Hello from Germany

I had three busy months, but I can finally sit and post about everything about it. And as the post title says, I do it from Germany, where we moved almost two weeks ago! I'm still trying to get used to the cold weather again (I take back all the complains about the weather in Singapore! I don't mind anymore not having seasons, hahaha!)

He tenido tres meses muy entretenidos, pero por fin puedo sentarme tranquilamente y escribir sobre ello. Y esta vez no es desde Singapur, si no desde Alemania, a donde nos mudamos hace casi dos semanas. Aun estoy inentando acostumbrarme al frio otra vez! (retiro todas las quejas sobre el clima de Singapur! No me importa que no tengan estaciones, jajaja!)
 
But that's not the only thing that happened  during these months. We had a great end of 2014 traveling to New Zealand and Taiwan, and started 2015 in Bali :)

Pero eso no ha sido lo unico que hemos hecho durante estos tres meses. Tuvimos un buen final del 2014 viajando a Nueva Zelanda y Taiwan, y empezamos el 2015 en Bali.
 
This is one of my favorites photos. I took it during a walk on a beach of New Zealand. I hope you like it too!
Esta es una de mis fotos favoritas. La hice durante un paseo por una playa de Nueva Zelanda. Espero que os guste tambien!

Of course we took lots of photos, and I'll share many more of them in coming posts.
Por supuesto hicimos muchisimas fotos, e ire poniendo mas en las proximas entradas. 

day 365

I planned another picture for the last day, but weather didn't help. However, I like this one very much, and I still have plenty of time to take that picture before leaving Singapore.

Habia planeado otra foto para el ultimo dia, pero el tiempo no ha ayudado. Pero esta me gusta mucho, y aun tengo tiempo antes de irme de Singapur para hacer la otra.

day 364

I finally tried using Photoshop! I liked the picture, but since the background was green too, the plant didn't stand out very much. So we thought about using this B&W with a color. Not bad for the first time, what do you think?

Por fin me he decidido a usar Photoshop! Me gustaba esta foto, pero como el fondo tambien era verde, la planta no destacaba mucho. Asi que pensamos en utilizar el blanco y negro con un color. No esta mal para ser la primera vez, que os parece?

day 360

Went back to the Botanic garden before my mahjong game, since I wanted to retake this picture. It could be one of my options for my photography group's next topic: frame within the frame.

He vuelto al jardin botanico antes de ir a jugar al mahjong, para volver a hacer esta foto. Podria ser una de mis opctiones para el proximo tema del grupo de fotografia: encuadre natural.

day 355

Clouds' reflection.

Reflejo de las nubes en el agua

day 349

I liked the silhouette of this branch.

Me gusto la silueta de esta rama de arbol.

day 327

Kyoto looked really beautiful with the cherry blossom.

Kyoto estaba precioso con los cerezos en flor.

day 321

It took me a while, but I finally took a nice picture of this kind of plant, that is called bird’s nest ferns and grows everywhere in Singapore.

Me ha costado pero al final he hecho una foto que me gusta de esta planta que crece por todos sitios aqui en Singapur.

day 319

Even though on the 15th we were back in Singapore, I'll keep posting some pictures of our trip to Japan. But I'll alternate them with the good ones I took back in Singapore :)

Aunque el 15 ya estabamos de vuelta en Singapur, aun voy a poner algunas fotos mas de nuestro viaje a Japon. Pero como he seguido haciendo fotos desde que volvimos, ire alternando :)

day 314

We went to Arashiyama area to see the Bamboo grove, although I liked much more the walk along the river. There were still many cherry trees in blossom that made the landscape more beautiful. Certainly a nice place to draw.

Fuimos a la zona de Arashiyama para ver el bosque de bambu, aunque a mi me gusto mas el paseo al lado del rio. Ademas, aun habia muchos cerezos en flor que le daban un toque muy bonito al paisaje.

day 303

Colorful plant.

Planta colorida

day 283

We couldn't leave the Cameron Highlands without visiting the Tea Plantations. We had a nice and quite hike in one of them.

No podiamos irnos de Cameron Highlands sin visitar las plantaciones de te. Ademas hicimos un poco de senderismo en una de ellas

day 280

When it going to rain??!!  More than a month without raining.... many plants, specially the lallang (kind of grass that grows everywhere here) have withered and the haze is back!

Cuando va a llover??!! Hace mas de un mes que no llueve... muchas plantas, especialmente el lallang (cesped que crece por todos lados) se esta secando, y el aire se nota mas contaminado!

day 270

During the CNY there was curly bamboo everywhere too, and I was thinking about buying one. Even though it should not be difficult to take care of it, given my previous experiences with plants, I'm not sure I could keep it alive...

Despues de ver tantas plantas de bamboo durante el año nuevo chino, estaba pensando en comprarme una. Pero dada mi historia con las plantas, y aunque teoricamente estas plantas no requieren muchos cuidados, no estoy segura de que sea capaz de que no se muriese....

day 132

Sunset after a very rainy day.

day 86

Sunset walk at Labrador Park

day 73

Unfortunately, vacation can't last forever...

day 70

On Friday we wanted to hire a kayak, but it was very windy and the most important thing, there were not kayaks available in the morning. So we went hiking on Conway National Park, next to Airlie Beach. This picture is at Swam Bay. The shore was full of this kind of "fossils", although it is not know how they end up there.

El viernes queriamos hacer kayak, pero habia mucho viento, y ademas no habia kayak libres hasta por la tarde. Asi que fuimos a hacer senderismo en Conway NP, cerca de Airlie Beach. Esta foto es en Swam Bay. La orilla esta llena de este tipo "fosiles", aunque no se sabe como han llegado hasta alli.

day 69

Thursday was a great day. We joined a tour with Whitehaven Xpress  and it was very good (maybe because there were not bus and resorts, hehe). They took us to this lookout on one of the islands and then we went to one of the beaches (Whitsunday beach, I think), where we spent some time and had a good BBQ for lunch. And after lunch, snorkeling at the Great Reef Barrier!

El jueves fue un buen dia. Cogimos un tour con Whitehaven Xpress y resulto una buena eleccion. Primero fuimos a una de las islas desde donde hicimos esta foto. Luego nos fuimos a una de las playas (Whitsunday beach, creo), donde nos dejaron un rato y comimos. La barbacoa estaba incluida, y la verdad es que estaba muy buena. Y despues, snorkel en la Gran Barrera de Coral!!!

day 65

I chose one of Fulvio's photos for today.
On Sunday morning we went to Springbrook National Park for a hike. In the afternoon we drove north until Noosaville. In our way we stopped in Moolooba, and I discovered that Australians don't like shoes, hahaha!! I don't know if it is only in that area because there are many surfers (I saw it too in SB), but I saw many barefoot people, even drivers! It was funny when I saw in a restaurant that they specify that it's mandatory to wear shoes. Although something similar happens in the Spanish coast, where restaurants have to specify to wear a t-shirt, right? But without shoes you can get hurt or step on something "unpleasant"; maybe they streets are so clean they don't have that problem...

Para la foto de hoy he elegido una de Fulvio.
El domingo por la mañana fuimos a hacer senderismo a Springbrook NP, y por la tarde nos fuimos hacia Noosaville. Por el camino paramos en Moolooba, donde me fije en que muchos australianos van descalzos, jeje!! No se si es solo es en esa zona porque mucha gente hace surf (ya lo habia visto en SB), pero es que habia mucho, incluso conductores! Me hizo mucha gracia que en un restaurante especificaran que habia que entrar con zapatos. Claro que algo parecido pasa en la costa en España, donde especifican que entres con camiseta, no? El problema es que si vas sin zapatos puedes hacerte daño o pisar algo "desagradable"; lo mismo las calles estan tan limpias que no hay ese problema...