Sunday, April 10, 2011

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I've been spending a lot of time lately looking through old photos and planning imaginary trips. I get in moods every once in a while where I really miss Berlin and the slightest thing can make me homesick (if that's the correct word) and close to tears (dramarama!). A while ago it was a particularly fragrant shrub that took me back immediately. Sometimes it's the smell of certain brands of cigarettes or beer.

If only I didn't have such limited vacation time. I feel like I'm not really cut out for the working world. Or maybe being an adult in general. Definitely not my strong suit.

7 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear about your homesickness. Good luck with work...

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  2. I understand ...
    And I adore your pictures...
    http://demoiselleaparis.canalblog.com/

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  3. Thanks. x.

    Sometimes it helps to have a bit of a moan. :)

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  4. Oh, I know that feeling, though luckily I am home most of the time. I wonder how I'll survive once I move abroad.
    It's sort of Proustian, what you describe. How a smell or taste can transport us to another place or time.
    Can't you just move to Berlin?

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  5. It is indeed rather Proustian! (Now I'm in the mood for a Madeleine!)
    I have been on the lookout for jobs so I can move back. And then I always start wavering and thinking about how I'll miss it here if/when I leave! I tend to overthink things. :)

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  6. One day you'll have to tell me your story because I'm confused.

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