the world is big, i bet can take it.
What’s with this competitive traveling business. Why is it so easy to get yourself sucked in to competing with others over how many places in the world you’ve been to? Or how many cultures you think you understand. Why do I feel somehow better than the short-term exchange students who don’t speak German. I used to be one of them. Why did that
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This phenomena has plagued so much of my travel time. I find myself being some child- and marking off points on a score card to determine that this "Berlin" is mine. I hate that I do it but I cant stop myself. I havent faced it so much here in Istanbul because despite my time here I never felt fully secure in this city- It was always churning and attacking- to fast for me ever to call it my own. But i am guilty as sin with Berlin. Thanks for an interesting post- the first Ive read in a while.
Sophie
PS I will see you on friday!
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i will be so down for hanging out on friday.
this first week as a teacher has been the hardest week i've had since sometime during my third year in college.
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