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Honest, not easy, but loyal. I got to know a lot of People during my travels but this girl was a masterpiece of personality...

That was the first moment in my journey when I realized that change takes time and that as a backpacker who just arrived, you have to accept that certain bridges have not yet been...

Next to me sat Bodo, a man whose life experience had left deep wrinkles on his face and who smoked one cigarette after another as he told stories of how he rescued abused...

January 9, 2018 - Bangkok Why does everything always have to be so dramatic for us? Silently, I walk back to the train at Bangkok Airport after safely dropping off Lisa there....

In the compartment, it was hot and stuffy, only the fans on the ceiling and a few open windows provided some oxygen. It was easy to see that we were playing in a completely...

After such a long time, we met again in Abu Dhabi and I returned home. Slowly, routine set in again. We saw each other as often as we wanted, experienced the same things again,...

There were only 1 million Chinese people bustling past us, talking on the phone, giving us sideways glances, smiling at us, sending us back and forth, and eventually we found...

Beautiful Fraser Island

Why am I actually doing this?After Dory and Marlin once again successfully found Nemo, we all sat together in the TV room of a hostel in Perth. Another 4 hours until my flight...

Welcome to Monkey Mia

That traveling has some really insidious quirks, I can now sing a 10-stanza song about it. Besides the unpleasant side effect that 95% of backpackers come home 5 kg heavier...

After 10 seconds in Western Australia, we immediately made a U-turn back to the Northern Territory and here we were sitting and eating our fruits, vegetables, and honey for the...

Like a stranded whale, I lay on my back at night to prevent any body part from touching another and another stream of sweat running down my body. In addition, there were countless...

The Outback is calling. Since the time I first thought of Australia, the red center of Australia has been one of the places that has fascinated me the most and that I have...

Finally the time has come! The 24th is finally here. Even though the month is wrong, this day felt a bit like Christmas: Finally we can pick up our campervan. Especially in the...

When I came here half a year ago, my plan was to travel the east coast, and now I will have seen every single state when I return to Germany...

This phenomenon accompanied us for a long time in Tasmania. Dreamlike places without a soul in sight. Welcome to Tasmania...

Yes, life often has some really nasty moves up its sleeve, and sometimes they come from a direction you never expected...

The sad and almost funny thing about it is the fact that I THOUGHT I WAS super prepared for the job search in Australia...

If someone were to ask me - No, I don't know what I'm doing. But do I have to at 19? I don't think so...

It's exciting to see what you actually miss from home. It's not my room, not the wardrobe. It's the people and the time spent with them. It's the small moments of happiness..

It's as if we both sat down together and flipped through an old photo album. Laughing together. Crying together. It feels like it used to...

I have lost count of how many times my host mommy has told me 'Vreni, you just have to put that in the drawer of life experience' after I stumbled through the front door,...

But at the end of the day, there is always a reason to be happy. I sit in Australia with the sea on my doorstep, with sand around my feet, with the wind on my face. Life is...

Vor mir der Highway, der sich bis zum Horizont in einer Linie erstreckt und dort mit dem Himmel zu tanzen scheint. Links von mir die goldene Sonne, die den Himmel grell orange...

When I think back to Melbourne, I have to admit: We had a really good time. There was graffiti on every street corner and a Banksy exhibition as a highlight. There was the...

A few days ago, an old school friend who is currently also working as an au pair in Australia said to me, 'Vreni, Australia is like a crash course in life.' And she was right....

You can't believe it. You try to become aware of how valuable this moment is to lock it deep in your heart and keep it. But it just doesn't work. All you can do is shake your...

Arrival in Adelaide It is 12 noon. With exhaustion, we finally stand in front of Leonie and Jim's house, our substitute parents for the next week. The two welcome us with...

While I am writing this blog post, I am currently on a plane from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne and then Adelaide. I look back on the past few days, which have been more than crazy,...