Places in Polaroids #6

#6a - Berlin / inventors of the Sasomstag
#6b - Berlin / much love, such friendship

2016 has been full of fulfilling my wanderlust and I was traipsing around a lot of new countries and cities. Coming home has never been so sweet and short as this year. Each time, I was rarely adjusting and off I went again. I loved being away every second and I loved coming home. The roots I started to plant are growing and I am one lucky person to have patient roommates, patient friends and patient family who I somehow squeeze into the short time in the city. Maybe I'll stay a bit longer in Berlin next year... until wanderlust hits again.

2016 in Berlin was: hugging people, enjoying the homely feeling, Sasomstag, glitter, music, being out and about in the city, rubber boat birthday parties, calling Tempelhofer Feld my living room and connecting with people. 'Twas a very good year, Berlin. Thanks for the people, who inhabit you, and the homely feeling you offer me.

Places in Polaroid #5

#5a Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse
#5b Galette du Roi - the winner

I feel blessed. Blessed to have these people in my life. Blessed that our friendship has proceeded and still proceeds. That we can meet wherever we are (yes, we are very fortunate people). That this New Year's Eve was all small and intimate and full of emotions - and good talk. Blessed that we had the beautiful sun shining. Blessed that we could experience all this amazing french food. I realised that it doesn't really matter where we meet, because what matters are WE. But the surrounding, the food, the atmosphere made it even more special. This said, I couldn't have had a better start into 2015 with the feeling of being home with the people I like.

P.S.: Start in Berlin - Coffee Break in Amsterdam - Wine in Toulouse. Talk about jetsetting! I was a little bit worried, though. What has the world come to? We can easily jump thousands of kilometres without any effort. Where is the appreciation for travelling?

Places in Polaroid #4 / Escaping the city #2

#4a Magical objects in the city
#4b A beer on the roof top

You know this feeling, when you are immediately comfortable in a city. Liking it, wandering around it, seeing the good and bad spots and still feel at home? Well, I didn't have that with Düsseldorf. It might be still a wonderful city, but definitely not my taste. "Trying to be fancy like Munich, but just not getting it right" - that is what we decided how we would describe Düsseldorf. The weird fashion of tube tops and bleached hair seems to be quite popular. 17 bachelorette parties in one night on the main party street, where you get delicious Altbier in 200ml cups. A little bit of carnival feeling all year, I'd say.

But besides that the people you spend your time with are the important thing. I had a blast hanging out with my very good friend Chris on the rooftop, watching the most beautiful city sunset at the Rhine and 4AM Karaoke sessions with my failed attempt to sing in Spanish. Is it the place you are visiting or the people? I think it is a mix of both. Even slightly more the people, in this case at least, because otherwise I would never have set foot into Düsseldorf. I will be there again.

Also, the Old city is really nice to walk around and they serve absolutely amazing coffee at Woyton. My not-so-secret love for dystopia novels and movies was nurtured by a visit to the inter media art institute and don't forget to check out Kunst im Tunnel, which is an interesting small gallery in a tube underground next to the Rhine. And if you need your Otaku/Anime/Japan dose, don't miss Japan Tag in May.

What I got:
Lots of quality time with Chris. A one day festival. And the luxury of drinking your breakfast orange juice with vodka.

What I gave:
A pair of wonderfully soft Alpaca socks - a present from Bolivia. I admit, I had to send them afterwards, but they were originally a house warming gift.

What I lost:
Whoah, nothing!

Places in Polaroid #3

#3 Berlin

A stroll through the city. Taking a look at things twice, appearing and fading away.

Places in Polaroid #2

#2a Mannheim, Luisenpark
#2b/c Ludwigshafen, the best place ever

One month ago i left this place for good. Incredible people, so many incredible memories, better weather than my hometown and the feeling that it will always be my second home ♥

Places in Polaroid #1

#1 nagoya, imaike, bar "misfits"

it was a legendary place among foreigners, because it sold alcohol so awfully cheap and all bartenders took off their shirt at exactly 10PM. well, awfully cheap didn't pay off and so it closed down last year, but we spend a lot of incredible evenings there including the one on the pictures above, where we had the whole bar to ourselves and danced like crazy people.