Life so far

Welcome to a typical summer/spring day in my life:
I had lessons in the morning and since then I'm enjoying the sun with my friends. Best time of my life!

Actually the last months were incredible: End of february the semester started again, I have a new flatmate, I met so many new and awesome people. Even if I miss all my old friends from here who just stayed one semester or who graduated and went away: Life in Perugia is always the same and still totally different. We are studying, drinking, partying and travelling and I fucking love it! :D

MARCH

In march my parents finally came here and we spent six beautiful days together in Rome, Perugia, Florence and Assisi. It was so nice to have them here! I was in Bologna with Marta, Arek and Kasia and with Almut, Markus and Marta I was at the Conklave in Rome. I saw the Pope!!! Memories I will never forget! 
End of march I went home with Vita, my italian flatmate, to celebrate Easter with her family in the south. We visited Naples, Salerno and Pompei  I always wanted to go there! All in all a great month. I travelled a lot and met so many new people I will never forget! 

APRIL

Till the 6th April I stayed in the south and when we came back by bus Sarah picked us up. It was so great to have her here again. She stayed till the 18th April and I can't wait to see her again next week! In the middle of the month it was my birthday and it was so weird to celebrate it without my friends from home and my family. But honestly I can't complain: We had a great dinner the day before drinking wine till 0.30 a.m. (even if I can't remember everything) and the next day Satu, a finish friend who had also birthday on this day and me were doing a big party at her place. I just can say: Thank you guys! You made this day so special to me!
End of april was the International Journalism Festival for that I was working for as a volunteer. It was an incredible impressive experience to interview and meet so many interesting people: The internet guru of Barrack Obama Harper Reed or war reporters who are working in Egypt and Syria. I was working for the web radio and we were a small but nice group of 7 people (5 italians, 1 portuguese and me). It was strange and daunting to talk in italian on air. But fortunately I didn't do that too often! 

MAY

So now we have nearly the middle of may and I just have 9 weeks left here in Perugia. This sounds so weird.  But to tell the truth I'm a bit homesick. More and more I dream to go through the streets in Bonn: My supermarket, my university, my Rhine! But I guess it will be hard to live in Germany again. Even if I hate the italian organisation (can I even say ORGANISATION???) I think I will plan things less than before, be late, will miss the sun and the spontaneity. So I count on my friends at home to help to get used to the "german life" again, even though some of them forgot my birthday. But it's always like this, isn't it? Out of sight, out of mind...

So what shall I do with the rest of this beautiful day? I already have told everyone in the flat that I'm writting a new blog entry. And I just want to say: I hate you too, guys! :D Life without you will be so different! <3

with Arek and Kasia in Bologna

Breakfast in Bologna

Pope in Bologna

Conklave, baby! 

Vatican

Conklave - new media everywhere

Trip to Cortona with Lorenzo, Giulia, Silvia, Jacopo, me, Barbara and Markus

Party in our kitchen

"Tanz in den Mai" on the terrace of Almut, Marie and Johanna

Caro and me <3

Caro in Rome

family trip to Florence <3

Temple in Paestum 

Paestum

At the seaside in the south

Vita and me looking for a way through Pompeji

Martera

Martera by dawn

dead people in Pompeji

Crossing roman streets - asian style

Markus, Sarah, me, Claudia, Almut and Giovanni on my birthday party

Birthday girls: Satu and me

Picnic!

Picnic in the parc

Interviewing James Ball, The Guardian

All volunteers of the festival

my flatmates!