New York Travel Blog: Six week recap

It’s been six weeks now and I’m flying back home on Wednesday. I have to keep reminding myself that this wasn’t just a holiday and that I’m not just going to return back to my old life. I’m moving back to Berlin and my life is going to be very different. But I really needed this break. I don’t think I ever spent more than three weeks away from Berlin since I moved there five years ago. I needed being able to live for the moment, taking in a new place and the uncertainty that comes with it. When I first got here I had a pretty hard time dealing with the travel pressure. I was in fucking New York, staying at home felt like a waste of time. I received so many messages from friends asking how I was doing and I felt like I owed them updates and Instagram photos.

There were so many things out there that I hadn’t seen and so many things to do. At times I was so overwhelmed I didn’t even know where to start and spent the whole day in bed instead. If you only have a week in a big city like that and want to squeeze in as much sightseeing as possible, you’re probably up early every day and on your feet for at least 12 hours, doing as much as you possibly can. But if you live somewhere for several weeks, doing normal everyday life stuff becomes inevitable. And living a more or less normal life here is a lot of fun. I cooked a lot of good food, went for midnight walks in the snow, went out to bars and nursed my hangover with sushi and pizza, had breakfast and coffee at neighbourhood cafés and occasionally got frustrated by the usual daily chores and errands.

And I never thought I would ever say this but yes, I’m actually really looking forward to getting back to Berlin!