20. Juni 2017

Today I met Olga. Sitting on a bench overlooking the Amsterdammer Bos, eating ice cream on one of the last summer days in northern Europe, I smiled at a woman that was waiting for the ferry to arrive. She sat down and we started chatting shortly after. Olga asked me where I am from as “people usually don’t smile much at strangers over here” she stated, laughing. I explained that I am German, currently here in Amsterdam, but that I’ve spend a lot of time in South Africa, a place that...