On friendship during COVID-19

There is nothing I missed more during the COVID-19 restrictions than hanging out with friends.

Nothing enriches my soul more than an evening with friends, talking about everything, switching topics randomly, laughing and having a good meal together.

Maybe I felt the restrictions during the pandemic so difficult because I live far away from my original family and friends. The friends I have here in Germany are the people I can rely on immediately and not having the possibility to see them neither was really hard for me.

Therefore I especially enjoy weeks like this when I met twice with friends for dinner. I discovered a very nice World-Café in the city near Stuttgart where I work, I prepared for the first time pizza for four people and I even got a bunch of spring flowers.

It’s only when you share moments with others that you really feel that life is always worth living.