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cat,” she said laughing, “the world is too
big, too many things to do and see and
experience!”
This Kat knows how to live...
Kat is what most travellers aspire to be
like. The only difference is that she has
a job that allows her to do that. She has
lived and worked as a German diplomat
in Berlin, London, India, South Africa and
travelled to exotic locations such as Brazil
and Egypt to name just a few. She’s also
a published travel photographer.
My time with Kat reminded me of why
she makes such a great friend and why
I love her so. She has an intoxicating
ability to find beauty in things and draws
you into them. She prefers to stay with
the locals, shying away from the comforts
of western life and its concrete jungles.
She is experimental without being an
exhibitionist and can listen and respond
with wisdom. The one thing I’m envious
of is her free spirit. No inhibitions, just let
go and live!
To live and enjoy Berlin I had to
become a Berliner...
In addition, there really is no city in
Europe that parties harder than Berlin;
the nightlife of most cities is unbelievably
tame in comparison. There are loads of
great clubs and dance parlors. In one of into our lives. I left feeling inspired to
our nights out in Kreuzberg, the coolest travel more, to challenge myself more,
neighbourhood of Berlin, I spent an to slow down and most importantly, to
evening with a Welsh writer, an English learn more about myself by immersing
lawyer, a Brazilian mathematician who in different cultures. I had traveled
spoke fluent German, two German differently in Berlin, not rushing to go to
diplomats, and a Brazilian dance all museums and galleries. I took in the
company Producer. And there was me, multiracial celebrations at the ‘Carnival
the journalist. We all sat at one table, of Culture’ festival and the smiles from
sharing mouth watering food, German strangers. Berlin as a city reiterates that
beer and a wide range of life experiences. differences need understanding and
In Jean Paul the writer’s own words that there’s room for everyone to live in
“Berlin ist mehr ein Weltteil als eine harmony, not always perfectly, but always
Stadt” – meaning Berlin is rather a part evolving and adjusting.
of the world than a city. Kat becomes a mom in the next three
months, I will be auntie to a baby girl and I
The discovery... wonder if motherhood will change her, or
By the end of the trip I felt whole again, if she will be one of those mothers with a
I remembered what friendship is about backpack and her child in the bike seat...
and why travelling infuses so much
avantoure
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