London (2018)

As I completed my master’s thesis nearly a month in Advance, I had some time off. I used this mainly to move my stuff back to Germany and for a weekender in London. Together with my mum, I spend the day to explore a bit of the city. We had a fantastic tour through the House of Parliament, enjoyed some meals at various pubs and tried to escape the heat of the city as best as we could. The evenings on the other side had a fixed program as we went to the Palace Theatre for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. We had a blast. This play is simply perfect!

 


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Portsmouth (2018)

Four years after my Erasmus exchange year at the University of Portsmouth, I came back to the Solent for another time. Having a bachelor degree of my German University of Applied Sciences in hand, I now came to Portsmouth to get my MSc in a three trimester course. This time, however, I knew where I wanted to live and therefore I moved to Southsea. A decision, I’ve never regretted and would probably do again.

The gallery below shows the Historic Dockyard, Southsea and the view you can get from Portsdown Hill nearby the Queen Alexandra Hospital.

 


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The Slide at ArcelorMittal Orbit (2018)

One of the most unique attractions in London is The Slide at ArcelorMittal Orbit, where you slide down a 178m long tunnel slide from a starting point of 78m. The slide was built by Wiegand after the design of Carsten Höller. Overall the slide gives the viewing tower ArcelorMittal Orbit an extraordinary and out-of-the-world appearance. The 40 seconds long experience is also rather unique, as you swing up quite high through some of the curves. The extraordinary height of the slide on the other hand is hardly visible, as you just slide down an enclosed tube for the most part of the ride. The few translucent parts of the ride are also passed by rather quickly, so that I even recommend to slide down the slide if you’re normally afraid of heights.

 


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