Fernweh

[Deutsch unten] 23 December, 4:30pm Yesterday I got home to Switzerland after a week’s vacation in Miami Beach and was welcomed warmly by my family. I am in no way done working through what the last two months mean to me and find talking about it still rather difficult, but hopefully this will change as [...]

[Deutsch unten] 21 December, 7:30pm (on the plane) My week in the luxurious and tourist-y surroundings of Miami Beach was as uneventful as I had hoped. I found myself coping surprisingly well with the radical change from poverty to consumerism (there was a lot of shopping, starting with warm clothes because the weather was considerably [...]

You can now find all my Haiti photos in my Flickr album. I might add some other people’s photos in time, but these are all of mine.

My photos from last week unfortunately somehow disappeared off my camera, but here’s a nice group shot of last week’s rotation. Stay tuned for a proper blog post, hopefully tomorrow. (Btw, if you have questions about Haiti or volunteering, shoot me a comment and I’ll do my best to answer!) Meine Fotos von letzter Woche [...]

Cap Lamandou Originally uploaded by Evamaria N Another quick photo post. This hotel with its free pool and internet is an invaluable resource for our spirits and bodies – especially when the water at the GVN house is broken again… Showers are absolutely necessary in this heat!

A visit at Claude’s Originally uploaded by Evamaria N The internet connection here is rather slow, so I don’t think I’ll be able to upload all my photos before I’m home. But with some patience I can get the occasional photo to you – this one from last Saturday at Claude’s foundation. — Die Internetverbindung [...]

After a long flight (well, 14 hours to London, but because they put me on a different plane in Singapore I was stuck in the middle of the row) it felt utterly surreal and see the typical Swiss rolling hills/forests/small towns combination from the window of the small plane from London. The feeling got more [...]

In about 24 hours I’ll be home in Switzerland after about 11 months. How weird is that? I’ve had a lovely time here in Singapore despite my nasty cold, doing shopping and eating yummy food with Amy. Also, again I managed to be here for the Lantern Festival in the Chinese Garden – this year’s [...]

Arrived in Singapore and was met by Amy last night. Unfortunately I now have a proper cold/flu and am coughing and running a temperature, in addition to some inexplainable stomach problems. Despite this I’m enjoying spending time with Amy again and we had fun shopping in the city today. Monsoon is early this year, so [...]

Leaving Australia tomorrow to head to Singapore for 3 days. I’ve had a lovelylovely time here in Perth, seriously, mostly thanks to Nancy and her awesome family, who spoiled me rotten. More things I did here: Explored the beautiful Kings Park Botanic Gardens, visited the lovely Perth Zoo, another trip to Fremantle (or Freo, as [...]