Journey to myself

I woke up in my father’s bed in Kayseri around 8am. While my father was praying I started to prepare breakfast. My father appreciates when I make my bed, help to prepare breakfast or do the dishes – to me it feels natural – even though at home in Sydney, I don’t make my own […]

I woke up in my bed at my father‘s place in Kayseri well rested and later than usually. My body clock must still be confused, from sleeping in the darkness of the cave in Cappadocia, as I normally get up with sunrise. My father, who slept on the couch, laughed and said: ‘ I thought […]

I woke up in my dorm in the hostel in Göreme. I was confused when I woke up, it was already close to 9am, normally I naturally wake up with sunrise. The darkness of the cave hostel must have confused my body clock. After breakfast and many cups of cay, I went back to the […]

I woke up in the dorm of my hostel in Göreme. After having breakfast, Marcel and me went for a walk through the spectacular rock formations of the valley. Even though the landscape was unique and absolutely mesmerising, my mind was on its own journey. Over and over again, my thoughts were going back to […]

I woke up in the dorm of the hostel we stayed at I Göreme. Waking up at sunrise, I felt weak and sick, it was like my body knew I don’t need to cycle, I don’t need to hold it together anymore and shut down. I was wondering if the imminent meeting with my father […]

We woke up at 7:30am on the floor of the majors office in Bölükören. I left the warmth of the shelter behind to go to the bathroom, the outside world was covered in sparkling ice crystals, the air was crisp and arctic. Lured in by the mysterious atmosphere of the winter wonderland, I forgot about […]

We woke up at 7am on the sofas in the heated room of the public pool. We needed to leave the pool by 7:30am, so that Alpi, one of the pool’s employees, who kindly let us stay there, did not get in trouble. After scoffing down some porridge for breakfast, we packed our belongings and […]

We woke up well rested in our heated room in the mosque in Utzukuyu. Soon Hassan appeared with some warm water, to wash our hands and face. Afterwards. he set up a table cloth on the floor and put a tray with breakfast on top. We were kneeling on the floor, with the table cloth […]

I woke up in my tent at after a cosy night in the tent. Luckily my sleeping set-up had proven itself, merely my sleeping bag felt wet on the outside, when waking up. Ice crystals were decorating the inside walls of my tent. -6 degree the temperature showed. I felt content and grateful for the […]

I woke up in my bed in my hotel room in Konya after a very short night. I felt tired and foggy from the New Years celebrations. Frazer, Marcel and me packed our belongings following breakfast. The plan was to cycle together to Tuz Gölü and after to Cappadocia. I was in two minds about […]