Two weekends ago I went with my dad on a 3-day-trip to Venice. It was a spontaneous trip to surprise some of my dad's friends, who were also on vacation at that time. We enjoyed the sun, the water, and the scenery. Due to Corona, the city only had about…
I got to Seattle yesterday. I will stay until mid-August to work at a church internship. But before I start, I will have some time to get settled in. To "get there". Here's what happened so far: My mom drove me to Frankfurt airport in the morning on Feb 10th.…
School's out. I scrubbed and cleaned the apartment. Goodbye until August or September! I have 7 more days before I get on a plane and got to Seattle for a 6-month-internship. I am spending those days with my family. Excitement growing! :D To do before the flight: pack chocolate and…
Church, Africa-Style: Uganda's society is quite religious. No one would call themselves an atheist. Most are either Christians, Muslims, or follow Tribal Religions. There are prominent Pastors, "prophets" and "healers" all over the place. When they say something, people take their word for it. For better or for worse. While…
I got to take a short trip with some of my family to Ireland. Just me, my dad, my grandma, and my brother. We stayed in a different place each night and took daytrips to different sites. It was a short time, but we got to see quite a lot…
On Friday morning at 8.30, I got on a bus in Heidelberg, bound towards Zürich. I spent the weekend at a conference for children's book authors and illustrators, the SCBWI Europolitan. SCBWI is the "Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators" and offers connection and opportunities to grow in your…
I like to teach. I like to write. And I like meeting family and new people. But doing all these things in one weekend is a lot of work. Now, I am resting from the events of the past 2 days. Visiting my parents. Greeting my brother who was in…
We finished up the projects that we started. We added a door to the chicken coop. Sylvia's mom will no longer have to worry about her birds getting stolen. She and her family are all very happy! We also taught the women how to use the tools to build a…
Up until now, we got to play "tourist". But starting thursday, we got into the "real" work. We went to the soap workshop on thursday morning and were greeted by one of the girls, Paullah. When she saw my mom, she gave her a big hug and started sobbing with…
We went on a 3-day journey to do a Safari in Murchison Falls National Park. It was our group, plus Emmanuel (Sylvia's husband), and Amos (our driver) and his family. 10 people in an 8-passenger van, plus a bit of luggage...tight! It's ca. 250km from Kampala to the town near…
Day 1 We got up at 3AM to go to the airport. We drove to Frankfurt with now 11 pieces of luggage, because one person of the group brought another bag. Even with the special flight tickets, we were only allowed to have 10. So we took our stuff to…
In less than 24h, I will be on a plane over the African continent. And by midnight tomorrow, I will be in Kampala, Uganda! We are 5 travelers: Me, my mom, a friend from Albania, and another friend with her 13-year-old son. We are traveling light with our personal belongings,…
I was at a big art conference in Augsburg from thursday to saturday. The title of the conference was "SCHÖN", which means "beautiful" in German. Put on by the house of prayer in Augsburg, the focus was art and it's relevance in faith and in society. Exciting topics! Now,…
I was in Italy for another 3 days before returning home. We went to a Canyon to do some rock climbing on the last day. Apart from that we just enjoyed the sun :) Now that I'm back in Germany, I went to Ewersbach for a few days. I'm moving…
We slept in and had a simple form of fresh bruschetta. I just put together some tomatoes, onions, garlic, mozzarella, spices and olive oil and vinegar. The lemon rind added a nice touch :) Then we drove into Lucca and rented some bikes for a few hours. You can ride…