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Ode to Ireland. The worst and the best time of my life.

A very personal story about Ireland from hate to love.

Dublin, Smithfield. All rights reserved by Katya Avant-Hard. Moving to Ireland in 2008 was my escape from a Fight Club house. I left a place that had no shower head or toilet seat, but was full of cockroaches. Every time it rained, water was dripping on the floor in my room. And it rained a lot in January in Doncaster. My Latvian housemate was a single mother in her late 40s who left her son in…

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19 jobs I ever did in Berlin

19 jobs I ever did in Berlin

All rights reserved by Katya Avant-Hard. My blog has been dead for almost two years now. But surprisingly it still gets a fair amount of hits on a daily basis; some visitors even leave comments. Have you looked at the date? Four years later the post on Katerholzig is still on the first page on Google search. I guess Berlin hasn’t changed much, has it? I actually made several blog post drafts, but…

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Life after Berlin

Life after #Berlin - or how #Google changed my life.

Dublin, a view from Google European HQ. All rights reserved by Avant-Hard. What happend to Avant-Hard after she left Berlin? How did it feel to leave the hip and jive dark-dancing mass? Where did Avant-Hard go and what does she drink now if not Club Mate? The life after Berlin brought a massive change. If there is no change, you’re not living. In Berlin I was comfortable living the uncomfortable…

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20 things I learned in Berlin

20 things I learned in #Berlin @slowberlin @artconnectbln @Arterritory @CREATIVEBERLIN #vegan #vegetarian #yoga

Falckensteinstr. All rights reserved by Katja Avant-Hard.

1. To love dogs. I used to have panic attacks, when I saw a dog, and I never wanted to have one myself. Berlin changed it all. From big to small Berlin dogs never bark, never jump, don’t wear a leash and can sit outside the shop without making a move or noise what-so-ever. See for yourself here.

2. That the artist has to know how to sell. 

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Romina Ressia

What do you hide?

Via

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Clärchens Ballhaus

#Clärchens #Ballhaus #Berlin. History lives!

Clarchens Ball House Berlin. All rights reserved by Katja Avant-Hard

Exploring Berlin has been truly exciting for all three years. Secret venues, old theatres at midnight, weird parks, abandoned spy stations, life under the ground, inspiring personalities were found and met within this time, but only three summers later I’ve visited Clärchens Ballhaus. Built in 1895, the once-grand building has…

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