Running around in Hamburg

As a model, you have to do a lot of castings and go sees. Remember America's and every other country's top model TV shows? (Can't believe I'm going to compare the real model life with that TV show, but anyway :P) but it's kinda like that. You run around, don't know the city and you go from appointment to appointment to introduce yourself to the photographer, production company or fashion editor to get more jobs booked. Well that's the reason why I'm in Hamburg now, I just got signed to MGM Models so I'm here now for a few days to run around!

You never ever ever know where and what time your appointments are for the day before the same morning that day. So every morning you wake up and your day will be one big surprise! Around 10:30am you just get an email saying: Hi Claudia, here are your appointments for today (...) And during the day you get some text messages with new additional ones. That means you have no idea when or even IF you have time to sit down and eat something. For me it's important that I fill up my by bag with healthy bites before I ran off in the morning. I always stock up on a bottle of water, fresh fruit, nuts and/or a fruit-nut bar. This will keep you going throughout the day or until you have some free time to sit down and relax and have a normal lunch.

Me eating a raw cacao fruit/nut bar in between castings

The next tip I would like to give you as a model is; find something in the city you are in, that will get your mind off modelling and give you a piece of mind. For me this is working out, so that's why I always bring my running shoes with me wherever I go. I mean you can go for a run wherever you are in the world! And if I'm in a city where there is Bikram Yoga, I'm in!! I love Bikram, addicted to this typical kind of workout since my stay in Capetown. As soon as I know I will be on-stay in a city I check the web if there is a Bikram Yoga studio near by. Bikram yoga is a 90 minute class doing 26 yoga postures in a heated room of 40 degrees. Yeah you will sweat like hell, but it just gives me such a great feeling. I calm down, relax and enjoy it so much! 

How my Bikram class looks like before we hit it off

And now, obviously we have to talk about food. When you are on-stay as a model in Hamburg, or just travelling or just visiting Hamburg hereby some tips. I always stock up on fruits, crackers, honey, oats, eggs, fresh vegetables, ready-to-eat-soups and some protein like chicken breast. This way I can whip up some healthy meals in seconds. Perfect when you walked around all day for castings (I once measured, I walk about 10km a day). So when you come home, you just want to have food on the table in seconds rather than minutes. So for example, this time I bought a carrot-ginger-coconut soup and some shrimps. Throw it together heat up, give it a stir and there you go. Or whip up a salad with your fresh vegetables, fried chicken (fried a complete packet and store it in the fridge, saves time for the next time) and some avocado. A recipe for one of those salads will be online soon!

Now, let's talk about restaurants. Where do you need to go in Hamburg when you are looking for a healthy bite? I already mentioned one of my favourite restaurants Dean & David. They have amazing salads, wraps and they are all delicious and healthy. Plus, I'm addicted to their coconut-sate dressing...  I want a jar of that please!! Oh and do eat some bread when you visit Dean & David. Germans are just so incredibly good and baking the best breads ever.

Salad at Dean & David

Then another great salad bar, a bit similar to Dean & David is Feld's Salat. Pick and choose your own salads or choose one of their extremely delicious curry's or soups.

I also love to take a salad from the salad bar at Edeka supermarket, you can just fill a bowl and pay for your weight. Perfect when you don't have time to sit down but need something on the go.

Then there is the Asian vegetarian restaurant Loving Hut. Amazing fresh and healthy food!

Oh and for the Sushi Lovers, go and visit Sushi Lô. They have the most amazing fresh sushi and if you order before 18 they have a special price!

xoxo

From Hamburg

Doing A Detox Cleanse

The first time I heard about juicing was years ago. I'm reading about it all the time, it's all over; in several, books, magazines on the web - and it all sounded to good to be true. Drinking freshly squeezed fruit and veggie juices that will detoxify your body, give you a glowing skin and boost your immune system. But since everybody is talking about it and it's supposed to help with digestion problems, bloating as well I want to give it a try. I mean, what's 3 days in your life right? Will I feel light, better, have a glowing skin? No idea, let's wait and see.

A detox is ment to detoxify your body. You will only drink loads of vegetables and fruits that are high in Vitamins and minerals. You need to prepare 3 days before your detox and slowly start to build up after. Try to eliminate caffeine, meat, cow milk, sugar in advance and the 3 days after the cleanse. There are many ways to do a detox, I chose to do it this way: "the smuices way", meaning I'm drinking smoothies and juices,  5 a day. No eating, no chewing.. all to give my tummy some rest because that's the main reason I'm doing it. I will drink a green thick smoothie in the morning, then a vegetable/fruit juices, then another smoothies followed by a vegetable/fruit juice and a high protein nut milk smoothie in the evening. A detox is supposed to give you more energy, a light feeling and a glowing skin. It's also important to do a post-cleanse, still take some juices take small portions during the day and after 3 days you can go back to a regular, healthy diet.

Too much food shopping

Get prepared though, you need to stock a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables if you want to juice on your own. I didn't feel the urge to spend 200 euro's on a cleanse while I know a lot about food as well plus I think that freshly squeezed juices and smoothies are better. A juice will loose his vitamins and minerals already after 2 hours. So I created my own cleanse and oh my, the fridge has never been so full! The next step was not planning ANYTHING, no gym, no exercise except some walking and cycling. Also, you may get a headache, get nauseous, tired, sleepy and a bit grumpy ;-)

The ingredients I have chosen are beets, avocado, celery, apples, lemons, almonds, cashews, pineapple, carrots, banana's, ginger, pear, raspberries, spinach and parsley. Why? Because of their health benefits:

• Beets - cleanses the liver, purifies the blood, is anti-inflammatory and a source of iron
• Avocado - helps lower blood pressure, lubricate joints, is anti-inflammatory, has loads of healthy fats and is high in fibre
• Celery - acts as a mild diuretic, promotes feeling of fullness, is rich in Vitamin B and fibre
• Lemon - antibacterial properties, aids digestion, is high in Vitamin C, detoxifies and alkalises
• Apple - helps balance blood sugar levels, helps lower cholesterol and aids digestion
• Almonds - lower cholesterol, containsVitamin E, healthy fats, is alkalising, lowers the rise in blood sugar and insulin after meals
• Cashew nuts - contains lots of healthy fats, magnesium, helps lower risk of cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases, promotes weight loss and helps lower blood pressure
• Carrots - rich in Vitamin A, helps improves vision, gives you a glowing skin,  is Anti-Aging because of the high level of beta-carotene, helps to prevent infection plus Vitamin A assists the liver in flushing out the toxins from the body
• Pineapple - rich in Vitamin A, C, calcium, potassium, high in fibre, anti-inflammatory and improves digestion
• Banana - makes all the smoothies creamy, is high in Vitamin C and B-6, potassium, magnesium, rich in fibre and helps feeling full longer
• Ginger - a detox isn't a detox without ginger, a natural anti-inflammatory food, improves digestion and promote detoxification by speeding the movement of food trough the intestines
• Pear - anti-oxidant rich, helps prevent high blood pressure, helps lower cholesterol, high in fibre, anti-inflammatory, high level of boron which helps the body to retain calcium.
• Raspberries - adds sweetness, helps promote weight loss, blood sugar level stabiliser and contains lots of fibre 
• Spinach - high in fibre, aids in digestion, maintains low blood sugar, full of flavonoids (which is anticancer properties), is an natural anti-inflammatory, is full of Vitamin A, C, E, beta-carotene, manganese, zinc and selenium.
• Parsley - high in Vitamin C, helps increase urine flow, can help increase eliminating excess fluid that cause belatedness and is high in anti-oxidants and free radicals

Starting the detox
Every morning I start with a glass of water with half a squeezed lemon. It has a cleansing effect, and it improves digestion. After half an hour I started with my first smoothie. Between the juices I gave it about 2 hours so the juices were spread out during the day. When I was hungry I took my juice a bit earlier and when not I waited a bit so I could wait with my "dinner" so I was full longer at night.

These were my juices during day 1

1. The Energiser: Blend 3 big handful of spinach, 1/2 avocado, 1/4 fresh pineapple, 1 banana, 1 1/2 tbsp flax seeds, 1 knob ginger, half a squeezed lemon, water
2. Miss Red: Juice 2 carrots, 1/2 beetroot, 1 huge red apple, piece of ginger
3. Berry Beet: Blend 1 beetroot, cup of frozen raspberries
4. Cleanse: 1 pear, 2 hands of spinach, 1/4 cucumber, 1 bundle of parsley
5. Cashew Chai milk: 3 dates, 1/4 cup soaked cashew nuts for at least 4 hours. 1 cup of filtered water, vanilla powder, 1 tsp vanilla protein powder, a dash of cardamom, cinnamon and ginger powder

Day 2

1. Same as Yesterday; The Energiser
2. Green Machine: 1/2 fennel, 1/2 cucumber, 2 celery, 3 hands of spinach, 1 green apple
3. Jungle Juice: Blend 2 big carrots, 1 beetroot, piece of ginger, 1 orange, half a cup of frozen raspberries and 1 tsp agave syrup.
4. Fresh Green: 1/2 lemon, peeled, 2 granny smith apples, 1 piece ginger
5. Almond dream: handful of almonds, 1 cup almond milk, 1 tbsp vanilla protein powder, dash of cardamom, cinnamon and ginger powder

Day 3

1. Green glory: 1 cup water, 1 tbsp flax seed, 1/4 pineapple, 1 banana, 1/4 cup spinach,  a big hand of lettuce, piece of ginger, 1 tbsp peanut butter
2. Green Detox: 1 pear, 2 hands of spinach, 1/4 cucumber, 1 bundle of parsley
3. Berry Beet: Blend 1 beetroot, cup of frozen raspberries
4. Jungle Juice: 3 big carrots, 2 celery, 1 red apple, ginger, 1 orange, 1/2 lemon, optional: pinch of cayenne pepper
5. Same as day 1, the Cashew Chai milk, but used a tbsp vanilla protein powder and added a few pecans as well.

How did it go?
The first day went incredibly well, because I stopped drinking coffee 2 weeks ago I didn't had aaaaany headache at all. Didn't feel dizzy, sick or hungry. I'm such a foodie and never thought I could make the 3 days without cheating, but I did! The second day was really, really hard for me. I spend the day at my parents place and everybody was eating pie and drinking wine and I was sipping my spinach, fennel and pear juice haha. Especially during the evening, I was feeling really, really hungry that's why I increased the Cashew Chai Milk with a tablespoon of vanilla protein powder in stead of a teaspoon. I think it was just a bit too little. But wile day 2 was horrible, the last day went amazing. I woke up and felt refreshed and rejuvenate. I slept like a baby and was actually really looking forward to drink my green smoothie. My skin was glowing, I felt light and lean and my cleanse was almost over.. now I felt I could do this forever! haha just 24 hours left..

But damn, I missed properly eating and have never enjoyed eating breakfast so much after my cleanse. That's the only thing that was really hard for me. But I loved drinking the juices, so I will definitely continue drinking juices and give it a place in my healthy lifestyle diet. And as I already mentioned, the next 3 post-cleanse days I will eat vegetarian light meals and after that I will continue eating "normal" and healthy.

Conclusion of the detox: My tummy feels amazing, i'm not bloated at all, feel rejuvenated full of energy and my skin is glowing. I would definitely try it again, and will probably do 1 day of juicing more often. Also a very good solution after a bit too much food or alcohol ;-)

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Food Diary London Part 2

Wellll if I mention a story has a part 1, obviously there will be a part 2! So here it is.. the second half of my trip in London.

Paul had to work a bit so during the days we obviously went shopping, a bit of sight seeing and filled the days with good food, too many drinks on Monday, and nice company.

On Monday I went to Whole foods, food heaven. Seriously one of my most favourite shops ever. I was so hungry after walking all day (15.5km on that day in total!!) that I almost ran to the salad bar and filled up the box with goodies. Seriously, why don't we have a organic food shop like that?

What's in the box? Well.. what isn't? Haha 2 different kinds of quinoa salad, grilled vegetables, peas, lettuce, crumbled feta cheese, all-the-colour-of-the-rainbow-tomatoes and probably some more! ;-)

Lunch at Whole Foods 

Then Dinner.. Our roommate was taking us out for dinner, we went to this amazing restaurant called Choco Matte! A very trendy restaurant with 2 floors, downstairs a cocktailbar and a terrace, upstairs a chique restaurant with a complete open kitchen. How cool is that? Their delicious cuisine is brining the best of Japanese and Peruvian culture together. Besides that they serve colorful and yummy cocktails. Down side? It's a bit pricy, but the food and drinks are really worth it. 

We started off with some edamame and Bellini's. Never heard of a Bellini? No, me neither it's an amazing champagne drink which is mixed with fresh peach juice. After that? Well, we ate a lot and frankly I don't remember all. We had spicy tuna salad (look at the beauty) lobster and sea bass ceviche, black miso cod (favourite!!!), miso soup, tempura eel sushi, sashimi platter, peruvian pumpkin and zucchini, spicy corn with avocado fritters, more Bellini's and some more wine.. haha yup a very giggly and fun night out! 

Spicy Tuna Maki at Choco Matte

Paul and me enjoying all the food

Lobster ceviche (love)

Me at Carnaby Street

Then for my last day in London we went to this another amazing place for lunch, Villandry. We chose the bread with guacamole, baba ganoush and hummus with some extra carrots because I can't eat the white bread. Then we shared a tuna tartar and I had the fish cake as a main with a side of grilled asparagus and broccolini. An smoked haddock and salmon fish cake served with Salmorejo and spinach, really yummy I have to try to make this dish at home!! Just stupid, told the waiter I couldn't eat white bread and guess what was in the Salmorejo and the fishcake? So yay, got sick during the night..  So will try to make this recipe Claudia-Proof!

Bread, carrots and dips

Tuna tartar with avocado

My yummy smoked Haddock and Salmon fishcake

Time to wave London goodbye, while sipping on a delicious juice from Joe & The Juice! Damn.. I wish we had more foodshops like this at home!! 

Hope you enjoyed reading 

xoxo

Food Diary London part 1

As you already read in my previous post, I was in London. Had so much fun and already feel sad to leave my dear friend behind!

The First night I arrived me and Paul went to this wonderful restaurant called Yalla Yalla, Lebanese street food. Recommended by one of my Bookers and I would definitely recommend it to you when you're in London! The menu was huge and everything looked delicious, but it was already really late and wasn't that hungry any more (was around 21/22 O'clock). So we ordered a glass of red wine and took some bites from the tapas sharing menu. One of the best falafel with tahini drizzled all over, damn delicious, we had some pita bread with baba ganoush, an amazing avocado pomegranate salad, marinated BBQ chicken liver (first chicken liver ever in my entire life). But there were many articles written about this famous dish, so obviously had to try! And it was really yummy!

Falafel

Some of the food at Yalla Yalla

The next morning we went for a run in Regent Park. Finally time to use my new trainers, love them! 

 Paul is so lucky she lives like 10 minute walk from the park, 10 minute walk from Oxford street (the massive shopping street of London) and with 2 tube stations around the block it's quite the perfect spot to live!

And we were really lucky with the weather, it was about 28 degrees Celsius! Can you believe it? Actually good weather in London? haha it's always rainy weather when I'm there and now it was high summer!

After our run we created a breakfast we enjoyed all week. A carrot - ginger - apple - orange - celery juice and some yogurt with fresh fruit and healthy granola.

Regent Park

 My favourite breakfast which I enjoyed in London every single day

 After breakfast we went walking to Camden Market. A wonderful area full of shops, markets, paintings, art, jewelry and.. food.. haha! We were craving some street food so we digged into a wonderful wrap with caramelised onion and roasted duck. Incredibly delicious!!

Duck wrap in Camden Town

For dinner we made a yummy salad, something I make quite often and wanted Paul to taste it as well.

Ingredients

For 2 persons

Spinach, watercress, rocket salad mix (or any other)

1/2 avocado

1/2 butternut

1 eggplant

goat cheese

chickpeas

a few cherry tomatoes

fresh olives

balsamic reduction

salt and pepper

cinnamon

Cut the eggplant and butternut in cubes and cook the butternut until quite soft, but not completely done! In the meanwhile stir fry the eggplant until slightly browned, then add the butternut, cinnamon, salt and pepper and stir fry until everything is a bit caramelised. Get a plate and arrange some salad on, then a few tablespoons of chickpeas, the tomatoes in halves, the vegetables, avocado, olives in halves and goat cheese. Serve with the balsamic reduction and you're done!

London calling

Sorrrrrrry guys 

Im so busy I just havent found the time to blog. Im in london at the moment, flying back this evening and working in amsterdam tomorrow.. I will definitely write some blogs this weekend so you will have a lot of reading to do the next couple of days!;)

But some sneek peaks of londons food heaven I will already give you!;)

Yummy fishcake

Tuna tartar with avocado

Lobster ceviche

And a wonderful bresaola salad with grilled vegetables!!

Big kiss xoxo

A hectic week as a model!

Heey Guys!

I'm incredibly sorry, I have been sooooo busy there was like zero time for blogging.. I went for a trip to Hamburg where I met my new agency MGM models check my Portfolio. And after my meetings I had a date with one of my friends, gorgeous sweetheart Sanny (Bartlema).

Me and Gorgeous Sanny

The first day in Hamburg I did some serious meal prepping at home (very important if your on the road all day long), I made a simply salad to go (quinoa, smoked chicken, cucumber, avocado and cherry tomato). Healthy, easy to eat on the road and very delicious. Because I had meetings all day I knew there wouldn't be time for a quiet sit-down lunch. And since I'm always hungry.. yep I NEED food prepping ;-) hahaha of course I also had some snacks in my bag as always: some fresh fruit, nuts and this time I also took the NAKED bar with me. It's all natural, has a great taste and it's easy to take with you wherever you go! So some tips you can maybe use when you are planning a trip anytime soon!

After all that was done me and Sanny went food shopping in rainy Germany, definitely time for some comfort food! We bought a bottle of Italian wine (Nero d'Avola, my favourite) and had tapas for dinner! We chose a variation of cheeses, spelt bread, salad, grilled eggplant, olives, corn salad, fresh grapes, fig jam and some nuts. And as a dessert we had my healthy home made brownies (recipe coming soon). Heaven on a little side table!

Fooooood and wine!

The next day we went on a very healthy detox after all the cheeses, nuts and wine and had a lot of fresh fruits and veggies. We went to the cinema, "the other woman" with Cameron Diaz and amazing model Kate Upton (still don't understand the hype about her, but yeah she is gorgeous). A really good woman movie, so I would say check it out!
After the cinema we went out for some shopping and bought some amazing sale items in town, scoreeee! After are big shopping succes we ended up having dinner in Dean & David, you may remember the name? I told you about them in one of my older posts Click! We had an amaaaaaaazing carrot, ginger and coconut soup. One of the best soups I ever had.. really.. we thought about it the entire evening haha and shard a huge chicken salad with coconut-satay dressing. Please if you are ever, ever, ever in Germany try out Dean & David.. the smoothies, juices, wraps, panini's, salads and soups.. it's ALL good! =)

The Carrot-Ginger-Coconut Soup

After the food we went home and rented some more movies, a very chilling movie day it was! The day after it was time to go home, I needed to continue healthy eating and work out.. seriously.. because I booked an amazing job.. The cover of Men's Health!!!

So excited to book the job, that would be on Tuesday. 2 days left, to be in my very best shape I needed some prepping. For me that means eating healthy 100% of the time: lots of fresh fruit, vegetables, chicken and fish. Not food that will blow you up, but things like beetroot, celery, ginger are very good. And also it's very important do drink a lot of water and green tea, to get rid of all toxics and it cleanses your body well.

The photoshoot was amazing, wonderful people, a great photographer, good looking male models ;-), amazing make up by such a sweet make up artist. Really the entire day was having such a good vibe!! And yes, we also had very nice food! We could choose our own salad or bread, of course all the models took salads since we weren't wearing that much clothes ;-) I chose a chicken salad with avocado, pine nuts and parmesan cheese. But most important, I had soooooo much fun! These are the kind of jobs that make me so happy and feel blessed I'm able to do this work for a living!

Backstage at Men's Health

Well so far the start of my week and I promise I will tell you all about the rest soon and upload some recipes!

xoxo

My Dear Amsterdam

Haaay Guys!! 

This week I was back in lovely Amsterdam for 2 days. The very first day I had a gym date, I signed up for an insane workout with Model Workout! And we nailed it! After a million burps (okay Jeroen it were 45) and lots and lots of more excercies it was time to see one of my old friends again, Marianne. I know her since college time, when the economy wasn't that great, she made the choice to move to Amsterdam to find a job over there. And she did, she works as an attorney in a law firm. BUT I have never visited her place in Amsterdam! Shame on me, I know.. but it's just not in my system she lives over there hahhaa.

Me and the trainer of Model Workout!

We (me and Marianne) were both late and I was huuuungry so we decided it would be either dining out or dining in with a take away. And then Sla Amsterdam made the announcement on Facebook they would deliver to her region in Amsterdam as well.. YAY!! Easy peasy! I chose the amaranth chicken salad (my body was craving protein) and it was really delicious! Definitely one of my favourite places in Amsterdam to go to! My salad included rocket, amaranth, mushrooms, sweet potato, tomato, organic chicken and Parmesan cheese. A yummy combination including a very tasty dressing! First time I tried amaranth as well, I liked the taste of it. But I would still prefer quinoa though! ;-)

The next morning I had a casting, my first casting with my new book from Max Models. I signed up with them a bit over a month ago and am really happy with my new mother agent. A mother agent is the one that's taking care of your agenda, agency's abroad etc. The bookers are all really nice and doing a lot of effort, so hopefully I will work a lot with them!!

After my casting I went to Venkel, it's kind of a side kick of Sla. So I was eager to see if it would be just as good. And I have to say, I liked it, but Sla stays my favourite one. The portion was smaller, and I'm a big eater ;-) And the dressing was a bit sourly, I chose the "Lente kriebels" salad with chickpeas, peas, avocado, Parmesan, radish and I chose for a bit extra chicken (protein!) for my muscle recovery. I enjoyed it, I really did.. but too much of the sour dressing! ;-)

Lots of dining out!

Hey Guys!

As you may have noticed, I have not been posting a lot - OOPS! Sorry.. the reason? Mainly because I was working, booking my Holiday and had a lot of lunch and dinner dates with friends and family. Also because I forgot a lot of times to take photo's of my creations.. haha yeah not that smart when you want to post about it ;-) 

Lunch at "Concerthuis" Groningen

One of my friends is a great singer at "Housedieren" she was performing on Queens night- and day so we met up just before so I could help her shopping a bit and we could chat and catch up again. We went to "Concerthuis" a great place for foods & drinks. It's one of my most favourite places the last few weeks. We ordered a roasted butternut squash a "salad" of smoked mackerel, beetroot, fennel and cucumber and a buckwheat salad with roasted eggplant. Lots of food, really, really yummy!! 

Tapas with my friend Sanny (model @de Boekers) 

And look at this yummy food!! That was amazing Spanish tapas, again in Groningen. I haven't seen Sanny in months so we went out for drinks in the sun whole day and finished eating these amazing bites in the evening. We ordered a cheese fondue, patatas braves, chicken in plum sauce, spinach with raisins and pine nuts, lots of red wine haha, orange and avocado salad, beef and I don't know what.. haha lots of food, really yummy!! 

On Sunday I had to work, for lunch we got a three course buffet meal.. damn look at the desserts! How can you resist? 

And then last but not least, a visit to Bagel & Beans. I love their new menu, they have spelt and oat bagels now which I both tried. The oath bagel was a big soggy the spelt was yummy though! I also tried the chicken, avocado salad. DAMN tasty! And of course their juice, unfortunately they didn't had veggie juices today so I took the "all-in fruit juice". It was pure banana, strawberries, orange, banana, pineapple and raspberry. Really delicious! 

Tomorrow another dinner feast! My boyfriend is getting his master degree tomorrow, so proud! That means we have to celebrate well right? So with the entire family we are having a big Indonesian meal feast. Looking forward already ;-) 

My Day In Food

Because a lot of people kept asking me, but what do you eat on a day? I decided to write this blog and give you a sneek peak in how one of my days looks like.

Yesterday (Thursday) my alarm went at 5 o’clock in the morning, yup that early. I quickly ran in to the shower and my boyfriend was sweet enough to bring me to the train station (thank god for finally having  a car). My train departed at 5.36 and because I was still way to sleepy I tried to catch some more sleep. Between 6.30-7.30 I had my breakfast, a wonderful super food packed smoothie I prepared the night before, transported in an empty water bottle (easy, because I can just throw it away after finishing my breakfast).

This was my smoothie, while reading the newest Glamour magazine. This delicious goody was made with fresh pineapple, frozen raspberries, a big bunch of fresh kale, soy yogurt a splash of water, maca powder and hempseed protein powder. After blending I added a small handful of seeds and dried fruits to give it all a chewy bite. 

After a 2 ½ hour train drive I ended up being at Amsterdam Airport, today I’m flying to Berlin, working and in the evening going to Frankfurt by plane to work there and from there I will fly back to Adam late in the evening. Yup, heavy stuff! Anyway I passed security quickly, nobody checked my passport (I couldn’t find it yesterday and was searching for over an hour being stressed as hell) and found this not so amusing haha. Anyway after that I could use a big mug of steaming caffeine so I decided it was time for a special treat at the Starbucks in the airport. 

I ordered  a sugar free caramel soy latte and a piece of my homemade apricot nut spelt cracker (will be posting the recipe this week). And than my phone died on me, again, so I decided I needed a new one fast and was busy ordering a new phone while enjoying my Starbucks and then I checked the time, SHITTTTT! Running my way over to the gate I was juuuuust in time to board – I’m seriously not having a good week - is overrated. Up in the air and there we go, thanks to my frequent flyer I was able to move to the emergency exit chairs with extra leg space, hallelujah saved from the guy in front of me that made me want to do the split not to hurt my knees and legs! The flight was nice and easy. 

I arrived and Berlin and searched my way over to the city centre, bus – metro – I’m there. 2,5 hours more hour before my call-time I decided to find a restaurant, eat something and try to rescue my phone. It’s charging now, let’s hope it will work until I’m home and have a sparkling new Iphone 5S gold.

I was lucky, damn lucky! Because I found a cute place cold Dean & David just around the corner of the subway.  They were supposed to  serve 100% healthy and 200% tasty food, according their headlines. I took the salad the women suggested me, Indian summer salad with stir fried mushrooms, feta cheese (the real one), tomato’s, cucumber lots of salad leaves and some sunflower seeds with a french herb dressing. I enjoyed it with a hot ginger tea and one more of my crackers, so left the bread that they served the salad with out. The salad was really nice, just way too much dressing.

After that my laptop was dying so I went over the Kürfurstendamm and found another Starbucks, ordered a tea and charged my laptop while chatting with my boyfriend and some friends on Facebook.

Than went over to Bogner, a clothing brand. Got in hair and make up and had to do 2 shows, one at 16 O'Clock and one at 18 O'clock. The team was lovely and the other models really nice, so we had a lot of fun and joy. One of the models I actually new from my first time in Madrid, she was my house mate in the last week. So it was nice to see her again!

In our little break I went walking over the Kürfurstendamm with a couple of the models. 1 girl just wanted to go somewhere with wifi (why are we so internet addicted??) and the others decided it was a good idea to take a bit of a walk since the weather was so nice. Because we wouldn't be able to have a proper dinner, after the show we had to take a cab to the airport, we decided to pick up food at, yup Dean & David again! haha. 

So backstage I enjoyed my salad, this time with shrimps, artichoke, bell pepper and lettuce with a honey mustard dressing on the side (learned a lesson). We drink some champaign and on the way out we all took a choco pop. Jumping into the taxi we made our way over to the airport.

I was soooo lucky, just 2 of us had a business ticket, YAAY! Business class. So I had magazines to read, red wine,  and a full meal. I was not hungry at all anymore so I tasted the veal and veggies ate a bit of the cherry crumble dessert and took the bonbons.

That's it, hope you enjoyed reading a day in my food life =)