Monday was a short day for me, I just had school, went a bit shopping after school and did some homework, because I knew what I had planed on my days off.
Next day I did all my exercises and homework we had to do because the school gave us off. XD So stupid and annoying. I did really nothing special that day. >.>
On wednesday I finally did something fun, still for school, but it was awesome and super exhausting. ^^ I went to "Gärten der Welt" (Gardens of the World) to take pictures for my article which I'm writing for my schools online magazine. ^^
I woke up around ten o'clock but was suuuper tired and exhausted and suuuper lazy. -.-" I lay down again and just dozed off a bit.
Finally I got up and slowly .... veeeryy sloowlyyy got ready to leave. I had breakfast, packed my hand bag, looked up the way again and printed out the beginning of my article.
I decided that it was time to leave and went to get my bike. I rode it to the UBahn station and entered the UBahn. It was so hot and sunny outside. I was a bit shocked, because I really did not expect such nice weather. XD
I had a long way there and started to hate me for being so lazy the whole morning, because every train I had to take was full with people. Not the normal crowd, it was just too crowded. I really hate that. But luckily the longer it took most people left the train and I was able to sit and relax again.
Finally I arrived at the gardens and went in. And again... a lot of people... >.> and again I asked myself why I didn't left earlier. But to be honest, I should had expected so many people in the gardens, because it was so wonderful outside that day. ^^
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| I couldn't see right, because of the sun XD""" |
The "Gardens of the World" is like a big park with a lot of themed gardens. I really love it there, especially because they have a Japanese Garden, Chinese Garden and a Korean Garden there. ^^
I'm going to show you just a few photos, because I took over 700 and I'm not really through them all until know. I hate to decide which to use for the article. ;^; It's so hard to decide. XD"
I know, it sounds quite a lot, but I needed to take so many, because 1st I nearly couldn't see anything on the display of my camera, because it was so sunny and 2nd because I didn't only photograph the themed gardens but also the rest of the park. ^^
Okay, let's look at some photos:
I really love that picture, it screams summer so much! ^^
It was so scary on my way to the Renaissance Garden, because suddenly something crashed really loud behind me. First I thought something crashed or fell down, but when I turned around to take a look I was shocked to see a super dark sky behind me. It was so shocking, because in front of me it still was super sunny and nice looking, but behind me it was super scary. After discovering that it got super dark, I realized that it was thunder crashing what I heard and I hurried to the Renaissance Garden, because I was in an open spot with nothing to hide under or to keep me safe if it starts raining and thunder storming.
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| so many of them ^^ |
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| running water in the Oriental Garden - Hall of Receptions |
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| the Italian Renaissance Garden - Giardino della Bobolina |
Luckily I reached the garden before it started and in the end I thought it was a joke. I heard the thunder two more times crashing and it got even a bit darker but nothing really happened. I was so lucky that there was only some drizzle rain falling down.
After it finished I got a call from my dad, he asked me if everything was okay, because of the thunder storm. You have to know that my dad works like ten minutes from the "Gardens of the World". He told me that it wasn't only thunder storming but also hailing where he was.
I was really lucky with just the drizzle. ^^
I decided to wait a bit longer and sat down on a bench to eat something. After that little break I went around the garden, took a few photos and continuded to the Chinese Garden. ^^
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| entering the Chinese Garden - Garden of the Reclaimed Moon ^^ |
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| I really like the water things in the Chinese Garden |
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in front of the symbols. ^^ |
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| I love this so much. It's so authentic. ♥ |
I love the Chinese Garden so much, it's the biggest of all the gardens, because it was the first one. And it has a lot to discover there. ^^ There is a lot of water and small lakes with kois and stone bridges, stones in the water which you can use to cross the water, stones with symbols, tea houses and a lot of traditional symbols and patterns. It's just so beautiful!
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| The Confucius statue in the Chinese Garden |
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| taking a break in the sun and lying down on a lounger |
The one thing that was really super annoying was, that the battery of my camera died right after I took a break. I felt like crying or something, because I spend so many hours taking photos and wasn't finished at all. There were still three gardens left and a few things in between.
Luckily we live in the 21st century and I got an iPhone. I mean like seriously I would've died without the stupid cam on my phone. ;__;
Because the battery was only on around 50% on my phone I just hoped that it would last as long as I needed it...
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| cute feral pig statues on my way to the Japanese and Korean Gardens |
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| crossing the water over the stones in the Japanese Garden - 融水苑 (Garden of flowing together Water) |
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| Do not step on the pebbles!!! |
I just love the Japanese Garden and it's real water and stone circle water. I just love everything about it.
If you remember I mentioned it in the post about the Hanami too. ^^
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| The Korean Garden - Seoul Garden |
There was a couple shooting their wedding photos in the Korean garden. It was so funny to watch them climbing over all the stones, especially the bride with her super long white dress. XD"
But to be honest I think they will have the most beautiful wedding photos ever. *o*
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| The Balinese Garden - Garden of Harmony |
As you can see everything got fogged immediately and the first few minutes I couldn't see clearly at all. With the time it got more clear and when I came to the center, there was water spraying around and the air got more normal and clear again.
It is really beautiful in there and so exotic. It's a whole different thing as the rest of the gardens.
There also were these awesome flowers. I think they look very special and they are purple. ^^ Normally I don't like flowers that much, but these are beautiful. ♥
And this was also the last photo I took because right after that the battery of my phone died. So I was at the other end of the city with no camera and no phone and no one knew when I would come back home.
I didn't know how I should feel about it and just decided to ignore it. Luckily I had finished photographing all the gardens and was on my way back to the gate.
I stopped at the gift shop and bought a few postcards. The ones with the asian gardens and one of an overview of the labyrinth, which is almost at the center of the park.
After leaving the gardens I decided to go into the Eastgate to get me an ice. I just needed one after all day in the sun. My water bottle was already empty and I felt like drying out and super hot. My water ice was the best ever at this moment. XD
I went to the train station to get the SBahn and decided to hop off at Alexanderplatz to get some bubble tea. I just decided that I needed a lot of sugar and because I love bubble tea it was the best to reward me with one. ^^
When I crossed the place it was nearly dark but still warm outside. I hurried to get my bubble tea and looked into a few small shops. But not for long, because it was already late and the shops were nearly closing and I suddenly realized how exhausted I was and that my feet hurt.
I went back to the SBahn and was lucky enough that I got right in time to get the next one. ^^ I arrived home safely and super exhausted and suddenly hungry.
First i called my parents to tell them that everything is fine and that just my battery died, but as expected no one missed me. >.>
I started cooking really late, because I was too exhausted but finally decided on rice with scrambled eggs an fried tofu. *yumyum*
To give this entry a good end I'm going to reflect on the gardens once again:
The gardens are awesome, because they are all very well themed and planed out. Some are bigger some are smaller, but that isn't bad at all. It give's them more of an individual aspect, not that they aren't individual at all. They are just perfect as they are.
What I like most is that you can feel the atmosphere changing when entering the different gardens. It's just so awesome how you always feel, like entering a different world. It really feels right and authentic to be there.
The Chinese Garden might be the biggest but it's not the greatest, because every garden has it own speciality in design and atmosphere.
The Balinese Garden might not look that exclusive at first, as the others, but it is! When you enter it and you got through the sudden change of climate than you can see and feel the tropical and jungley atmosphere.
The Japanese Garden might look boring at first, but if you read the information or ask the staff members and try to understand you will get to know what all the circlet pebbles mean and you will understand the meaning behind the name of the garden. You also will notice the change of feeling and the calming atmosphere.
If you think Renaissance is only French you will learn that it also is Italian and you will feel like some King or Queen wandering around the Italian Garden.
The Oriental Garden just looks like something out of a movie and you will feel the heat burning you. You also might feel like some sheikh will crossing the hall soon.
You can also visit some quotes of the bible and finding your way through them might help you find yourself again when you visit the Christian Garden.
When entering the Korean Garden you might feel like you suddenly entered a historical korean drama and have to find your way back into your time.
All these aspects make "The Gardens of the World" to a very special piece of Berlin.
You should definitively visit them when you're in Berlin!
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