stories so far – Page 9 – Across The Ocean

Stories So Far.

My personal regenerative journey.

Wait, where have I been when? And what happened there that I want to remember? Sometimes, in order to make memories stick, let information become experience and knowledge, you need to write them down. I need to write them down. To be able to go back. To be able to reflect. These are insights, moments, and anecdotes about life, travels, and the people I have met and don’t want to forget.

San Francisco. A belated dream.

December 3, 2020

I remember, while growing up, my grandma was around almost all the time, taking care of everything, especially after my granddad had passed away too early. She prepared lunch for my dad and my uncle 5 times a week, every week for over 30 years. When we ran up the

Reliving the experience. [Across the Alps 2020]

November 11, 2020

Words. I love to use words to describe experiences, anecdotes, and stores to others. I love words so much that I sometimes repeat myself and my girlfriend tells me to please stop talking. Pictures. I remember when Instagram has been “pictures without words”. I enjoyed diving into these worlds of

Munich to Venice [Across the Alps via bike]

October 30, 2020

This is the second time I have crossed the Alps in use of my own human power. The first time I walked and it was an incredible experience, super close to the mountains. You will find the blog about it here. The second time on bicycle was different yet as

Leftovers. [Roadtrip around Norway #8]

October 23, 2020

Sometimes you get so excited while cooking a delicious meal that you cut too many carrots, cook too much pasta or wash a lot of lettuce. “Well, let’s just put them into a container. We will use them with another lunch or supper in the next days.” And then these

A Facilitator in Lockdown.

October 18, 2020

I remember when the pandemic hit Europe and every country went into lockdown, jobs and projects got cancelled, my first thought was “And what do I do now?” I worked the last 10 years mostly as a facilitator in face-to-face workshops, trainings, and projects. Supporting a group of people to

I don’t want to know. [Roundtrip around Norway #7]

October 16, 2020

„You didn’t see them? Oh, we saw them! Three times. They showed up after 00:30 every night.“ Milla shows us a picture on her phone. Green lights in the night sky. We are wrapped in warm, floaty, puffed suits on the little boat, enjoying a bumpy-in-a-good-way ride and a fun

My MacBooks.

October 11, 2020

In 15 years, I owned 3 different MacBooks. I still remember each of them. The first one, a MacBook Pro, heavily loaded with a CD-ROM drive, lost its life after 4 years to a tea accident. Funny enough, it didn’t really lose its life, although there were a lot of

North. [Roadtrip around Norway #6]

October 9, 2020

“We are now in the Arctic circle,” I write my mum. She sends me an emoji filled text message back. “💖 Congratulations 🌟🎉🎊🎈🔔🎶🐧 Probably you will stay the only ones in the family 😄.” We keep heading north, two days of just driving with no fjords but gas station burgers.

Blueberries. [Roadtrip around Norway #5]

October 4, 2020

We arrive at Innerdalen, a beautiful mountain valley at the end of a one way gravel road. Visitnorway.com goes further and calls „Innerdalen – Norway’s most beautiful mountain valley”. We spent last night at least an hour to look for a nice longer but not too strenuous hike. The weather

Parallel World. [Roadtrip around Norway #4]

September 30, 2020

We scramble down the last stone steps and arrive on a way too trimmed green lawn in front of the forest which just spit us out after a 6 hours hike. We are in Norway for three weeks, traveling around and sleeping in a micro camper van. Today’s hike, the

First snow. [Roadtrip around Norway #3]

September 24, 2020

We reach the top of the first mountain after hiking uphill and scrambling over rocks, gravel and boulders of the first steep ascent. I look across the plane and see something unusual for my ‘it’s still August!’ eyes. Glittering in the sun is a dune of snow. I have to

Old water. [Roadtrip around Norway #2]

September 20, 2020

I yawn, stretch my arms over my head and my back makes a little ‘everything gets back into place’ sound. I turn around to get my beanie out of the car. It is 7 am and maybe 5 degrees Celsius. It is my time to make coffee in the back

Do they blink? [Roadtrip around Norway #1]

September 14, 2020

I am staring at my opponent, focusing on every tiny move he makes and trying not to move myself. He looks straight at me with his perfectly round eyes and the bright orange iris. ‘Don’t blink or you will miss it’, I tell myself. I forget about the sun that

Day and night in a van [Woolleys Bay, 27.01.2020]

August 10, 2020

I am still awake. The sun has set for half an hour now and I can hear the waves just over the dunes while I am staring at the ceiling of the van. We are lying with our heads towards the back of the car like we did from day

Dark Caves with life [North Island, Waipu, 23.01.2020]

July 20, 2020

We stand in front of the entrance to the caves and click our little lights for a last time. On, off. “You know, with all the German campers around us this morning this feels like an episode of Dark and we should not go into these caves.” I haven’t watched

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