There are reasons and potatoes.

We are sitting here in our beautiful old apartment in Visp and packing boxes. It feels good to get rid of baggage. Giving away things that we really don't need and never have needed. The question of whether we will touch an item next year doesn't arise. Because in the next few months, we will only take what we can carry.

There are reasons for all this. There is this sense of adventure that cannot be satisfied with an afternoon hike. It just moves on. There are the conversations and thoughts we have, there is dissatisfaction in all comfort and

there is us.

Sometimes there are potatoes with bacon and beans, and sometimes mashed potatoes with spinach. There are noodles, noodles, noodles and meat. We don't know how other people manage everyday life, but we have decided

to abolish everyday life this year.

For six months - or more - we will leave our little beautiful life in Switzerland behind with two backpacks and two children. We will eat strange things and long for potatoes. We will turn our rhythm upside down and fight for an everyday life. We will wait for stuttering buses for hours and feel infinitely free. We will also leave behind many familiar and intimate relationships - hoping that we will be allowed to return - and open ourselves up to people who are so different and yet the same.

And so - while we think we are crazy and are insanely excited - we pack box after box, eat potatoes with ketchup, and thank God for this opportunity.