I moved and I am 25 now
Yes. I moved. For the fourth time in my life since I left “home home”
I spent almost 3 years in the beautiful country, Hungary. 2 years in a dream city called Budapest.
Those last 3 years were the years that I had grown the most, experienced the most.
Now, here I am, 25 years old me. Fresh 25 years old me. Living in Western Germany.
A few days ago, my 25th birthday reminded me of many things that I forgot recently because of the rush I have been having with moving.
I had many messages, video chats, and calls from all my friends that were very far from me. Some of them are my forever best friends from Turkey, some of them are my lovely friends that I shared the most in the last 3 years. Further more, here in the new city that I am living in now for a month, some beautiful people that I met also surprised me for my birthday.
I am growing, I am growing in a beautiful way with all its challenges and beauty. Trying to understand all my feelings while this is happening.
So, I stopped myself and had a mindful moment to be grateful for all the people that have been passing through my life and making my story joyful.
I am writing this to my dear friends who were wondering how things are with me since I moved to Germany. I’ll start here;
The day -more accurately the evening I moved here, my beloved friend Lars picked me up from the airport. He was with me for the next couple of days to help me complete my first settling works. More than that, of course, he was the best company ever when I had my first days in a city where I have not been before. Being with him certainly made my days easier, and joyful as always.
Then, I had a super intense first week at my job which they call “check-in” week where we learn every single detail about how the company -Trivago is/works. It was truly, TRULY an amazing week. On the other hand, I must admit that I had probably one of the toughest weeks of my life because I had to find a flat to stay since I was staying in a temporary apartment of some of my new colleagues while they were on a holiday.
Luckily, with lots of effort and patience, I managed to find a flat and now I am writing this post in my lovely kitchen by the light of some candles and the company of my two new plants.
Since then, I have been getting some paper work done, organising our flat, getting used to work. Finally, since the last weekend I feel more “home”.
The city looks beautiful so far. We have discovered many parks. They all have SO many ducks. It is amazing! :)
Work is going great. It looks like a super dynamic and energetic company thus far. People that I work with are very easy going and the benefits we have in a daily base in the company make us stay there more and get some work done. I feel very cared for as an employee. Seeing so many people that enjoy what they do around me, makes me very motivated every single day.
Oh, today my team lead asked me why I am so smiley. I just could not find a word to say because simply there is no specific reason. It was simply me. That showed me today that I am becoming more and more “me” at work as time is passing. That feels fantastic!
I must say, I am still a bit tired. And slowly settling down here to this new life. It is fun and this time I am not alone. :)
Love,
Busra
