VOLUNTEERING ABROAD

Plötzlich saß ich wieder im Bus nach Hause. Erneut verließ ich eine mir vertraute Welt, mein Leben und meine Freunde. Gleichzeitig war mir der Bus vertraut, ich freute mich ungemein über die Steckdose an meinem Sitzplatz und die vier Grenzen, die wir überschritten, kamen mir nicht mehr so viel vor. Ich verstand immerhin Bruchstücke dessen, […]

I still remember entering the plane all excited about my new life in a foreign country like it was yesterday and it felt like one year passed in the blink of an eye. Suddenly I was hugging people goodbye, laughing, and crying at the same time. While I was sitting at the breakfast table with

A look back at my last 10 months in Romania My time in Romania has ended after 10 incredible months and now that I am home I look back at the time I have spent there, the friends and experiences I have made and of course the things I will miss about my time in

A new chapter arrives what to do with the old one? I flew and I go to the light I slide nothing I don’t want to think A thousand analyses and as many solutions I talk, I talk, I talk, but I don’t live. Let’s go further with you around the world, I’ll go on

Step by step the end is coming. I am not jinxing it but it’s a fact. In exactly one month I will be sitting in an airplane back to Germany. Uff. A lot of emotions are there right now which are quite hard to categorize. Not now! I will work through them step by step.

For one year, Macedonia felt like a never-ending eternity, but now this eternity is actually over. It was over one month ago that I entered a taxi with happy tears in my eyes. I remember entering the taxi that would bring me to the airport and thinking: “What a beautiful life you have.” So, let’s

„I write because it feels like someone is listening. – Or am I finally listening to myself? ” Here we go with my 5th article for “Naturkultur” and it’s hard to realize that it will be the last one. Twelve months filled with ups and downs, new friendships, cultural shocks, challenges, experiences, questions, and a

Before coming to Lecce, I was either a student who learned in preparation for exams and had knowledge about things which have little meaning for the future, or I was a cashier who smalltalked with customers and learned how to handle those who are ignorant and unfriendly. Being a volunteer, however, is a different experience.

The time has come and my volunteering year is coming to an end. I have roughly 1 month left here in Skopje, so it is about time to reflect a little bit on the past months and how they were treating me. In the past weeks I had to say good bye to so many

It’s been more than a year ago when I came out of Skopje Airport, when a tough-looking grey haired man that later turned out to be the loveliest guy on earth was waiting for me there, when he told me in the taxi that it’s not obligatory to wear a seatbelt at the backseat ,