Munich

Being happy that all of your friends are vaccinated

I feel like the pandemic has divided many people and groups of people all over the world – or maybe the pandemic has just shown us the differences in possible ways of thinking. I feel like many people in general have become strange during the pandemic, but no wonder: interaction between people happens through conversation and not only hearing words coming from behind a mask (even though is without a doubt absolutely neccessary). I do social-distancing, but I am really happy to only have friends who are also vaccinated. Read more

Hoping to spend Christmas with your family in Finland

I realized the seriousness of the situation when schools and kindergartens were closed. An alarming sign was also when different countries began to close their borders, especially in Europe, where citizens have been able to move very freely from one country to another. My family lives in Finland. It’s been hard not knowing when you can visit your family next time. Read more

Hats off to the government and keeping up the good spirit

My family and myself in all this are doing fairly well. There has been no case in my family. I have not been out of work, neither has my partner and my dad who owes a bar is working more than before. Also my sisters (one in pharmaceutical industry the other as a nurse) are working and are well off. In our little “cosmos” we do not see any downsides so far apart from uncertainty and fear of what is still to come (fingers crossed). Read more

Cancelled weddings and a worldwide travel ban: A challenging time for a self employed photographer and co-editor of a travel magazine

I am self-employed, so I don´t have to go to an office, my office is right at my home or wherever my jobs take me. But as I am mostly shooting weddings or family photos there wasn´t much to do for me. Most of my weddings got cancelled or postponed. I´m also co-editor of AFRICAN-The Fine Art of Travel, which is an Africa dedicated travel magazine. We had to postpone our second issue, too. At the moment there is one research trip pending to Rwanda and I hope we´re going to be able to fly. Read more

Happy Birthday to me: Celebrating the 37th birthday alone in the apartment

I think the biggest challenge for me was to be alone so much during the lockdown as I´m normally a very social person and used to meet my family and friends a lot. I normally like to plan much, but as it was impossible to plan anything within the last months, I had to change that and adapt to just live from one week to another. This uncertainty was really hard for me – not knowing what will come next and how long we have to live like this. Read more