Sometimes my boyfriend and I joke that I am a lot more excited about him living in the middle of Manhattan than he is. I would totally move there if I could and hardly ever leave the island again. But since this is almost impossible thanks to my visa, I have to make do with […]

In my last post I shouldn’t have been too hopeful for not having to adult too much anymore for the rest of the year. Or in other words: my car gave up yesterday morning. I had just started it, drove around the first corner, and the engine switched off – while driving. I couldn’t restart […]

I am a huge fan of both “Home Alone” movies. I still remember when I watched the first part for the first time. It was just before Christmas at the start of the 1990s. My then best friend and her family had gone to one of the big outdoor markets at the Polish border where […]

Every now and then I need a day in a really big city. New York City. Boston isn’t exactly a small town, but it doesn’t have the big anonymity or countless skyscrapers, and I can see its city limits from almost everywhere. Meaning I prefer New York City by far and love to take in […]

An meiner letzten Schule war ich für die Model United Nations-AG verantwortlich, habe mit meinen Schülern viel über Politik diskutiert, bin mit ihnen zu Konferenzen gefahren und wir haben jedes Jahr eine eigene internationale Konferenz an unserer Schule organisiert. Eine der Schülerinnen aus Istanbul ist so fantastisch, dass sie in der letzten Woche zu den […]