The Pleasures of Everyday Life

I understand some of my readers believe I only travel. That´s mostly true, but not quite.

I also study

And I work

And sometimes I have fun, too.

No, only joking

Hey guys, watch this, that´s what I just came across when I googled for that picture: it´s so funny I´m gonna DiiiiiiiiiiEEEEEEEEEE <3 p="">https://www.google.de/search?client=opera&q=sign+joke&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=de&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=RixrUc7EOcTlswaqyoHwAg&biw=1247&bih=646&sei=USxrUcuPBYqStAbN3YC4CQ
hihi

What I was acutally getting at is that, instead of being frustrated after coming back from my last travels to Greece, I realized I was happy being back here! And you know why?

Yeah I know, you´ll be like aaww good on ya so who cares...
gotcha!

Let me explain that to you.

First of all, it´s the start of the summer semester. This semester, I really put an effort into planning my schedule, so I have loads of classes (but none of them start before 10am and they have quite interesting topics, too) but it feels good somehow, being efficient and getting stuff done.

Then there´s the fact that work is cool, too. Imagine working, and your colleagues are quite nice, and you earn some extra money, and even though you might not have that much time for yourself, remind yourself that you CHOSE to do this job. If you didn´t want it, why are you still here? And sometimes, you get told that you do a good job, and then you feel extra great.

Thirdly and most importantly it´s turning spring!
Spring always used to be one of my favourite times of the year. Life is coming back, and it seems like there´s such an incredibly long and cold stretch of time behind you that you appreciate every drop of warmth as precious.
Now imagine hopping on your bike and going for a tour through the newly awakening city, and you will see lots of people sitting outside of nice and cosy-looking bars and cafés, soaking up the sun and sipping cappuccino and eating cake or breakfast with bread rolls and eggs and all the things you could think of.
Then you go to one of the first flea markets of the year, where there´s hordes of people assembled, just enjoying the weather making the best of the day. They sit around with friends, make bbq´s on the grass, eat wraps (yes, those wraps, and also the flea market I talked about it my first post on Berlin http://bisszumendederwelt.blogspot.de/2012/11/berlin-poor-but-sexy.html)
So they just samper along the little alleys between the stalls, having fun, looking at the clouds in the sky moving past, being there in the moment with people they like.

And then you think about your friends, and your family, and the fact that they love you and that you have heaps of fun with them,

and sometimes, only sometimes,
you realize that life is great :)