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BIOGRAPHY
About Me — Anne Bonfert
Adventures, adrenaline and crossing borders
“Tell me about your life. Tell me in detail. Tell me about your triumphs and, even better, about your failures. What you learned…with this caveat. Easy on the platitudes.” — Remington Write
With this article, Remington inspired me to answer all her questions in a new article. Because me too, I am tired of all these “how-to-articles”. I love reading personal stories and I love connecting with other writers through their stories.
This is my story
Authentic and real.
My answers to your questions :
Where do you live?
- I live in Germany right now. At the end of a valley in a small village surrounded by nothing but forest and nature. On my bicycle ride to work, I pass wild boars, rabbits, and often a few deer. Sheep are grazing in the fields and the church is telling me every 15 minutes what time it is. I don’t need a watch to live here.
- When I open my door I can feel the sun touching my skin. I can hear the birds singing and I can smell the grass. I take a deep breath because the air is so clean. And fresh.
- But I am home in the world. Within the last six…