_Freiburg
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Die Kellerwohnung
After one week at the backpacker hostel we finally found a little appartment. Souterrain, with windows that let in no real daylight. We had a little camping cooker and an own bathroom. We shared this room with most of our boxes, unpacked. We lived down there until the summer. Being grateful for what we had and making the best of it. *** Nach einer Woche im Backpackerhotel war es dann soweit. Ich habe mir eine Wohnung angeschaut. Eine 32 qm Souterrain Wohnung. Es war immer noch als Zwischenmiete gedacht, weil ich ja in Ruhe für uns alle was suchen wollte. Angeschaut und sofort zugesagt. Endlich die eigenen vier Wände und…
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Eine Universumsgeschichte
During our first week in Freiburg a random elderly woman in the bus gave me 100 euro for my children. She didn’t know us, we didn’t know her. I am still speechless thinking about this day. This kind of experiences make me think of one story in Paramahansa Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi” where two boys go to Brindaban without money to show that universe (God) takes care of them. I really enjoy this kind of stories. I already collected a few of them told to me by friends. *** In dieser ersten Woche in Freiburg mussten wir mehrmals nach Munzingen fahren, weil dort unsere ganzen Umzugskartons standen und wir…
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Starbucks
During the first week of my arrival in Freiburg, we lived in the backpacker hostel. I had to work all the time. So for the lack of internet connection I went to Starbucks and used their hotspot. Last year they decorated with huge wreaths made of yarn balls and those beautyful collage birds. I talked the barista into handing me out the christmas deco after it’s put down. It didn’t happen for some circumstances, but he saved me two of the birds. *** Die erste Woche also wohnten wir im Backpacker Hotel. Ab Mitte der Woche ging C. schon zur Schule, damit unser Leben wenigstens eine Regelmässigkeit hatte. Ich brachte…