Germany

Oct. 8th, 2008 09:32 pm
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It was an absolute delight to be back in Germany. I'm very grateful to have had the chance and very thankful for my friends who make these visits so wonderful, and, really, make them possible in the first place.

Last year Germany seemed, unsurprisingly, foreign. Everything was different, unexpected, and sometimes surprising. This year, I got off the plane, walked to the now-familiar passport control area, and thought, "I'm back." I've been in Germany for a total of a month now, and while that's not really long at all, it feels almost like a second home, one that I unfortunately don't get to spend much time in. All the things that seemed oddly foreign last year now seemed oddly familiar. I visited people who are now old friends, stayed in their familiar flats in the neighborhoods I remember so well. Homes where I can get up at night needing to use the toilet and move about in darkness with no difficulty.

The Freusburg castle is now a familiar place, operating in a familiar way. Last year I spent the first day feeling very much like a confused foreigner, not sure where anything is. Now I've also been to that LARP at a hostel in the Harz, and, really, at this point sharing a bedroom (and bathroom) with a bunch of total strangers/brand new friends in a youth hostel in Germany seems like situation normal. Kein Problem.

Even coming back home is less jarring than last time.

Date: 2008-10-09 12:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beige-alert.livejournal.com
and finding the light switch in the dark.... :-)

Well, they're right where you expect to find them! Kein Problem!

And yes, there do exist photos of me in Orc costume. You will get to see them.

Date: 2008-10-09 02:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com
Orcen Beige? Wuharhar! Show me dem!

There are pictures around of me in several costumes - holy priestess, necromancer, zombie, demon, vampire. I did Orcs too one time but I don't think it was captured on photo.

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