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Entries from April 30th, 2010

German Wednesday : Evacuate!

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I had to be evacuated from my flat on Tuesday! Monday we received a letter saying that they had found an old bomb from World War 2 in the park opposite our house, and therefore they had to evacuate the surrounding areas while they removed it. I’ve kept the letter for ‘OH LOOK I HAD [...]

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Berlin, I love you

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I’m such a Berlin fan. The first time I went was when I was in Year 12, so about 4 /5 years ago now, and I still believe that my visit played a big part in my choosing German over French as my degree subject. Berlin’s a city steeped in history – when you consider [...]

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German Wednesday : The Abitur Students go nuts

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Last week was an interesting one in school – it was the last week before the Abitur (basically A Levels) students’ exams, so essentially their last week in school. Before I go on to explain what they get up to in their last week of school, there’s one thing you should know. Germans, as a [...]

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I have been refashioning, honest!

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

So due to unforseen computer problems, I haven’t really been diligently updating on my Refashioning pledge as much as I should have, shame on me. So I thought I’d do a little compilation post, mostly made from photos of the past few weeks, to show you guys how my wardrobe is slowly becoming more ‘Me-Made’… [...]

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GUESS WHO’S BACK

April 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Holy moly moly moly. Well, I’ve been away for about three weeks now… I’m sure all three have you have truly missed me! My laptop broke at THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIME, so I’ve been behind on everything – blogging, blog reading, BurdaStyling and most importantly Wardrobe Refashion updating… The problem lay with my harddrive, so [...]

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