers, dragging them through the halls to the parking garage haha!

Look at these incredible pictures!

Don't you just love all these amazing colours? Nature is the BEST!!! Sometimes I feel as though we human beings do not appreciate it as much as we need to! When you're visiting a fair like this, you build such respect for these oxygen-delivering beauties :)

And what about the skirt made of handpainted roses? Fab isn't it?

Love, Melissa