Old and New Photos from My phone.

Jakob and I eating ice cream on the warf.

Simone and i on an island.

Me in hospital. Bad picture, but hey i was in hospital!!!

BIG dolls house in Harrads in London. Girls like me only dream of :)

Cute danish cake.

Jakob and I

This Pretty Danish house, i see every time a walk to Jakobs house.

Sara and I in Odense.

PARIS!!!!! I was in France hehehe

SNOW

Simone and i making *cough** eating a pavlova.

My lovely boyfriend wearing my pink hat.

LONDON <3 <3 <3

LONDON Yes you read the title right. LONDON
From the 22nd of April to the 27th Of April i was in Lovely London and frankly i want to move there now. It was simply splendid. A real city :)

And ofcourse they spoke ENGLISH. Damn was i happy to hear the voices all around me in a language i could really really understand. Ohh amazing. Something special to be in a country so similar to New Zealand. I sort of felt a little at home!!

So, first thing i should mention. It was Sara (my best friend in Denmark) and I, tripping it around in London. It was fantastic. Very indipendent actually, like Denmark-- Just catching underground trains everywhere, going all over london.

We stayed with a lovely couple-- Ex exchange student Don ( From Italy, went to Denmark ) and his girlfriend Lisa (From Denmark) , They also lived with a guy from Germany and a couple from New Zealand. Fancy that !!!! Oh and a girl from Australia was staying there with us too :)

Very cosy,staying with so many from all over the world.

On the first night, basically straight after we got there, we went straight to an english pub, well who knows if it was english it was painted like a Zebra haha But very Nice- Had my first Pint ever :)

Thursday we went to some markets, Called Camption town. Very vey interesting!! Like a little town for punks, goths. Old, new, tattoos, piercings, funky clothing, everything :) Kind of like Victoria Markets in Melbourne but better!! A little dodgy, but very awesome. Nearly got a tatto (sorry mum) Hence NEARLY. ha-ha.

Then went to the London Bridge, Very beautiful.

And later that night, we had a beautiful BBQ at home ( they lived right basically in the centre of business london ) Very nice :)

London ZOO- Many Animals from all over the world. Sara and i had made a deal to go to a ZOO in Denmark when i first came to Denmark, but that didnt seem to happen , so we decided to go to the Zoo in London insted :P

Notting Hill, Peter Pan, Markets, Buckingham Palace (was too far away sadly-- couldnt be bothered walking after a day of walking allover london you would have done the same)

Harrods (MOST EXPENSIVE SHOP IVE EVER BEEN IN-DAMN)

Followed by an Italian dinner cooked by Don, and Very Very Sore feet.

Then we went sightseeing on the famous Big Red double decker bus :)

We saw many many many places. To see the London Eye and Big ben. Out to breakfast for English Breakfast-- actually exactlly the same as in NZ. Was so happy to see a real sausage!!!!!!!!! and eggs and backed beans and toast. totally normal :) Damn this was my element :)

We also went to Kings cross and To Platform 9- 3/4. And yes of course i am a witch. We also went on the Hogwarts Express and to Hogwards school. Haha I WISH. :P

Easter

Photographer for 3 days at FyensStiftidende

Photography

It was one of the most Fantastic weeks i think i have ever had. Maybe for you, it was a little boring but for me. It was a once in a life time experience.
So i arranged to be with an Intern Photographer who i would be with for the nest three days, following, talking and learning all about photography and the business. It was Fantastic. The Photographer was Christian Brandt, he truley is an amazing photographer and i learnt a lot from him. So Lets start .

On Wednesday
I went to the FyensStiftidende offices in Odense, where i met Christian and we were off on our travels. First he had to photograph school Children who had won gymnastic equpitment for the day. This was great just watching Christian, a real photographer getting in the kids faces. Crazy. The pictures came out great :) Then we went to a construction sight on the beach front where This huge house was being build right in front of another other one. So The owner was complaining. Yes a 2.5 Million dollar complaint. SO he took some photographs, and he really helped me see the creative side at any momment. Putting a rope in the foreground and the houses in the background, just to make it a little more interesting.
We then headed over to Middelfart and had to take photographs of a new bank, the architechure was brilliant, it was amazing going into parts of this bank that no other people were alowed to go. Just the reported, photographer and I :)
And ofcourse all the pictures were published in the newspaper for thursday.

Thursday
We travelled to Assens where we had to photograph a Real estate agent Lady who has been selling peoples houses lately because of the financial crisis. She was lovely, and we only had an emty house but Christian again got the creative side out and did something Brilliant.
Back to Odense and to an Italien Reasuraunt which had just got a new cheif. Now this time it was me doing the photographing :) I used my camera (EOS 400d) and i was away, snapping at this cheif as he was cooking something amazing. And then we photographed the food too. Difficult i must say, as i have never experienced food photography before.
And after we finnished, we got to eat the food. Three Course meal worth 400Kr ($150 NZ dollars) for free. Yummy.

Friday
DENMARKS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2008-2009
I couldnt believe it. I was going to the Denmark photography awards. An invite only event. And I... from New Zealand... was going... WHAT!!!
It was absolutly amazing, best experiences of my LIFE. Surrounded by Famous photographers who were getting awards. The photographs were BRILLIANT. Something i wish i could do one day in the future. I was so inspired. So in love, with photography that is.

I didnt want to leave ofcourse, but had to. After a delioushous meal at the awards, Christian and i went back to the offices and edited the photos. The next job was at 7pm and this time i was going to photograph again. We went 20minutes out of Odense to a little school who was doing a play. I used my camera again with some of Christians Lenses. And off i went to photograph. It was fun, and inspiring as i felt like i was working for the newspaper. haha. The pictures i took were published in the Newspaper. With my name and everything. Can you believe it. They are below. Can't believe it. Best week of my life, something ill never forget, something which inspired me so much to be (what i had been thinking of for about a year but had other options)..
A Photographer..

Thanks to Christian Brandt and Poul Kjaergaard who made it happen for me. I am simply blessed.

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Lovely Week

Went to an international Middle East place where they have shops and special things for us to buy from the Middle east. It was wonderful and they were so friendly. So i got out my camera and took some Photography Shots :) The building pictures i just thought were so cute, real danish hehe.

Friends :)

Lovely Friends hehe

Fun with The kids :)

Having Fun with the kids is what its all about :)

Wahoo more skiing :)

France and Swizerland Trip

So i thought i better update you all on what i have been doing :) I know i have been a little slack on the writing part, although you have seen pictures!!

As you may/ may not know i went to FRANCE on a ski Vacation on Friday the 23rd of Jan To the 1st Feb.

We Travelled from Denmark, Down into germany- through hamburg and frankfurt and Finally into france which took about 10 or more hours!!!!

When we got to France we drove to the highest mountain in the city we were in, to find a special place that we would stay that night. We were going to stay in a Monistry. A place where Nuns live, a sacered place just for them. It was home to one of the only woman Saints in the world many years ago. It was just beautiful. Snow was falling as we got there. Magical :)

So we stayed in this beautiful place! Had breakfast in the morning, IN FRANCE, French Style wahoo! I still couldnt believe i was in France though it was amazing. The Buildings were so beautiful, the views spectacular! This Beautiful building was called "Chapel of Tears" It was all seramics in gold.It was a place where the Woman Saint would go to cry for her father who died. The pictures on the walls were amazing , all detailed down to fingers and toes, flowers and insects. Very Symbolic pictures, and writing in Latin :)

So after seeing this magnificant place we travelled again another 10 hours i think, through Switerland and into France once again. I will never forget that car ride, besides being with my amazing new family, the view outside the window was like nothing i have ever seen before. Swizerland was cold and covered in snow, the houses of all colours so cute a clumped together. If you lived here you basically owned your own Vineyard. The whole country was covered in them, right next to your house, not suttle like in the country ( a field like in NZ) We drove past a huge lake and through the swiss/ french alps. One minute i was in Swizerland the next i was in France it was crazy. In france the houses changed though. There became long streets with hight houses towering over us. If you lived there you lived on your neibours doorstep literally, but it was kind of cozy!!

And at last we reached AVOIAZ, Located in the French Alps, right BAM in the middle. After a long drive i was ready to go to bed thats for sure. It was simply amazing at AVOIAZ, a city on the snow. Cafes, Bars, supermarkets, internet, shops, everything you ever need. We even had horses to take us around places!!! It was like christmas all year around, so cozy!.

And at last we went skiing, in France and Switerland. it was beautiful. The slopes like nothing i have every seen before wahooo :) i had the best week ever, best vacation!!!