Business trip to Fuerteventura 24th June - 29th June ♥

Hello!

As some of you know, I'm a student for business and tourism and I'm working at a travel agency. Some travel operators offer certain business trips for people like me where we're visiting hotels in another country. So I had the chance to go to Fuerteventura for free!

My trip started at 24th June. I left work at 4pm to start my over night train ride to Düsseldorf airport. I could hardly sleep at the train, but I arrived at the airport at 6 am in the morning, so I've looked for a bench to continue sleeping for four hours.

The group was super nice, and we got along very well. This was awesome because I'm really afraid of strangers I have to stay with almost a week. Our guide was super friendly too, so I enjoyed being with them.

During the trip we were staying at two hotels, Elba Sara Beach & Golf Resort in Playa Castillo and at SBH Taro Beach Resort in Costa Calma. I personally liked the first hotel better.
We were staying there on an all inclusive basis.
Our job was to visit other hotels, look at the rooms noting down information and testing the buffets, haha. The greatest part was eating at the different hotels. But I really liked to experience the culture of the people there. It was super interesting, especially for my job because how should I sell a hotel when I've never been there? That's why I want to go on such business trip again!

I'd like to show you some photos of the hotels and the places I've been. And if you're interested in going there, just contact me, haha. :D

The left two seats were mine on the over-night train ride from Dresden to Dortmund (I had to change in Dortmund)

This was the hotel we were staying at:

 The beach from Playa Castillo/Caleta de Fuste:

Here's en example for a buffet. The hotel was Barcelo Thalasso Spa. My favorite buffet ever! *o*

... and this wasn't even everything, haha. :D

The famous dunes of Corralejo

Some hotels:

Awesome view from the bus when we were going to our second hotel in the south of Fuerteventura:

 The beach at our second hotel:

We also visited a zoo, called Oasis Park!

And this is the most beautiful beach at the whole island! Jandía Playa! 

The last hotel we visited had a small lagoon! So nice!

I hope you liked the photos. It's difficult to decide which photos I should post. >< And in the end I feel like not taking enough photos, haha. :D 

See you soon, 

Kanon ♥

Grand Lolita Tea Party in Hamburg - 20th June

Hey everyone,

it has been a long time since my last post and I'm sooo sorry, but finally I found some time to write a post about the Tea Party in Hamburg.

When I first heard about it, I was super excited because there has never been any lolita event which was hosted by a foreign organisation, so I just had to go! Thank god, I had a friend in Hamburg, so I didn't need a hotel. I bought a standard ticket and honestly, I was so happy that I did not spend a ridiculous amount of money on a VIP ticket. It wasn't really worth it.

I also applied for the fashion show but I didn't got accepted - at first.

A few days before the tea party, my friend Mimi messaged me about my height and my body measurements, because they were still looking for models and she thought about me since they needed a S-size model. So in the end, I could take part in the fashion show. I wore a super awesome gothic coord by Krad Lanrete which you'll see later on.

I got Friday off from work, and started my loong journey (I guess I was sitting in the bus for 7,5 hs?!) to Hamburg. I've been there before in like 2008.
In the evening, my friend Miriam and I went though Hamburg. She showed me some places and we also took some cute purikura! I love them!

This was the building where the tea party took place!

We also had some vegan Asian food at Loving Hut. It was so tasty and I wished there were more restaurants like this. I only payed 10,50€ for the meal. 

So on Saturday morning I traveled to the city center. The models were told to come at 9 am, so I was there on time... like the other ones, and the organizer, John wasn't there. He cam later, so I had no idea what to do. I got my dress later on and it still wasn't clear if we have to change or not. After sitting around and writing postcards to my family and my boyfriend, we had to put on the outfits for the fashion show. We should rehearse the walk, but... it wasn't decided how we should pose yet. So they started discussing for a long time, how we should work, where we should pose and so on. I was super annoyed, because this could have been planned before. But well. 

The good thing about being a model was, that we were already inside and could take a look at the dealers items. I thought about getting a pink parasol by metamorphose, but I had to find out that they only had one in each color, so the one I wanted was sold out after I decided to buy later. 

Actually, I couldn't really find anything I needed to buy. There were a lot of things like dresses, blouses and jewelry but none of it was like "BUY ME!" except for some dress, but I just had no 300€ with me that day so I couldn't buy it. In the end I bought some cute meta socks and a poster of Misako Aoki which she signed for me. 

Here are the photos of the "shopping area". xD

And here you can see the room. In the middle, there were the seats and the catwalk and on the right and left you could find the different brands.

When it comes to the location, I don't think it was suitable. It was okay for a fashion show, but not for the rest. The light was too dark and the chairs for the non-VIP visitors were too close to each other so it was difficult to get back to your seat with a huge petti. In the picture you only see the chairs for the people with VIP tickets. The normal guests had to sit in three chair-rows. 

It was Misakos birthday a few days ago so they gave her a huge cake. We could eat a piece of it too and it was very delicious. And necessary when you see the actual food we got offered. 

Sorry for the bad lightning but this was the food we got offered. You can see that there's almost nothing left, which means, many lolitas didn't got any! Some of the food was vegetarian, which is a pro, but actually it wasn't enough. We didn't have and tables or chairs to eat at either. We were walking along this table, taking some food, eating it, taking the next small plate and so on. I didn't like it at all. Horrible! I want to enjoy my food, even if it's just small pieces. When it comes to drinks, they didn't offer any tea! AT A TEA PARTY! I was disappointed. Everyone got two vouchers for drinks and afterwards, we had to pay. This was unacceptable as well. But okay... I took along my own bottle of water.

I didn't talk about the event itself. In my opinion it was quite boring. The fashion show was the most interesting thing actually, not only because I took part in it.
There was no brochure about the program or the timing so we didn't know if we could go outside to take photos or if we'd miss something important. The raffle took very long and at first they forgot to put the raffle tickets into the goodie bags! So they had to give everyone a ticket before they could start.
There was also a Q&A panel, but I could hardly understand anything while sitting at my seat, because the room was long...
More over they didn't have a German translator. I'm pretty fluent in English but this might have been a problem for other ones who didn't understand English that well. So it was difficult for some people to notice what was happening next.
All in all, it was pretty unorganized, and not very professional. The food wasn't enough, I missed my tea and there should have been a brochure about the program. I've also missed the autograph session which was announced (I just asked Misako by myself if she'd like to sign my poster).

But still, I had a lot of fun with my friends and it was great seeing them again.
The best part about it all was after the event. A friend and I went to a restaurant called Alex, where we met a lot of other lolitas who went there a short time earlier than us. We were sitting at a long table, talking eating and drinking. Seriously I spend more money on food in Hamburg than on lolita stuff at the event. xD

Here's my alcohol free cocktail, haha. :D

And here are some photos which were taken at the fashion show and afterwards by some awesome photographers. Please visit their facebook which is linked below the photo! ♥

by Anh Bin Photography

by Kon_art

Here's another photo of my coord for the fashion show:

And here are the items I bought... the poster and the meta socks. :D

 And here's the best photo I got. I got a selfie with Misako Aoki! She's so pretty! ♥

I really hope you liked that post! Please keep supporting me! ♥

See you soon, yours,

Kanon ♥

Comments I get a lot (lolita, vegetarianism, body)

Hello everyone!

Today I want to talk about questions or comments I get a lot. I'm really sick of hearing them online as well as offline, so I just want to make some things clear and state my opinion towards these things!

1. But only children wear pink, unicorns and frilly things!

Who said that? And why do people even say that some things aren't accurate for a certain age? You're saying that my style is childish and that I shouldn't wear that, while local stores sell heels shoes for 5-year-old children or T-Shirts with the print "Boys are toys" for 9-year-old! In my opinion it's way worse for children to wear stuff like this, than my fashion style. Why I think it's worse? Kids on high heels look ridiculous and the ones who wear such shirts don't even understand what's written on them. Of course, everyone can wear what they want, just as much as I want to wear my frilly dresses, but some people have to think about what they're actually saying. 

2. Why do you pay 300€ for a dress?

Because I like it? I think it's worth the money. I save for months until I can finally purchase such a dress, which makes it to something special. When it arrives, I'm happy, I put it on, I create a coord, I don't want to put it simply into my closet. Other people spend their money on alcohol, expensive adidas or nike shoes, Luis Vuitton handbags... so why shouldn't I spend mine on dresses? 

3. Why do you travel so much just for a concert/convention?

This question was asked by a former classmate some years ago when I was still at school. I traveled 4 hours by car to see one of my favorite bands. I do it, because I want to see them live. I love concerts, I love music, and I love meeting people who like the same music as I do. So I spend the money on the journey. She was like "Why don't you go to a concert near your hometown?" Well, because my bands don't play in small towns, only in bigger cities. That's why. She even asked me to like another band who actually plays in smaller towns in my area. That's ridiculous. 

4. But meat tastes good!

Yes, it does. Of course. I liked meat a lot. But I don't eat it anymore despite I liked the taste. Why? Because I don't want to eat anything where an animal had to be killed for. You can ask other vegetarians and they will say the same: It's not that I dislike the taste, I dislike the killing-animals fact. 

5. Why do you eat tofu in the shape of meat which also tastes like meat when you don't want to eat meat?

For the same reason as stated above. I like the taste. Some tofu stuff tastes like usual meat but no animal was killed for producing it. That's great isn't it? 

6. Meat is healthy, being vegetarian is unhealthy!

Dead wrong. Please don't say things like that when you never informed yourself about vegetarian food. What's important about meat are the nutrients inside, not the meat itself, and they can be found in other plants as well! Such as soy, beans, peas, lentils... There's a variety of meals you can cook without meat. And more over, you can eat unhealthy as a meat eater as well as a vegetarian!

7. Vegetarians are always so annoying and want to make us meat-eaters look like criminals!

Just because some narrow-minded people are stupid enough to want to persuade you to became vegetarian too, doesn't mean everyone is like that. People like them get more attention than people who don't talk about it. You can eat what you want, I don't care, but once you tell me stupid things like the ones above, I have to tell you my opinion about that. But still I don't want to persuade anyone, I just want to say the facts. So, no vegetarian jokes please. ;)

8. You're so skinny, you're looking anorexic!

Please. Stop. This. 

Anorexia is an illness, not a look! Or are you telling a bald man, he looks "canceric"? No? Okay, so then, don't tell someone he looks anorexic just because they're skinny. You don't know their story, you don't know why their body is like that. Not everyone who's skinny, had a diet or an eating disorder. There are people who are naturally thin, believe me or not! 

To me it's a huge insult, because you're trying to know myself better than I do know myself.

9. You're skinny, you should eat more!

Just as I stated above, you don't know why I'm skinny. And I fucking know that I'm skinny! You have no idea how I eat, what I eat and why I am like that. 

Just as an explication. There's something called metabolism and heritage. My metabolism is fast though I don't do a lot of sports (I'm lazy ass xD), which means I can eat as much as I want without putting on weight. And no, that's not always a good thing! More over due heritage, I don't gain weight easily as well. My parents were like that in their past too. 

I'm already eating a lot, but I just don't put on weight. Live with that.

And stop stupid jokes and comments about that. Thanks.

This was basically everything which came to my mind.

Maybe I'll do a "stereotypes about lolitas" or something similar somewhen in the future. :D

Yours, Kanon