Category Archives: Other

And with that, the 2022 season comes to an end

2022 season comes to an end. Today I stood in front of the ”Holly Door” (Puerta Santa or Puerta del Perdón) on the Plaza de Quintana in Santiago, waiting for them to close and remain so until 2027. A little context: A Yubilee Year is celebrated in Santiago de Compostela whenever July 25, the dayContinueContinue reading “And with that, the 2022 season comes to an end”

Let me tell you something

This past week I felt more energy than I had in a while. I don’t know if that’s high before the low or if it’s a Christmas enthusiasm that starts too early and never makes it to Christmas Day. Still, some thoughts have been piling up, so I wanted to share something about them. WheneverContinueContinue reading “Let me tell you something”

World Mental Health Day in my world

In lights of the World Mental Health Day – that I’m… not late to, because the conversation shouldn’t start and stop on that day – I wanted to share… let’s call it a diary entry, that I wrote in June of this year. I think I’m at that point again, in a way. I can’tContinueContinue reading “World Mental Health Day in my world”

On language

Language – this is a thought I wrote down one day after coming back from my classes. I keep thinking about it more and more. I’m just here, drinking my coffee when all of the sudden my eyes are teary and I have to put my glasses down. And what caused that? Ever since IContinueContinue reading “On language”

The early a.m. thoughts

Some thoughts I’ve been having lately Here’s a somewhat different update on my life and thoughts doing Erasmus and living in a completely different country. It’s not like I haven’t lived alone before or anything, and there’s no real language barrier, but I do feel strange. I’m actually missing the excitement. I feel like I’mContinueContinue reading “The early a.m. thoughts”