Loli(Ta)lk: "Under the Sea" - Amsterdam Impressions

The Event is over and I left Amsterdam one day earlier than planned because I became sick. Now I'm sitting at home and trying to defeat the cold I catched. Luckily my body managed to stay as fit as possible so that I had no bigger Problems during the Event.

Here are some Shots of Amsterdam that I made:

This Picture is from the Sunday-Location. I love this chandelier <3

My Outfits:

Yes, it's AKIRA on the right! She was so patient! I suspect almost everybody asked for a Picture on Sunday. There where waiting lines through the whole room.

And there where that many People at the Event. And everybody looked so damn beautiful. Aaaahhh I felt soooo underdressed.

Here are some YouTube-Videos I found:

 

 

I'm in this Video...more than once! I didn't knew ^^

Here is the offical Gallerys:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskAbfiwn


And here are Blogs with Reviews:
Puppenschloss Blogspot
Marinette in Wonderland Blogspot
Cutetravels.com
Roselolitawonderland Blogspot
Roselolitawonderland Blogspot.de (Post 2) 
Luniechan Blogspot 
Roselolitawonderland Blogspot 
Marietuonetar Blogspot 

Travel-Report: Hamburg!

Yes yes, I know...it's a little bit late for my travel report, but unfortunately I was very busy the last few weeks. I did not have much time, that's why I posted the Nightwish-Review previously (it was already finished and in line since June). But let's start with the Report:

After the Event I had a few days left in Hamburg for Sightseeing, Shopping and a little geocaching.
I started my Sightseeing-Tour like most Tourist do with a Sightseeing-Bus. I really like this "Hop-On Hop-Off"-Sightseeing Buses. They are a great way to get a overview about the most important points of a city and by the way you also get interesting facts about the city.

Here are a few pictures of the City:

St. Michaelis Church

Window inside St. Michaelis Church - Amazing!

Harbor / Landungsbrücken

Harbor / Landungsbrücken

Alsterfleet

Speicherstadt

Little Police Station near Speicherstadt

  

 

But Hamburg is not famous for it's asphalt-streets. It's famous for it's water-streets. Because of this I also made a Alster-Boat-Tour and a Habor-Tour. But not on the same day ;)
Here are a few pictures as well.

 

 Harbor

Harbor / Landungsbrücken

MINIOOOOOONS! Bananaaaaa!

View on Jungfernstieg from the Boat

That's were the reaaally rich one life

 

I really liked both Boat Trips. They are completly different like Day and Night and I recommend you both Trips, if you visit Hamburg ;)

Of cause I had to do a little bit Shopping. If you have a big wallet, I recommend you the "Alsterhaus".

Alsterhaus

You will find a lot of luxery Brands. One I've never heard of befor was "Ted Baker", they have romantic, beautiful clothing and bags.

Ted Baker inside Alsterhaus

Hamburg has a lot of passage with Stores. By hazard I decided to take a look at the "Gänsemarkt Passage" and look, what I found there!

Sanrio Store at Gänsemarkt

 

Shopping Time! I can't decide!

Oooohh...It took me one hour to check all Items in the Shop and decide, which one I would like to buy. This is what I bought:

I instanly told a Lolita Friend via WhatsApp of the store and she said "Oh yes, I know this store. It's great, isn't it? Maybe you can make a good deal. I heared that the store is closing"
And I thought "You damn****, why did'nt you tell me about this shop earlier, if you know it??" >.<

A Tip if your going on a little Shopping Trip. Don't focus to much on the stores, take a look at the architecture. Hamburg has amazing buldings!

Musical-Report: Das Phantom der Oper / The Phantom of the Opera (Neue Flora - Hamburg)

If you read my recent post you already know, that I bought Tickets for "Das Phantom der Oper"-Musical in Hamburg befor I traveld there.
My Tickets where for the Show on Sunday, 20.06.15 - 7 p.m. My plan was to go there in my beloved Masquerade Theatre JSK from Alice and the Pirates. Well, I did it.
I was hoping, that I could get Fotos with the Actors, but this wish wasn't fulfilled. The only thing, that my styling could achieve was the attention of the other Visitors of the Musical and a short glance of the Phantom during the Applause at the End of the Show.
Well maybe I should have ran out the Theatre and head to the Backstage-Door...

Anyway, my styling gave me the feeling, I could jump up on Stage and dance and sing with the Actors xD
Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any good Pictures of my Styling that day. A friend that went with me to the Musical tried to make some Pictures, but the light inside was horrible. Good Pictures impossible ;(

Thats all I can give you:

  
The Show itself was unbelievable gorgeous. When the Prolouge began, I had to fight back tears. I love the Melody and it catched me completly when the Orchestra startet to play it. I can't make it into words....but I found two videos that will show a little bit of the Show (see below).

Stage and Chandelier

The Actores:

This was the Cast on Sunday 21.06.2015 - 7 p.m.:

I was really really curious about the Quality of the Actores. The Actores where all great, but the one that impressed me most was Rachel Anne Moore. She played the Diva "Carlotta Guidicelli" and was stunning! She reached the highest Notes so easily and the colour of here voice is so beautiful...I can only admire here! I wish I could sing like this...

Hannibal-Scene

Unfortunately I was a little bit unhappy about the Phantom. The Actor was good, no dougt of this,but for me his voice was not strong enough. Raoul was played by Nicky Wuchinger and he has a strong manly voice. That's why I thought all the time "This is wrong! This two guys have to switch the Roles."

I could not let go of this and so I went to the Teathre again on Wednesday to check the Cast of that day and deceide, if I would visit the Phantom again, just to see a other Actor as Phantom.

This is the Cast from Wednesday 24.06.2015 - 6.30 p.m.:

This Time Mathias Edenborn played the Phantom and he did well. In my Opinion his Voice fitted much better then the Voice of Rob Pitch.
Unfortunately the Cast from Wednesday was once again not perfect. Lauri Brons which played Christin on Sunday was much better then Daniela Braun. I guess I have to visit the Phantom some day again and hope for the perfect Cast =)

Here is the promotion video from Stage Entertainment:

This Video is a little longer and in german (of course), but it gives you a great impression of the Production:

I will defnetly visit the Phantom again, if I get the chance. London would be great ;-)

If you want to see the Phantom of the Opera but don't have any abbility to see it live, I recomment you the DVD/Bluray of the 25th Anniversary Concert. Sierra Borgess and Ramin Karimloo played the Main Roles. They are both amazing!! I would love to see them live on Stage.

Of course I couldn't resist to buy some Phantom-Merchandise:

The Phantom of the Opera will only be played in Hamburg until the End of September 2015. A few month later "Love Never Dies" will be showen instead. It is the prosecution of the Phantom. I already saw the DVD of the Austalian Production..well..I think it can't reach "The Phantom of the Opera" in any way...

 The Phantom of the Oper will move to Obernhaus, near Essen.

Loli(ta)lk - Report: Anime Matsuri - The Grand Tea Party (19.06.2015)

First of all:

I'm so sorry that you had to wait that long, but here is the first Part of my Report!

Getting started!

Well there was a lot going on befor the Tea Party. I sat on my bed on Thursday evening. Everything was packed and I thought, it would be a good idea to check the Facebook Page and see, if everythings going its planed way.

Oh dear!!!!

There was a post from John Leigh! He, his wife and the special Guest missed their flight at Istanbul and will not reach Hamburg befor 19.06. -  11 am. Therefore the Event will be shifted by 2 hours.
I didn't followed the complete Comments but belive me, there was a lot going on! I understand, that this delay caused Problems for a lot of People, but for me it was very helpful.
The delay gave me the time I needed to get ready for the Tea Party. You have to know, that I arraived in Hamburg on Frieday: 10:30 am. I had to get to Hotel, check in, find my room, make styling and make-up, get dressed and finaly go to the event location...
I would have never NEVER made until 12 o'clock, so the unexpected delay was just right for me!

Friday (19.06.15)

The first Problem at the Tea Party? Finding the Tea Party! I reached the Rathaus Hamburg by underground train. Outside the Rathaus...no Lolita anywhere! Inside the Rathaus...no Lolita anywhere! I got really nervous! Maybe this was the wrong place! Damn! I asked a Man at the Information Point inside the Rathaus, but he could not tell me where the Tea Pary is. Obviously he did not know anything about this Event.
Finally I found a entrance to a Restaurant that is located in the Basement of the Rathaus. I looked though the glas-door and saw LOLITAS!! Yes!

Anime Matsuri reserved a seperated Room at the Restaurant where we had our "privacy" and our own waiter. The Room was already crowded with beautifuuuuul Lolitas, when I arrived. It was really hard to decide where to look first. It was like "Oh she looks sooo beautiful! Oh I like this dress! Oh this Coord is amazing!"
I found a free seat at the table where some of the girls of my community where already sitting.

The Event started with a short speech from John Leigh. He introduced himself, his wife, some People of the Organisation and appologized for the delay of the Event. Of course he also introduced the special guests: Misako Aoki, Aya Nimura (Victorian Maiden), Chinatsu Taira (Metamorphose Temp the Fills) and Gabriel (TokiMeki)!

On this Day Misako was wearing Metamorphose x Barbie Ribbon JSK. It is a limited Edition, that was only available in Tokyo. Doesn't she look super cute??

John finished his speech and opened the buffet, because everyone was hungry. The food was really good and there was enough for everyone. Tea was also included in the ticket price, everything else had to be paied addional.

This was our table. What do you think? Looks good, right? ;-) 

You might wonder, if we didn't received a goody-bag. Of cause, we did. Here is a Picture of the content (we received a second bag on Saturday and I packed everything together in on bag. Because of this, I might mixed the post cards of both days).

Content: A lot of post cards, a pin with Midori on it, a Cameo and a little Towel from Victorian Maiden.

After everybody got something to eat (by the way, the speical guest got a huge plate of fries), there was a Q&A with the special guests.
Poppy Noir was sooo cute. She asked Aya Nimura from Victorian Maiden, if they are planing to make different sizes of their Dresses, because she loves the Dresses of the Brand, but she does not fit in them. The Answer was: Yes they are thinking about it and planing something in that way. At the End Poppy Noir started to cry, because she was so nevoues and this question meant so much to here. I can totaly understand here. I also love VM-Dresses, but there is no chance for me, to fit in them. Thank you Poppy-Noir for asking!

After that, everybody got the chance to make pictures with the special guests and finally there was a signing session with Misako. 
Whe had to change the room at the restaurant for the signing session. I entered the room and thought "Wow, this is amazing!"

I got my autographe on KERA! Vol. 201. Misako was on the Cover of this KERA!. I also wanted her to sign my Instax on the back, but finally I didn't asked for this, becaus the pen she used was not practical to write on plastic.


Of course we had to make a Group-Picture at the End of the Event and if you think "That many People?" Ha ha, wait for my Report of Day 2!

Of course I could tell you more, but I think, this was enought text now ;-)

For more Information about the Programm and the Food please visit:
http://lolitateaparty.com/the-grand-tea-party-germany/

If you find any mistakes (in writing or formulation) in this Report, please let me know.

Back Home from Hamburg!!

Arrgghh.... Fu***** Notebook!

I was already writing on the first Report for you, when my Notebook said "Oh, I installed some new Updates...I should make a system restart...but I don't ask you, if you want this as well! I just do it!".
So my ..."lovely" Notebook closed all programm and I had no chance to save anyhing I wrote in the last hour. Damn it! But now, back to topic!

As you can see, I'm back Home from Hamburg...with mixed feelings. This Journy was a big adventure. It had ups and downs and I'm still overwhelmed by the uncountable impression.
I will tell and show you everything I can, in the next few days. I will write you a report about "The Grand Tea Party" (19 - 20.06.15), Hamburg itself (Sightseeing, Shopping, Impression) and finally a special Report about my Visit at "The Phantom of the Opera" (I can still hear the Music in my Head).

Stay tuned!!!