life around the world
Probably one of the scariest things about moving to Ecuador - apart from the fact that I had no clue where or with whom I would be living - was that I didn’t speak Spanish. I also knew that very few people there would speak English, and even fewer German. I did try to start... Weiterlesen →
I’m sitting at my gate at Guayaquil airport, trying to eat my breakfast. In a state of exhaustion and mindless hunger, I made the unfortunate choice to buy a cinnamon roll. It’s hot and delicious, but also completely drenched in a sticky chocolate sauce. I don’t have any cutlery, and even though the nice man... Weiterlesen →
Disclaimer: This post was written on December 22nd 2019 and first published here: https://www.globalcitizenyear.org/updates/1-year-3-countries Picture © Aniska In 2019, I was lucky enough to live in and call three different countries my home: Norway, Germany and Ecuador. This is actually still surreal to me now that I’m typing it out. I’ve always wanted to travel... Weiterlesen →
Disclaimer: This post was written on December 8th 2019 and first published here: https://www.globalcitizenyear.org/updates/galpagos When I was six years old, I loved to watch nature documentaries. They were funny educational films with speaking animals, and one of them was about the Galápagos islands. One scene from this movie that still remains very clearly in my... Weiterlesen →
Disclaimer: This post was written on November 11th 2019 and first published here: https://www.globalcitizenyear.org/updates/14973-kilometres The linear distance between Paute, Ecuador and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is approximately 14,973 kilometres (9,303 miles). To put this into perspective for you, Cuenca, Ecuador and Subang Jaya, Malaysia, which are two of the cities that are the furthest apart from each... Weiterlesen →
Ich sitze am offenen Fenster des Busses und genieße den frischen Wind, der mich von der stickigen-trockenen Luft im Inneren erlöst. Die strategische Wahl des Sitzplatzes ist entscheidend, um die einstündige Fahrt nach Cuenca zu überstehen. Ein Laie könnte meinen, dass ein beliebiger Platz mit Fenster ausreicht, aber der Schein trügt. Aus Erfahrung weiß ich,... Weiterlesen →
Als mein Gastvater neulich realisierte, dass ich schon seit über zwei Monaten Teil der Familie bin, konnte er es fast nicht glauben. Wie schnell die Zeit doch vergeht! Ich versuche so viel wie möglich dieser Erfahrung zu dokumentieren, durch Blogposts und Fotos. Aber ich wollte auch eine etwas lebendigere Version dieser Erlebnisse schaffen. Deshalb habe... Weiterlesen →
Disclaimer: This post was written on October 5th 2019 and first published here: https://www.globalcitizenyear.org/updates/mountains-beyond-mountains Picture © Charlie …is the title of a book by Tracy Kidder and one of the most inspiring reads I’ve had in the past year. It describes the life of Doctor Paul Farmer and, among other things, his quest to eliminate... Weiterlesen →
Disclaimer: This post was written on September 30th 2019 and first published here: https://www.globalcitizenyear.org/updates/la-cuchara-ms-grande-del-mundo-the-biggest-wooden-spoon-in-the-world When we embark on a new adventure, there are stories we expect to be telling. How we tried new food for the first time maybe, or how we got lost with public transportation. And then there are stories that are so... Weiterlesen →
Disclaimer: This post was written on 10th September 2019 and originally published here: https://www.globalcitizenyear.org/updates/wheresmysuitcase-com When I left Germany, a person I care a lot about wished me “solvable problems” for my new adventure. Because, as they explained, it is only through the process of overcoming challenges that we grow. This theory was truly put to... Weiterlesen →
