30 terms and definitions - one year no. XVI

tears on new year'eve - sabbatical - 3-day sabbatical interruption in december - heel pain, still - going by train throughout europe- turkey - two times costa de la luz with ongoing construction work next to the apartment of the language school - spanish c1 certificate - crossing the alps, starting in munich, finishing in venice (though there were interruptions) - morocco with tasty food and fresh peppermint tea - a nice trip through the baltic states and its capitals in early spring: vilnius, riga, tallin - musicals in london (and malmö - joyride) - hansel and gretel play at shakespeare`s globe - one week in faro (algarve) - watching olympic games -ehrwald and hiking every day to seebensee/coburger hütte, for two weeks - european football championships, watching two games in munich in the stadium - bad and good company on group trips - the best köfte at pristina bus station - pain in the lower back - still feeling healthy - meeting cn, twice - hiking in the balkan mountains, not speaking to group members except one - visiting the balkans - especially on christmas in tromsö at a patinet hotel: feeling lonely - trying to do something against it - again in northern finland, doing a husky tour - greece - almost not practising sport - total uncertainty about the future, in terms of work and financials

es ist kalt, ...

... regnerisch, nichts mehr zu spüren von sonne und licht und luft, die es im überfluss an der costa de la luz gab. auch im november. dann, ganz plötzlich, wartet man wieder vor demselben gebäude in der stadt am rhein, passiert den pförtner, registriert minimale unterschiede im vergleich zu dem, was vor gut einem jahr war. am ende jedoch ist alles bekannt, und bekannt ist auch, was auf einen zukommt. es wird unschön. es wird ein heißer tanz. ausgang offen.