One Direction 'Where We Are' Tour Düsseldorf.

The second and last part of the 'Where We Are' tour was almost there. Chelsea came to my house the day before. We watched 'The Vow' in bed, trying to keep the tears away. Well, I failed..

The next morning we left at 9.30 am to the trainstation in Aachen. From there we would take a direct train to Düsseldorf. We still had 45 minutes before our train left. As usual or what most people do now, we searched for Wi-Fi haha! The sun was shining, which made our mood change to “happy”. The weather has such a huge influence on me. When we arrived in Düsseldorf we first went for food, pizza it was! At 2.30 PM we arrived at our hotel and we kinda stayed there. Exept for the time that we went to the supermarket. We were planning on queuing the next day at the arena so we needed some food to bring with us.

Our alarm went off at 6.05, 20 minutes later than we expected. We went downstairs for breakfast where we already saw other 1D fans. We arrived at the arena at 7.30 AM. The only thing I can saw about the queuing is that at first it was pure chaos. The security was unfriendly and they talking to us and putting us between barriers like we were cows. At 4.30 PM we could enter the arena. At first I didn't see anything but when the boys came on I stood on the second row at the B-stage. The were so so so close! Zayn waved ( yes, I know it for sure!) and Harry put his thumb back up to me. The concert was amazing and so different from Amsterdam. Standing in the crowd makes a difference. You kinda feel one with the boys and crowd.

(My friend made these pictures. Ask & credit before using.)

What was your last concert? Leave it in a comment!

Eva

Passenger gig.

A few weeks ago, I heard that The passenger would come to the station "Antwerp-Central" on the 26th of October. It was a free performance, everyone could go. So me and my girlfriend Chelsea decided to go. I'm not going to say that we are biggest fans but still wanted to see him live! I left in the morning on my own by train to Antwerp where I would meet Chelsea and another friend of hers. I knew Chelsea only via Twitter, which made it even more exciting. After an hour on the train sitting next to girls who were talking about whick book they had read, I could finally get off the train. I bumped into Chelsea and Flore. We decided to give it a go look where the event would be. When we arrived at half past 11 there were still some people working on the stage. We came there first with the three of us. Workers were still working on the stage and were testing the sound. We got hungry, me and Chelsea went for food and Flore stayed infront of the stage. Meanwhile Stu Larsen, a artist of Australia held a small sound check. A few hours later it was time for Passenger. Because we were in the front row, we were able to see him off the stage before he came to perform. In the meantime the station filled. I had unfortunately no view on how many people there were present, one of the disadvantages of standing on the first row. After a warm, cozy performance, Passenger dissapeared in the corridors of the station. Here went our hope, we wanted a picture with him! We wanted it mainly for Flore, she was the biggest fan of us three.We walked around but no trace of passenger. Then we saw Stu Larsen taking photos with fans. We stood there, looking around. He left along with another man, the man I had seen with Passenger before he went on stage. We decided to followStu Larsen follow from a distance. Just being calm walking in front of him, behind him, without any screams. We walked out of the station and came on a square, with an hotel. Not just a hotel, a hotel where a tour bus stood! Stu Larsen took a bicycle from the tour bus and cycled off. But the man I had seen with Passenger stood by the bus. I ran up to him and asked him if Passenger there was "We wanna surprise our friend!" "No, he's off, we are not with him. We are going to the Netherlands! " We said some words about Belgium and I ended with the words "I don't believe you." Passenger could not suddenly be gone. We were standing for half an hour in front of the hotel. Crew members were sitting in the hotel lobby and in the meantime Stu Larsen came back from his bike ride. We were about to leave, I had to get my train in half an hour. And at that moment I looked at the tour bus and saw Passenger. There were already a few fans pictures with him. Then it was my turn for the picture. Moments later I had the chance towalk to him again. I got a hug, "I have so much respect for you" I said during the hug. He thanked me and asked for my name, and then he shook my hand.Me, Flore and Chelsea were oh so happy, we did it!

Eva

Copenhagen

My first trip to Copenhagen is over. It was also my first trip on my own, which made it more exciting! Wednesday August the 14 th, I was standing with my carry-on luggage in the departure hall of Brussels Airport. I went to a friend for a few days. I was really looking forward to it, a few day of relaxing and exciting stuff to do!

After Stine picked me up from the airport, we went to a mall. Nice to know: 50 Cent visited the mall the day after us. We picked up another girl from school and decided to play with carts at home! Actually the first time for me that I played a real game with carts!

The next day we went to the center of Roskilde by train. It had nice small shopping streets and again a mall. Stine bought some movies that we would watch for sure!

After me and Stine watched movies at home all day, we met up with our friend at the movies. I discovered that they eat popcorn with salt in Denmark! What a shock! We sat in a hall for 40 people, really weird!

On day 3 we visited Copenhagen with the three of us. We took a hop-on/off bus to visit the city. A must if you want to see as much as possible on a short time. There was a bus every 30 minutes, we didn't really lose time.

In the evening we met up with Stine her parents and brother in Tivoli. It's an amusement-park en there are performances every week. I usually get sick in rollercoasters so I had to walk some more, which was also nice! We also had dinner in a restaurant in the park and after a walk through the park we took the train home.

My plane took off on sunday. After breakfast I packed everything and our drive to the airport started. I was in time and then you realise how slow time goes by! Sitting on your own for 2 hours is not as simple as it looks. But after a flight of one hour and a half, I arrived in Brussels.

I love Copenhagen

Eva

Big city, how I miss you.

Did you ever visited a city and were not even excited about going there because it was ' just a city'. Did such a city ever surprise you? I don't mean a random city with it but really a city, a city were you didn't expect anything from. I'm home from Poland for two weeks now, but we needed to ride really far we decided to stay in Dresden for a night. We would take off the next day again.When we went to the city after we changed clothes, I felt a 'free' feeling. I didn't feel uncomfortable of a tourist. It felt like I was a part of the people who lived there and that's so weird for me. But there's only one city, outside Belgium where it feels like coming home and that(s London. I've been there 4 times already and I'm planning to go there in December for the 5th time. But Dresden also surprised me with his small street, where a pianist gives the best of himself in the middle of the street. Worth it!

Eva

Shopping at Reserved.

In Poland I discovered a very nice store 'Reserved'! You can compare their collection a bit with ZARA I think. It's one of the largest clothing chains in Poland. The prices are about the same as those of ZARA. Resevered exists in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Lotva, Hungary and Ukraine. Hopefully it comes to West Europe in the future. It would be a good competitor for ZARA and H&M.

http://www.reserved.com/pl/en/

Eva

Last day in Poland.

Hello, ever been to the hairdresser in another country? Annoying or just not? Well, I did it today. Together with my mother a grandmother we were looking for a hairdresser in this small village. We found a hairdresser who was very modern! Who would have ever thought that haha. In Belgium I find the hairdressers so rough and so I also hate to go. In Poland, there not! Two women were drying my hair and I felt like Paris Hilton! They are so sweet here and are afraid to hurt you. I guess I've never been this happy with a simple wash! We decided to relax today because we have to drive a lot tomorrow. My last night here I'll spend it cozy with the family!

Eva.

Krackow.

Today I visited the Krackow city in Poland. After a 2 hour drive through the mountains, on roads where you could drive max 70 per hour we were finally there. I did not know what to expect. I love cities but Krackow was just the only city where I had not been looking for! "This square is very beautiful!" that wasthe only thing I was told by my grandmother.

Many old buildings, stores that they do not have in Belgium .. That got my attention actually. I must admit Krackow has totally not stolen my heart. I did not feel myself in Poland but maybe that's because I can grasp Poland and hot weather not good We also did a ride by horse and cart, where I first had absolutely no favors. "In a carriage by the city? I want to see the city itself!" But I didn't want to be stubborn  and jumped into the carriage. I stroked today for the first time in seven years a horse. Quite special for me because for a long time I didn't want to know anything about horses. It actually came by all those girls who do horse riding as a sport and put 123489 photos with emotional texts on Facebook. Nothing for me! Oh, what a heat comes from nostrils of a horse, haha!

Eva.