The Washerdryer

I recently came across one of these...right here in my apartment. By accident, I discovered that my washing machine has a built-in dryer. This accident was me trying to do laundry but also pressing the „dryer“-button and therefore ending up with very hot, but still dirty laundry that had detergent smeared all over it. It was still a happy moment, as I have been a huge fan of my dryer in the Netherlands that made my towels warm and smooth. On friday, I tried the magic. After the washing part of the laundry was done, I switched to drying. When I came home later my laundry was hot, but unfortunately also steaming and still WET. There is probably a reason why in continental Europe we have two different devices fort his. Good thing I also have a rag to air-dry my laundry. Maybe I can put it into the dryer-washer afterwards to make it all warm and smooth.

Truly Princessy Pictures

 This might almost be a little outdated, but I wanted to share it nevertheless. On the day that I left the Netherlands my dear friend Jennifer, who is a passionate and by now also professional photographer took pictures of me in Utrecht so that I would always remember the city. They are also a very pleasant Souvenir of all the fun times we had together (which are a lot, because we know each other since High School). There are more pictures on her blog. And just in case you are getting married, are pregnant or want some nice pictures of yourself for no apparent reason, give her a buzz! She is truly awesome :)

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Irregular Choice Shoes

This weekend the weather was very very nice in Dublin. Some mean people already said that this was the summer already, but I refuse to believe this and treat this as a preview for many nice weekends to come. I have not been able to fully enjoy this one because I had to study. On Wednesday I have the first of the Google Certified Professional exams and I want to be well-prepared. Still, after studying on Saturday and a little bit on Sunday morning I decided it was time for a treat and I walked to town along the Liffey and hit the shops in Grafton and O'Connell street. I have seen many nice things, but the thing that amazed me most and that I really wanted to share is a brand of shoes I found in "Schuh" on O'Connell street. They are called "Irregular Choice" and I fell in love immediately...really funky cool High Heels and also some pretty flats. I can't wait for Coniurata to visit and go get myself something pretty :D 

Welcome to the Adventures of a Cosmopolitan Princess

Those of you who visit this site more often might have noticed that things have changed in the last two weeks. Since there were some other things in my life that changed in the last months I decided it was time to make changes here as well. From „The world of Christina“ I changed the title of my blog to „Adventures of a Cosmopolitan Princess“, which describes more accurately what this all is about.
I chose the title because it captures best what I want to write about: the things that make my life princessy and me therefore a princess and also the things that make me cosmopolitan, like the awesome places that I visit and the interesting places where I live. After two years of mostly travelling adventures and one or the other update on my life, I will also write about more concrete and more princessy (and maybe sometimes a bit trivial) things in my life. Like very special pretty things I discover and feel the need to share, nice locations I find or an exceptionally good (or bad) book that I read. Since travelling and discovering the world is still one of my favourite things to do, I will of course continue to write about that, too.

Whereas the meaning of „cosmopolitan“ is probably clear to most of my readers and how it could apply to me, there might be a need to elaborate on „princessy“, especially for those who don’t know me in person ☺. To most of my friends it is no secret that I am a little princess on the inside, manifesting itself for example through the purchasing of countless pink items. I have only recently made complete peace with the existence of that princess. For myself, I was always a little afraid to be shallow, as if pink and pretty things were the only things I cared about. Luckily I have proven to myself once and for all that this is not the case by writing a scientifically relevant thesis and getting an awesome job. Also, this new situation brings along possibilites that I didn’t have before – evenings and weekends free of thesis-writing, studying, working or AIESECing, an income to spend on princessy things and space for myself, in my apartment. I will put these new resources to good use.

Until then, take a look at the pictures of my apartment if you haven’t already done so!

My apartment

First days at Google...

The other day I dreamt that I had graduated and got a job with a small communications agency somewhere in the Netherlands who hired me just based on my CV without even interviewing me. I had also decided to move to Enschede, because that was in the middle between my work and my parents and kind of nice and cosy. Already during my dream it dawned on me that these were not really wise choices and I started regretting. I was stuck and very miserable. And then I woke up and realized I was living in Dublin and working for Google :)

I haven't really started working yet because I will be in training until the beginning of June, but I have already learned a lot about my future job...I will be optimizing Adwords campaigns for the German retail market. So I will be looking at numbers and statistics and little Adwords advertisements, reviewing them and creating new and better ones. That is something that can make me very very happy, since it involves numbers and words in the most awesome media context there is right now. I also made some changes to my blog...since I will have a small Adwords-Account for myself I will use it to practice with it, but I decided it needed a relaunch before I can do so. I'll work on that in the next few days, but I am distracted by other things to do at Google, numerous social activities and moving into my apartment. Actually, I will only do that tomorrow, because my shipment from Germany still hasn't arrived. It will come tomorrow at 9.30 (best timing ever), but at least that gives me all weekend to unpack and get settled. Until then, I am staying at the hotel. Which is of course nice and cosy, but most of the other Nooglers have left so it is getting a bit boring and it would be really nice to have more than one room, a kitchen and all my stuff again. Luckily that will all be the case when I wake up on Sunday morning...if it isn't just all a nice dream :D