Lesson six: Longing for home

Here are a few options: Towards the end of the trip, one increasingly looks forward to...

1. A part of loved ones, who will arrive today and who will connect the two worlds together

2. Cheese that tastes like cheese

3. Reliably good beer, not some American stuff

4. Going out with friends and colleagues, so that one can have a conversation with a different person again 😉

5. A good glass of Palatinate wine

6. Stimulating the vocal cords and playing the keys nimbly

7. Properly driving road users, preferably in vehicles with built-in shock absorbers and in a generally satisfying state

8. No longer having to be the mattress tester for simple accommodations, including subsequent back pain

9. Eating SIGNIFICANTLY less meat and cooking more vegetables oneself

10. No longer having to wear the same thing for months and no longer having to live out of a suitcase

11. Open borders and European mobility. Oh yes. You learn to appreciate that very much

12. Christmas, which is different this year with 30 degrees and sun until 10 in the evening

13. Our newly born nephew

14. All of our beloved friends and family!