Well my friends, I guess I had better come clean and admit my shameful expat secret. I went home!
For the past month, I’ve been in Australia. I guess it was no secret that I and the German winter had had something of a falling out. As morale dropped to critical levels, a little window of relief opened up. A series of fortunate events lead to an offer we couldn’t refuse. Home we flew, like birds, to our southern homeland.
Things I loved:
The long forgotten sensation of bare arms and legs
home grown tomatoes
peaches
magazines in english
copious amounts of BBQ’d steak
nieces and nephews
the colour green
sewing days
watching british murder mystries with my father in law
swimming
free to air Play School
Looking around me, I couldn’t help feeling a little like Alice in Wonderland. “Curiouser and curiouser” seemed to describe the familiar and yet strange world around me. And as we boarded the plane for our return journey, I couldn’t help asking; was I flying home, or away from home?
If you’re of the friends we didn’t get to see while we were home, we’re really very sorry. Our time and energy didn’t stretch nearly as far we we would have wished. To all those we did see, thank you so much for making it such a special and memorable time for us.
MavisandFrank 