Starting…is always the hardest thing to do

A friend, years ago, told me once every journey starts with the very first step…unfortunately it’s not that you can easily differentiate when that step actually was taking- sometimes your decisions will affect immediately further pans, and sometimes you have to plan years in advance only to get one shot in the future…for me it feels like surrealism, like a story written by my most favorite author Boris Vian…

All together I will travel for more than 150 days- around the world with several destinations on my way:

Berlin -> Quetzaltenango: 14. July 2012
Quetzaltenango -> San Francisco: 31.August.2012
San Francisco -> Manila: 11. September 2012
Manila -> Kota Kinabalu: 1. November
Kota Kinabalu -> Manila: 6. November
Manila -> Berlin: sometime in December

Answering the question about the purpose appeals difficult- yes, I will learn Spanish in Guatemala, meet friends in San Francisco and perform an internship in regard to my M.A. Thesis…but deep down- from the bottom of my heart- it has been always my wish to participate in foreign cultures, to see places I never knew they were existent and... 

...EXPERIENCE THE OTHERNESS.  

Now, my dream will come true and I want to thank every one of you who supported me by listening, talking, planning, drinking, hanging out, cheering up or just: being my friend. I know I have not been that easy recently, and I had to sacrifice opportunities and chances to get to know some of you better or to be closer to you- I promise I will make it up!

Anyways, the next few months will hopefully change my perspectives, will provide me with a more sophisticated understanding about the world, and gather insights into political dynamics and further realization of my inner personal ambitions.

-And you are invited to follow my path, to join me on my way and help me to reflect on my experiences.

I am looking forward to the times ahead, to the people I will meet and the landscapes I can discover-

See you on the other side :)

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