Back!

When you change countries and travel and fall in love with places so much and so deeply that you start considering them homes, being "back" does not have a straightforward meaning. So, here's a clarification: I'm back in Berlin!!!

I'm not sure if you are aware what this means to me, so let me just use an example as an explanation. The other day I went to meet my cousin and his friend who had arrived from Warsaw, where they are studying as exchange students at the moment. I wanted to work at a cafe so I arrived early, but after some months in a small town, it was easy to forget that a) Berlin is a big city b) Berlin is a tourist city c) Berlin has sights d) there's no way you can find a free spot in a cafe near one of the major sights. OK, guilty as charged! So I decided to take a walk around. Seeing so many people, hearing the buzz of the traffic and so many languages in like 10 minutes - made me feel as if my heart has stretched after a winter sleep, opened the window and breathed in the fresh air. 

In a nutshell, alive and happy. That's what I am now. In the words of Slim Shady (anyone remembers him??), feels so good to be back!

This is going to be a busy semester as I have to work on my thesis - it's something super interesting and I'm actually quite excited about it. Also, I'm excited about some other things I will do, but I will try my best to squeeze in those hours to just roam around, take photos, breathe in the city and explore new places - and tell you all about it on the blog. This lil' place of mine will again become a sort of Berlin guide, and I hope you like it.
(I also recommend following me on Instagram, if you haven't already, because sometime I don't have time to blog, but I always have time to snap photos of this amazing city and share all the awesome places. :))

Enjoy your day, wherever you are! ❤

Tihana

P.S. Some people were wondering, and some even took it personally, so I will speak about it now and never again. First of all, you cannot love all the places you go. A place may be the most astonishing, but it's OK not to like it. (And 'the most astonishing' is definitely a subjective category, by the way!) I think the Netherlands is a great country, and if you work there, I'd say it offers really good work conditions. The architecture is beautiful, the people are nice. Why didn't I sing praises to the country? I just didn't feel it. We didn't click. I wasn't happy there. Maybe it was due to my constant moving, maybe I just got sick and tired of it. Maybe it was because of the room I lived in, which sucked but was very expensive. Maybe... who knows. I'm not trying to find the reason, and neither should anyone. You cannot like everything/everyone, and that's fine. So many things influence how you feel about something, and I always choose to focus on things that make me feel good. For example, Berlin. Thank you for doing the same and not questioning why I like one thing and don't like another.