Nancy

One last time city-seeing, one last time couchsurfing - before I get closer to home. The experiences of the 10-day Vipassana still have an effect on me and I continue to see how they manifest in my 'everyday' life.

Equanimity. Accepting the present moment exactly as it is, without wanting to change anything. Serenity. Trust in life. Values that I had already discovered for myself before, but Vipassana took them to another level.

I'm staying with Pablo, a Spanish professor in the field of environmental economics, and his 5-year-old daughter Valentina. Since we speak Spanish, I feel more like I'm in Spain than in France.

The next day he shows me around the city and we meet for lunch in the institute's cafeteria.